It's resolution time!

Last year

I didn't have much in the way of a resolution last year. But I did, indeed, follow along in Spanish IV with my ex-classmates who took it in the spring. This was good because there was no way I could have learned as much as I did during my class in the summer. Unfortunately, I just did the grammar and vocabulary ( Read more... )

A special blind-leading-the-blind feature! (Actually, many of y'all are probably not that blind in this way ( Read more... )

On the scale from good to evil, I think that most people feel that they are either good or mostly good ( Read more... )

In my continuing quest to experience media from every country, I picked up Michael Burgan's Kenya, another installment of the fabulous Enchantment of the World series (2015). FYI, I'm barely discussing any of the depressing stuff ( Read more... )

I just finished Pasi Sahlberg's Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland? (the series on school reform) (2010 ( Read more... )

WTF, America ( Read more... )

It all started when I saw the Zyliss manual food processor in a Bed Bath and Beyond catalog. I like the idea of using my own power to chop things up but also having it go a lot faster. And this device looked easier to clean than regular food processors. And easier to store because it's small. Here's a YouTube video if you want to see it in ( Read more... )

For various reasons, I deliberately do not use any Microsoft products at home. This is no hardship for me (except for Excel ( Read more... )

I've been noticing that my hair's been looking rattier lately ( Read more... )

Instead of wondering to ourselves why someone can't be more like us in some way, I wish we would try harder to wonder how different someone can be and have it still be okay. Can we make it okay for people to be super different ( Read more... )