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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Another musical interlude
Fisher, just now: "Sweet dreams are made of theseBaked potatoes and lots of peasI travel the world and I eat some cheeseEverybody’s ready for munchin’…" We’re not sure what his costume is going to be tonight, but I’m rooting for … Continue reading
Posted in Mini Activities, Music
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Pick nine, only nine
From the NYT Lede blog: The president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, is trying to encourage more of her citizenry to read books by giving boxes of as many as nine books to 400,000 poor families, according to The Economist. The … Continue reading
Posted in Books
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Merry Christmas… I need your help
We’re doing the 100%-non-made-in-China thing for Christmas. Can anyone recommend some stellar toys not made in China, not made in the Marianas, not made by sweatshop labor anywhere, not having anything to do with any movie or television character? (We’re … Continue reading
Posted in Mini Activities
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Have fun, get smart, feed poor
Just got word of this site from a homeschool mailing list I read. It’s called FreeRice, and it’s a multiple-choice vocabulary game. For each word you define correctly, 10 grains of rice are donated to help feed hungry people worldwide. … Continue reading
Posted in Games
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Inex-frickin-plicable
Speaking of horrifying Halloween spectacles… This is the trailer for "Repo: The Genetic Opera," starring Paris Hilton and, oddly, Sarah Brightman. Coming to theatres near you for oh, three days or so next February. Would somebody please let me in … Continue reading
Posted in Film
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Wednesday Wandom 10: Fangirl Edition
Things that are making me happy: After the news of Dumbledore’s sexuality came out (ha ha) the other day, I was explaining the concept of fanfic and slashfic to Jim. He was, unsurprisingly, especially fascinated by the notion of taking … Continue reading
Posted in Random 10
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Non-representative sample
It’s probably a good thing that I’ve never been a Nielsen TV viewer, a political poll-ee or a market research survey subject. Because I would apparently skew the results to the point of unacceptability. I just don’t seem to fit … Continue reading
Posted in Pointless Rants, Television, Web/Tech
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111 shirtless men at Abercrombie & Fitch
Rage against the machine, guys! Read more about it at Improv Everywhere.
Posted in Things That Happened
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Shambling toward unschooling
Hooray for reality TV! From hoary old chestnuts such as Survivor to new and exciting permutations such as Kid Nation, audiences just can’t seem to get a big enough dose of deceptively edited, manipulatively staged "real life." This new two-part … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschool
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Here we go, WriMo
Signed up once again for National Novel Writing Month. Am full aware that this signing up has no chance of resulting in a brand-new 50K-word novel, but am hopeful that it will help motivate me to add substantial chunks to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
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Red Molly Cooks 