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Halloween has begun, and, as you can see, Geeky Girl is going hippie this year. I forced her to look at Woodstock pictures to “understand” the time period. The interesting thing about them is that most people look fairly ordinary. What we think of now as hippie is a caricature based on a small group…
When I was in college and in my MFA program, I wrote poems in these hard-back blue notebooks with green ruled pages. Often I would write a draft on one page, scribble through lines, write new lines, mark out words, write in new words. On the opposing page I would rewrite the poem again, scribble…
My very first WoW Wednesday post was about tanking and I’m going to go back to that again. I’ve been tanking more and more and getting much better at it. It’s been very nice, especially, to have some experienced players with me, giving advice during an actual dungeon. And I’ve had some excellent tank moments.…
Hello and welcome to the 2nd entry of Geekboy’s posting on Tuesdays. If you are not used to this by now, I recommend you get used to it. Today I’d like to bring you into my daily life. I think you’ll like it. 0000 – 0559 Sleep0600 – 0610 Shower0611 – 0630 More Sleep0631 –…
I was just reading through the comments on this IHE post about having kids or not in graduate school and one commenter says the following: From my perspective, I find many (not all, not even most) of my female friends and my grad students can’t articulate what they want, what will help them navigate the…
Geeky Boy will once again post something here after school. What do you want to know about from the teenage perspective? Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
I just signed up for NaNoWriMo even though I’m writing nonfiction and not a novel. Having a goal of 50,000 words will be good for me and I’m looking forward to the challenge. I did NaNoWriMo back in 2006 I think. I didn’t quite make the goal, getting stuck around 30,000 words. November is a…
My sporting weekend actually began on Thursday, when I had to bounce back and forth between two different fields watching Geeky Boy play soccer and Geeky Girl play field hockey. The soccer game was the last of the season so there were more parents than usual. I watched for a few minutes and then hit…
A couple of days ago, Collin pointed me to Chore Wars, a site that lets you keep track of the things you do around the house. Better yet, it lets you keep track of what your family members do around the house. I set up a party for our family, The Geeky Household, and emailed…
Dear Teachers, I love you, I do. I know you work hard and often work long hours grading, participating in after school activities and more. Your job is difficult. You have to teach kids who are often squirming in their seats, pulling the hair of the girl in front of them, or passing a note…
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