It's always humbling everytime you discover something that someone else has done that you've been wanting to do, or that someone else has already thought of something that you've thought of ( Read more... )

I love conversations with my mother. It's like we're both going through college at the same time.

CJ: So, I've been on this big history kick lately... I'd always associated history with old conservative farts who talk about the Civil War until they fall asleep and leak through their adult diapers...
Mom: Yeah, history's fascinating! And it's ( Read more... )

This one's for all the linguistics nerds on my friendslist: Dinosaur Comics!

Well, now that I know I'm capable of having motivation, it looks like maybe I'll go to grad school after all. Just not here. But maybe here.

In case that big block of text made you run away, try this link full of pictures.
::fans self:: oh my, kickass women with heavy artillery!
well, that may be visually fun to think about, but really it's the sexy nerds that keep me in this peacenik town. now if it were possible to squish these two extremes together...

OK, so now that I've learned a pretty firm grounding for how to be a highly effective teacher, and seen that nobody is doing it (why I wanted to be a teacher in the first place), I'm beginning to see why nobody is doing it, why nothing is changing even though many people want it to change. We can write all the books we want on theory and putting ( Read more... )

I've been intensely aware of "songs and movies I want to enjoy with my children", even though I probably won't have children for quite a few years. Perhaps that's why I'm trying to make a list, so that I don't forget ( Read more... )

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So what're y'all gonna do on Patriot Day, tomorrow? I'm gonna get me some hot dogs 'n' corn on the cob, real American food, stand em up on end to make em look like the twin towers, and blast em with ketchup! Then we will take a moment of silence to remember all the lives so ruthlessly taken from us 4 years ago, and how we still haven't caught the ( Read more... )

Cost of a 10 week fulltime program at Evergreen: $1300
Cost of rent & utilities & food & stuff in Olympia for 10 weeks: $2100
Total cost of living in Olympia going to Evergreen every quarter: $3400

Total cost of teaching English to schoolkids in Thailand for 10 weeks, including everything but airfare: $3000
Airfare is about $1000 or soCircle one ( Read more... )