Browsing the blog archives for January, 2012
A few nights ago we had a huge storm come through. There were tornado warnings on the TV all night long and the tornado sirens were blaring for over an hour. In my opinion, the worst and most dangerous storms are the ones that come through at night. First, because most people are asleep and [...]
This week was a long and upsetting week for me. I got a lot of bad news from several different family members and several friends. I care a lot, deeply, for life and when bad things happen, my heart aches. One of my good friends that I’ve know since the 1980′s is retired and having [...]
As a kid I liked to play the game, Scrabble. We took the game very seriously in my family. We were all voracious readers and had large vocabularies, so the games were very interesting. Today I found a game called Bookworm and it reminds me a little of Scrabble. I downloaded the free trial and [...]
The schools are so quick to blame the sorry state of education in America on the lack of parental involvement. I say it is baloney, but let’s take it seriously for just a moment. I challenge the educators to tell me exactly what do they want the parents to do differently? What kind of involvement [...]
These new Android phones are like little computers that also happen to connect you to someone else’s phone. I love all the apps and the built in camera. It’s like everything you need in a little black plastic box. But woe is me to anyone who drops that sucker on a hard surface, like the [...]