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Blatherings and bothering: November 2014
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. Wednesday, November 19, 2014. How it is today. It's been too long since I posted! Life Kids. School. Homeschool. But mostly because FLL. Seriously, why did I do this again? Now, today we are 3 days from our local tournament, piled high with extra practices, but we can see the end. How bad is it that I'm hopeful this team won't go to state? Not like that last team. Middle school. Bit Boy has scheduled next se...
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Blatherings and bothering: Gracious Professionalism - double take
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. Sunday, November 13, 2011. Gracious Professionalism - double take. Last night my FLL team won 1st place in Gracious Professionalism. Followed by an invite to the state tournament. I was floored. By this unexpected conclusion to yesterday's qualifying tournament. When I woke up, I understood better. Sleep is good that way. My method of explaining my behavioral expectations centered around the Core Values. And Gra...
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Blatherings and bothering: September 2014
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. Saturday, September 20, 2014. How it used to be. It's Saturday. Such a lovely day, and today in particular shows me what I've been missing with two kids in school. Will I have any time for myself before winter break? It's nice to have this day at home, interrupted only by a much anticipated soccer game for Hot Dog. We used to have days like this, one after the other. I think my teens are happy to be in s...Engin...
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Blatherings and bothering: March 2014
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Well He went and did it. Hot Dog (9yo) has made me a soccer mom. Shush you 3 on 3 indoor players. Gawd. Look at me talking all soccer-y now.). Oh, and it's not so cheap as I thought. It turns out that kids don't play shirts and skins, you need to buy a league jersey. And a size 4 ball (we have a size 5, not good enough), and cleats (really? Remember when I said I would never be one of ...
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Blatherings and bothering: Math Links
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. Math reading lists, how fun is that? Need I say more? Some fun math facts and tricks. Free math videos (also science, humanities, and other.). Vi Hart's Math Doodling. A recreational mathematician shares her thoughts. Use computer programming and/or spread sheets to solve complex math problems. Art of Problem Solving Videos. Math help for high school level math. Haven't used as much but still interesting:. The C...
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Blatherings and bothering: How it used to be...
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. Saturday, September 20, 2014. How it used to be. It's Saturday. Such a lovely day, and today in particular shows me what I've been missing with two kids in school. Will I have any time for myself before winter break? It's nice to have this day at home, interrupted only by a much anticipated soccer game for Hot Dog. We used to have days like this, one after the other. I think my teens are happy to be in s...Catch...
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Blatherings and bothering: January 2014
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. Saturday, January 18, 2014. Oct - Dec books. I didn't keep track of my books for 3 months? Good grief. What was I thinking? Not much about my private reading, I guess. Non-Violence, the History of a Dangerous Idea, by Mark Kurlansky. The Book of Geese, by Dave Holderread. The Ender Games series by Orson Scott Card (yes, a re-read inspired by the movie coming out). Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Blatherings and bothering: Jan and Feb Books
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Jan and Feb Books. By Gregory David Roberts. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,. Tell the Wolves I'm Home. By Carol Rifka Brunt. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What I'm reading this month. Mythago Wood, by Robert Holdstock. Sometimes Magic Works, by Terry Brooks. Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow, by Daniel Hunter. Jan and Feb Books. Catch and Release, books too briefly held.
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Blatherings and bothering: Programming for Kids
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. 3D programming/animation - oldest tried this for awhile but liked Game maker better. Fun place to start, using basic block building, and as you get more experienced you can look into text based programming. Is a good book to start with. Try the Python Challenge. For programming and math fun. And to learn more about scripting with Lua check out the Lua Help. This recommendation came from a cousin. For a living) a...
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Blatherings and bothering: June 2014
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A place to blather on, and to see what's worth bothering over. Find Joy. Seek Truth. Be Kind. Sunday, June 8, 2014. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. Arsonists Guide to Writers' Homes in New England. By Richard H. Thaler. And Cass R. Sunstein. By William Davis, M.D. Yes Pride and Prejudice again. I love that book. Also, Firelord got me a game for Mother's Day (surprise, surprise) called " Marrying Mr. Darcy. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What I'm reading this month.