It's 3:12 in the afternoon, the boys have just gotten up from their naps and my calm and silent hours are very much over.  I recommend to the boys that we pop in a Star Wars movie and pop popcorn - what else are lazy Saturdays for ( Read more... )

Where's Jack Sparrow (baby), when you need him?!?!  Has he so glorified pirate life that I can't get his goofy voice and swagger out of my mind these days???

Or, is it because we have real modern-day pirates afoot now?  What do they want?  "Booty, naturally."

....for sending me the article below today via email.   The laugh was much appreciated and needed.... passing on the fun.

Obama’s Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy

Stunning Break with Last Eight Years

In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years ( Read more... )

So, those partaking in the "daily posting for two weeks" may have noticed that to make up for a lack of posting over the weekend, I promised to post three times yesterday and only posted twice. I am chagrin!

I love the visual thesaurus!

Oh, and I also love the new Star Trek trailer and the new Harry Potter teaser and trailer, and I am a little ( Read more... )

What I'll miss about GW.... not much!

Had too much going on this weekend to find time to post, so in the noble tradition of making up for lost time, here is the first of three posts today....

SCI FI Channel's How You Can Save the World blog has enlisted 20 contributors from the fields of education, space, sustainability, transportation, futurism, political science and more to weigh in ( Read more... )

That's all for today. I'm just glad it's Friday.

Over the weekend I plan to apply for a new job, see a Bond movie, have some drinks with my husband, eat lunch with some students who I taught 4 years ago, and go to a 6 year old bowling birthday party.

Maybe rake a few leaves...

Being white and decrying non-whites 'preoccupation with pigment' is like thieves decrying non-thieves preoccupation with locking their doors.

Taxpayers for Common Sense got a hold of the 2-page application form for Treasury Bailout funds.  I'm sure they've got enough for you!

She wows me again:
"All I know for sure? I'm an American. How do I know that? Because I thrill to criticism of my country that is so dead-on it makes me want to cry in the frustration of making it right."
So much so, she's getting her own tag.  ;-)