Blog vote
I can’t decide what to blog today, so you can decide for me: Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
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Teaching and Learning and Education
Read more: Teaching and Learning and EducationOne of the great things about being both an educator and a parent is that you get to think about teaching, learning, and education from all kinds of perspectives. As a parent, I’m constantly teaching my children and they are constantly learning (not just from me, of course, but from everything). I also have to…
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Ladders, Lattices, Mothering, and all that shit
Read more: Ladders, Lattices, Mothering, and all that shitPardon me, but I’m in a bit of a mood right now. I’ve been following the discussion at 11D that is a spin-off of two Mama PhD posts about balancing an academic career and family and off ramps and on ramps to such careers. The second Mama PhD post references this article in the NY…
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What counts as work
Read more: What counts as workAnd why aren’t there enough hours in a day. Yesterday, I had a lot planned. I had the usual morning routine. I worked on my web site all morning and then had a skype call at 11 to discuss a presentation proposal. I met some colleagues for lunch to discuss some possible work. Lunch lasted…
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21st Century Allowance
Read more: 21st Century AllowanceThe New York Times reports that PayPal has come out with a service for teens and parents, where teens can have an account, spend money and parents can monitor all of it. I think this is a great way for parents (*cough* like me *cough*) to have an easy way to pay allowance and for…
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Complete slug
Read more: Complete slugI was a complete slug this weekend. I’m only now catching up with world news. I know horrible things happened. I don’t know the details. I’m kind of in denial. Mr. Geeky and I got up early yesterday and had breakfast and went shopping without the kids. We had no real agenda, but we ended…
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Thankful
Read more: ThankfulI’m thankful for a lot of things this year: my health, the opportunities I have, my family and friends. What are you thankful for? Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
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Gaming is not an addiction
Read more: Gaming is not an addictionNick Yee at Terra Nova posts a link to a BBC article explaining that 90% of the time, gamers are not addicted to gaming. Neither Yee nor the BBC article claim that excessive gaming isn’t a problem, but it’s not addiction the way alcohol or drugs are an addiction. What it represents is a social…
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Springpad Organization tool
Read more: Springpad Organization toolVia eHub, I found Springpad, a tool that organizes all kinds of things. I haven’t played with it much, but what appealed to me most was the Weekly Meal Planner and Household Budget. On the meal planner, you can add recipes to your day. Then you can generate a shopping list. The formatting is a…
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Slow Blogging
Read more: Slow BloggingLaura at 11D mentions the slow blogging movement. My dear friend and colleague, Barbara Ganley, was featured in this article on Slow Blogging, which is oddly in the Fashion and Style section. What’s up with that? I’m kind of a medium blogger myself, though some days (like today, for example), I find enough time and…
