this week, i’ve been thinking about rudeness within the context of social networking. i am befuddled by rude comments made by strangers on sites such as youtube and blogs. as an “author”, i suppose I should expect that not everyone will love what i produce and publish online. that’s fine. i can accept that. but…
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how does this happen?
i get home, and i just stop blogging. i guess when we are home, i just have so much to do that i don’t have a spare moment to blog or to come with any ideas worth blogging about. being home involves a constant stream of mundane errands that need to be completed before we…
the turtle is hibernating
Usually, when the days start to get short and darkness becomes the norm, I feel like slowing down. I cuddle up on the couch in my favorite sweatshirt, and it takes much more effort to get everything done. Something is different this year. I am getting more and more energy this fall. I started out…
NaBloPoMo
Once, long ago (2006), I participated in NaBloPoMo. Even though I really don’t know that I have anything interesting to say, much less enough things to fill a whole month of posts, I’m going to participate again. Maybe I’ll just have to plan enough trips this month so I can have things to write about….
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What Happened??
Over two weeks have gone by and I haven’t blogged. Here, there or anywhere. Yikes! I came down with the flu a couple weeks ago while in DC. And it knocked me out. I felt better, flew home, and then got the second stage, which I’m just now finally recovering from. I was exhausted. Just…
out of control
Every so often, I get this feeling that things are out-of-control. I get the daily things done, but I am making no progress towards my long term goals. I know what needs to be done, but I get so lost in the minutiae that I never get to the big picture things. There are so…
Every Day is Earth Day
right? I was not too surprised at some of the backlash that I saw to Earth Day. No, these are not people that hate the earth, these are the ones that love it and think that *every day* should be Earth Day, so they don’t want to do anything special. There’s a little more to…
Going to the Library
As with most families, we are frequent patrons of our library system. We generally have 30-50 books checked out at any given moment and are very thankful for the wonderful online system that allows us to order and renew books and manage our account online. Recently a couple of different library issues have arisen that…
Do You Twitter?
I like Twitter. For many reasons. One is that sometimes I have something short and simple to say and don’t want to create an entire blog entry for a random thought. I can post these to Twitter and, via the nice widget, the thought appears on the sidebar of my blog! Not only that, but…
Two new URLs
A friend suggested that I get some new URLs. Because I don’t have enough online presence (twitter, facebook, myspace, multiple blogs, picasa, 3 flickr accounts, multiple email addresses and so on … ) http://www.gooneybirdkids.comhttp://www.xmkfans.com As of now, they just redirect to Blogger blogs. No plan for them to do anything more at the moment.
Go for the Chrome?
Google welcomed the latest addition to its family yesterday, Google Chrome. It is purported to be: a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. . Generally, my working habits are slow to evolve when faced with a new technology. I fight against the new features…
Where Am I?
It’s been a week. A long, yet happy, week. The girls and I are adjusting to our new schedule — Rob is living in DC, Chloe is doing more homeschooling, and we now have a great new playground to hang out at. On top of that, I’ve been reading “Pride and Prejudice” in my free…
Let’s Meet at “Translate Server Error”!
Last night at the beach, a friend of mine told me about this, I just thought it was hysterical. See for yourself! Chinese restaurant called TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR… PS Having just returned from Japan, I do appreciate their effort to make the name of their restaurant understandable to foreigners…and this error hopefully brought them lots…
iExcited
In my inbox today: Your iPhone 3G order has been shipped and is on its way to the AT&T store in which you placed the order, please see address below. Your credit card has been charged. According to FedEx, it arrived at the store at 1pm, so I hope to have it tomorrow! Tell me…
Jetlag Ain’t Nice
I’ve slept probably 40 of the past 60 hours. I think I was triple whammied from jetlag, exhaustion and avoidance of catch-up stuff. I got up around 4:30 this morning (which is when Rob and Chloe went to bed), and ticked a bunch of things off my to-do list. So I think that I’ve almost…
It’s Hot
Too hot to think. And I have so much thinking that I need to do this week in order to finish up projects at work and to get us ready to go. Like yesterday, we realized that we need to buy Japan Rail passes while still in the US in order to get the substantial…
Mosaic Me
The Whole Ball of Yarn(s) posted this fun little flickr game that caught my attention. The concept:a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.b. Using only the first page, pick an image.c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.The Questions:1. What is your…
Expedit – Now Made in the USA
Do you call your furniture by name? I lovingly talk about my Billys. Then there’s the Hemnes in the guest bedroom. I meet other frequent IKEA shoppers that do the same; I know I’m not alone. IKEA made the front page of the Washington Post today (Ikea Helps a Town Put It Together), and this…
How Embarrassing is that?
While Chloe was in her gymnastics class today, like all weeks, I sat on the floor next to the water fountain because that’s where the outlet is. I always bring my computer and get a whole lot of work done during the hour that Chloe and Camille are both busy. They’ve been doing a lot…