I drive a Prius. Go ahead, say it. Tree hugger! A while back, a coworker commented, “I bet you’re loving that Prius now that gas prices have started going back up.” I said, “Yeah, and it spits out fewer emissions, too.” He said, “You know the Earth is actually cooling, right?” He totally misses the [...]
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Telecommuting anyone?
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged green initiatives, pollution, telecommuting on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Literacy
Posted in Miscellaneous, Writing, tagged learning, literacy, parenting, reading on February 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Quote from http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/mcintyre/blog/2012/01/send_me_a_man_who_reads.html “The idea that we have undergraduates who don’t read books distresses me. Of course, I know that they do read. … They read in print and electronically. They read articles. They read blog posts. They exchange these items on Facebook and elsewhere. But reading a book, even a popular novel, requires some [...]
Surviving College Past the Second Year
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged college on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This was a “Note” I posted on Facebook but decided to move it here so that my blog looks less sparse. ——————- Update, June 4, 2011 He survived his second year–yay! Home for the summer and working/going to summer school. Good to have at least one motivated child! —————— My son is in his second [...]
