My Own Thoughts

I ran out of books I was willing to read this month in other genres, so I picked up several mystery novels at the library book sale. I read a “Sister Mary Martha Mystery” by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie. I enjoyed it immensely. There were lots of quotes from plays and poetry. I did wonder [...]

Did you know that the flea was considered to be an erotic animal back in the 1600s? I suppose that was because it was in all the beds. Here is a copy of John Donne’s poem. Here is a discussion of the metaphysical aspects, etc.

My mom has always said more babies are born when the moon is full. As far as I know, no one has checked that out. (I haven’t, anyway.) But Reuters said that people with epilepsy (as opposed to epileptics, which may now be un-PC) experience more seizures during a full moon. The different phases of [...]

I sent my students home this weekend, for a three day holiday. But I wanted them to remember WHY they have Monday off. So Monday reads: “Memorial Day holiday. Remember those who have died in this nation’s service in the last 230 years. Remember their families as well.” I read it to them before they [...]

R and I, along with M, had to go to a school interview so that M can get math class tutoring. I was not happy about going, neither was anyone else. They know us. Why did they need to interview us? (Because they had some discipline problems last year.) I got teary eyed once, and [...]

I told someone I have no friends here now or yet. We’ve lived here almost 6 years. But I do have some and I have had some. Friends for a season, anyway. Michelle, Deb, and Jennie. They’ve moved away or moved on to other places in their lives. And I have some people who always [...]

1. Hurricane season is upon us, or will be in a week. Don’t forget Katrina and Rita from last year. If your house blows away having food won’t help you, but if it doesn’t, it might. 2. Human to human transmission of avian flu. 7 folks infected, 6 dead. In an effort to find humor [...]

E took his exams. He’s rated college level in reading, writing, and essays. He can take any math he wants up to sophomore level calculus based on his scores in math. I’m not sure I want him to take a sophomore college class at the mint-new age of 15. (He’ll turn the week before school [...]

metaphor: “climbing Mt. Everest.” Found at: Spunky Homeschool. What she said.

I have produced a poet and essayist of phenomenal abilitites. (I mean produced as in, he was born from me. I’m not sure I had much to do with his incredible expressiveness.) I asked my son to write an essay for admission to math class. (It’s not my prerequisite. But where I am going to [...]

on the fall of the Roman Empire at Barefoot Meandering. Pronouns killed the Romans.

I told my sons about plagiarizing in my college class last semester. My eldest son said the students were foolish. “First off, you should plagiarize from books. That way you won’t get caught from the net.” “Then, if you’d just move the words around in the sentence, so that they’re not in the same order, [...]

My eldest is in the process of applying to be able to take dual credit classes from the college. (They will count towards his college and his high school.) I want him to take math. He needs a good math class and I know, literally, nothing in the level to which he has advanced. But [...]

is illegal aliens. And Mexico is going to sue us in our courts if we put the National Guard on our borders to keep these criminals out? I hope the government responds to this better than they have to anything else. I am appalled.

You know, “when you get to the end of your rope…” Today I tried to get E in for the Compass test. K said all we needed was a $29 check. Had that. Arrived. They said he needed to be admitted. Went to get the paperwork. Must have a soc number. So we went home, [...]

It’s not just a quote from Franklin. Dynamist has an excellent post on the differences between American and French thinking on education and jobs. BTW, the quote is: “The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.” B. F.

Well, Quick Weight Loss Center diet is still working. But I’m exhausted again. I’m taking naps and sleeping twelve hours a night. In fact, I’m tired right now. And I can’t afford to be tired and in bad shape for the surgery. Even if I would weigh less. The diet is also making both us [...]

They’re calling it Methusaleh, because it was grown from a 2,000 year old seed in King Herod’s palace. Apparently the tree’s fruit is known as an aphrodisiac and a contraceptive. (Interesting dual purpose there.) You can read about it here. The article doesn’t state whether the tree they have is male or female. Nor does [...]

I’ve now had six doctors think I was silly for worrying about the possibility of being pregnant when I have my tubes tied. But they didn’t grow up in my family and they aren’t related to my mother, the original Fertile Mertyl of the universe. My mother got pregnant on an IUD. My mother got [...]

Quick Weight Loss Center Diet. It will be two weeks tomorrow. That means I’m on day 13 right now. That’s not good. I’ve lost 5.8 pounds, which isn’t bad, but I’m grumpy and grumpy and grumpy. It’s not even because I hate fish. (Most of the protein options on this diet are fish. If they’re [...]