My school went to a motivational speaker this summer as professional development. Well, I didn't go, but everyone else did. They came back with these shirts that say, on the front: "CHA-CHING!" and on the back "Have your made a deposit today?"

Makes me laugh a little every time I see one.

I am here at work, socially networking! I am flying under the radar, yet so close to the sun.

It reminds me of those unsupervised days of CAMPFEST 2007: NO PARENTS.


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1. Lately, I've noticed that my thought habits are being influenced by Facebook in an unsettling way. I often catch myself assessing a situation in pithy, third-person, 400-character sentences. I have wondered, while in conversation with friends, where the 'like' button is. I feel like my mind is being simplified, reduced ( Read more... )

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One of the most challenging things about working with kids, I think, is figuring out what they could possibly be trying to say to you at any given moment. They just can't articulate things yet. I'm not saying it's not cute, or even that it's frustrating to deal with. More that it's a terribly difficult (and often rewarding) communication ( Read more... )

There's a reading tonight at Greencup Books. 105 Richard Arrington Ave. Tina Harris, Jim Murphy, Glenny Brock, and me. 8:30, and it's free. I might read a story about an owl baby, but I'm not sure yet. You'll just have to come and see, ok?

There's going to be bunches of food at my place tonight, and I don't want you to get really hungry and eat McDonalds beforehand and then leave me stuck with dozens of tiny leftover corndogs, because as of tomorrow I'll be 30, and maybe that's too old to be making your breakfasts of tiny leftover corndogs. Long story short, please come over at 7:00 ( Read more... )

First do this:

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