My Own Thoughts

One woman’s written responses to the world around her.

Archive for August 2nd, 2007

Am I crazy?

Posted: Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 @ 10:41 pm in My Life | No Comments »

I think the answer might be yes. I am teaching two classes at my community college. I may be teaching another two classes at another community college. I am teaching two classes on Fridays for homeschool kids. I’ve agreed to teach the little kids at church one Sunday a month. E and I are going [...]

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Great Races of History

Posted: Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 @ 10:39 pm in History, Homeschooling, Teaching/Ed | No Comments »

This is a history of inventions and races. I don’t know why I decided to call it that. I was thinking about the first great automobile race, which I bought a book for. I hope I still have the book. I said it would be “a history class on inventions with games and races as [...]

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I need to read stuff before I agree to it.

Posted: Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 @ 4:59 pm in My Life | No Comments »

I was planning to go to Dallas the 23 through the 25th to see my friends. But it turns out I agreed to start teaching a class on August 24th. I can’t move it up because my friend’s daughter is leaving the country. But maybe I could visit Jess on the 22nd and go to [...]

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Strange Stumbles

Posted: Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 @ 4:56 pm in Blogging | No Comments »

Sci fi writers have no sense of scale in several dimensions Distance Probably the most spectacular example is in the first segment of the Doctor Who story “The Trial of a Timelord”, where Earth was apparently hidden by moving its entire solar system several million miles, which is the celestial equivalent of hiding from your [...]

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My odd sense of humor

Posted: Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 @ 4:43 pm in Blogging, Fun Facts | No Comments »

can best be seen in these fun/funny sites. For Shakespearean insults, go here. An example is “What, you egg! Young fry of treachery!” from Macbeth. Or you could look at the 10 Strangest College Mascots. The info includes whose they are, when or why they were chosen, and what the author thinks of them. I’m [...]

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What my grandmother bequeathed to us…

Posted: Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 @ 4:06 pm in Life in General, My Life | No Comments »

Go here to see what my grandmother’s house might have looked like before it got bad. Eventually she had boxes all the way to the ceiling and the pathways went from the front door to her bed to the bathroom. There were no boxes piled in the bathroom that I remember. With that as a [...]

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