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Well, summer has almost come to an end, at least for my kids. Two of them head back to school next week, so I'm finally doing what I probably should have been doing all summer - running D&D for them.
We had started on DCC#28, "Into the Wilds," a while back. (Make that quite a while back.) I was impressed at how much they remembered from our ( Read more... ) -
Not dead yet
Well, it's been significantly more than a year since I managed to post an entry here. This one is totally a placeholder, but now that I've found my user name and password again, and LiveJournal knows I'm not dead yet, there is hope for the future. -
Help Me, Internets - with Science Fiction
I know there are folks out there whose knowledge of science fiction is much greater (or more recent) than mine, so I'm hoping people can suggest some resources here.
My son (a high-school junior) is doing a year-long research paper on the topic of space ethics. I know that ethics in space were discussed in science fiction well before they became a ( Read more... ) -
Must-read article on working with IT people
A really excellent article on managing information technology professionals. The author accurately describes every IT person I've ever known and gives excellent advice on working with them. This ought to be required reading for any business person who deals with IT personnel.
Opinion: The unspoken truth about managing geeks
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Overheard at GenCon
Best conversation I overheard today (very close, but not quite exact, quote ( Read more... ) -
Five years
Today was the fifth anniversary of our company, Tabletop Adventures. Although I knew the anniversary was in July I'd forgotten the exact date - until I received an e-mail just before 6:00 this evening notifying us that our domain name was going to expire tonight! Yes, it had been exactly five years since the day we finished the paperwork for the ( Read more... ) -
Summer Minion
My oldest son is being a summer intern for our game company, with an application letter, interview, time reporting, and everything. (It pays nothing, but includes travel!) Right now he is doing a time-consuming, detail-oriented but otherwise mindless, repetitive task to help get ready for Origins. "So now, if anyone ever tells you that being a game ( Read more... ) -
Tidbits
My kids have done or said several amusing things lately, which I was going to recount here, but I can't remember them at this moment. Sigh. Of course, that's why I need to write them down!
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Being specific
We had family here for Easter - grandparents, aunt and uncle. In total we added seven people to our usual five. At one point I was telling my 10-year-old son to do (or not do!) something during the time our company was here.
"But Mom, they're not our company!"
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Math Fail
My youngest son, in fourth grade, needed an explanation of his math today. He needed to know how to simplify fractions, and didn't understand it at all. I tried to think how to explain it to him but couldn't come up with a simple enough explanation. Advanced Algebra - that I can explain; fractions not so much. Happily my husband, with his Master's ( Read more... )