Historical Archives
Supposedly, Geeky Boy is going to make a guest appearance here today. Might be later this evening. At any rate, keep an eye out. If there’s something you’d like to know from a 14-yo boy’s perspective, let us know. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
This IHE article on writing was a much-needed inspiration today. Single discusses two myths of writing. One, that one can only write in large blocks of time and two, that you need to be motivated to write. I’ve know for years that these are myths and I’ve worked accordingly, writing whenever I could, as I…
Warning: This post may be whiny and self-indulgent. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. It’s either the weather or the hormones, but I’ve struggled the last couple of days to do anything productive. Just Tuesday, as I was walking back from Starbucks, I was feeling quite proud of myself. I was thinking, damn, I finished…
Geeky Boy makes the front page of the school district web site. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
LFG stands for Looking for Group and eventually, you’re going to need a group. It might be for a group quest or, more likely, to run a dungeon. There are a couple of ways to find a group and some things to know before you head out on your group adventure. There’s a built in…
Our trip to Monticello happened to coincide nicely with some of the work the kids are doing in school. Geeky Girl is doing a whole unit on colonial America. They visited a colonial cabin nearby, a trip I served as a chaperon on. Geeky Boy has been studying the French Revolution, a movement inspired by…
This weekend, the Geeky family went down to Charlottesville, VA to celebrate my father’s 65th birthday. We visited Monticello and Michie Tavern and skirted over to UVA Sunday morning and walked around a bit. Geeky Boy declared it too big a school for him to consider. We celebrated pretty simply, having a late lunch at…
Lisa Belkin discusses a survey about parents who used drugs in the past and what their kids know about that use. Do kids want to know? It turns out they do. I have always been honest with my kids about my own drug use in the past. Yes, it was sometimes fun, but looking back…
It’s been an interesting week around here. It started with a potential tv show appearance, which those of you who follow me on Twitter likely saw me tweet about. No offense to said tv show, but it wasn’t the kind of thing I wanted to do. NPR, 60 Minutes, Bill Moyers, any of those would…
Image by lorda via Flickr As in most bildungsromans, our intrepid hero eventually travels to the big city where they must resist temptation and navigate unknown territory so that they may learn and grow. Sometime around level 10, your character will be directed to the nearest major city or you may simply venture there on…
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