My Own Thoughts

about what to do when your homeschoolers fuss about not being in public school. Okay, it’s not really about what to do. It’s about what she did. It’s entitled: Mom Gets Evil: Public School at Home Day. Excellent post.

We got a letter last month that said we needed to mow and edge. I laughed. The lawn had just been done. Now we got a certified letter from the place saying that if we didn’t have it edged in 15 days they’d sue. Excuse me. There’s no edging problem on the house. (Unless they’re [...]

Yes, I know we’re all busy but it’s finals week and I need to grade, I’m the head of the library book sale and it is now, I’m teaching a short course and need to get it prepared, and I spent the whole livelong day at the doctors. Not going to be much blogging going [...]

I went on Tuesday to visit my extended family- mom, dad, sister, nieces and nephew. My almost two year old niece, who I have been aging in discussions I have with people and telling them she is almost three, called me “Suzi.” Over and over. Not just once, but several times. I am important enough [...]

I think that’s a calm word for what it is when the government of the US tells the government of Mexico where people are going to try to keep the laws of the US from being broken. HOW can OUR government think that it is okay to tell the gov’t of MEXICO where the Minutemen [...]

I was writing a letter to a friend and told her that I missed school. Then I mused about attending Heaven University. Wouldn’t it be amazing to sit in a class on Paradise Lost led by John Milton, with criticism by Adam and Eve? Or how about discussing Augustine’s The City with Augustine? Maybe watching [...]

You know, I told her folks in the letter that I heard on E’s bday. But she died on E’s bday. Could the info have gotten from a boat/hospital in Weatherford, to our last home city, to a phone call in NC where we were living that quickly? I guess it could have. Phone trees [...]

Sunday I got a letter. It came on Saturday but we didn’t check the mail. The letter started off saying how they had checked with my alma mater, and a place I used to work, to make sure I wasn’t a stalker or a crazy person. Wow. I’ve been investigated for possibly being a stalker. [...]

Euphoric Reality has a very good post which is a re-organization and shortening by a local journalist. It talks about what Houston did to take care of the influx of Katrina victims and what Houston is doing now to get those folks taken care of. I live in Houston and the violent crime increase has [...]

I like what I do. I’m a stay-at-home mom who homeschools. I am very grateful that my husband, by working a job which is not his favorite, allows me to do that. I also part-time teach at the college and about 8 hours a month I teach a group of homeschoolers. In a few years, [...]

Op For has a list for the military-bound grad. The books sound fascinating. If they’re well written, I would enjoy reading all of them. Since I’m going to be in bed for the month of June, I need to have books to read. In the last year, on a blog I read, I found a [...]

I’ve been on Quick Weight Loss Center’s diet for four days. I’ve lost 3.6 pounds. My biggest problem so far has been eating the veggies. You are supposed to have four servings of vegetables daily. The portions are mostly one cup each. Veggie list: Asparagus Broccoli Bean Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Chard Egg Plant Lettuce or [...]

According to Forbes, it is one of the 15 Ways to Live Longer. “I’m going to live forever…”

Pop over to Suitably Flip to see the dancing man and find out what is GREAT about our economy.

writes a note to American soldiers. I found it over at Blackfive. Go read it.

So, I read in a post on Clayton Cramer’s blog that the term “homosexual” is derogatory. Hello. What the heck? Same sex. That’s all it means. If “homosexual” is derogatory, wouldn’t that make “heterosexual” derogatory too? It means different sex. This bit of PC foolishness may explain why one of my students, writing on gay [...]

A meme from I’ll Think About That Tomorrow: What’s the last word in your dissertation? discussion

Wizbang has a blog on his talk with Ken Cohen, VP of Public Affairs for Exxon-Mobil. Here’s the heart of the story: These numbers are from the past five years: US Earnings: $34.9 Billion US Taxes Paid: $57.1 Billion These numbers are from the first quarter of 2006: US Earnings: $2.3 Billion US Taxes Paid: [...]

When Moussaoui was pronounced guilty, he raved, “America, you lost! I won!” Argghhh! has the sentencing judge’s remarks. She responded to his comments well. Unfortunately, France wants him back. Probably so they can put him in jail for a few years and then let him go. I hope that, despite agreements that say we CAN [...]

This Guardian article tells what the author did with a boarding pass: got passport, birthdate, social security number, place of work, home address, etc. I didn’t know you could do all that with a boarding pass.