We’re hunting around the area for a good private school. With a plethora of options, it ought to be easy but is in fact a difficult deciscion. One factor complicating it for us is that our children are very different in their strengths and weaknesses, yet we’re hoping to put them in the same school. […]
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Public vs. Private Schooling
Published by January 22nd, 2007 in Home in the Rookery and Rumblings. 5 CommentsWhy do shortcuts never work out? I don’t normally even attempt them–my track record is so bad.
But this morning I caved to temptation.
I was running a minute or two late in dropping my daughter off at preschool and hitting all the lights red. I came to another red light, from which my usual route went straight. To my right was a […]
Thankful Not To Be Cruising This Thanksgiving Day
Published by November 23rd, 2006 in Home in the Rookery and Rumblings. 0 CommentsLast year we were building our house and not keen about having Thanksgiving in our itsy bitsy apartment, so we bought last minute tickets and took a cruise with Royal Caribbean.
Sounds fun, right? Well . . .
*Warning: Rant Alert*
We stayed in one of the smaller cabins, deep in the bowels of the ship, and our kids were […]
Mopping Up the Milky Way
Published by November 21st, 2006 in Home in the Rookery and Rumblings. 0 CommentsThis morning, five minutes after I’m supposed to have taken the kids to school, the fridge had an emotional collapse. Maybe it was the thought of all those Thanksgiving leftovers. Maybe it just felt under-appreciated. Whatever the cause, it decided that was a good time to drop a shelf–the one holding the milk jug, of […]
Warning: This is a ‘No Speeding Zone’
Published by November 14th, 2006 in Home in the Rookery and Rumblings. 0 CommentsI just finished a final exam in 35 minutes, and I should have a solid B, at least. There were 79 questions, plus a questionare which probably took me, say . . . 3 minutes, and two small interuptions, so let’s say I was actually filling in the bubbles for 30 minutes. That works out to […]
One of the most misapplied statments in the English language.
‘. . . a cozy little bed and breakfast within walking distance of downtown shops . . .’ Think: A three mile hike over back fields with rabid dogs chasing at your heels.
‘ . . . just a short walk from the metro station . . .’ Think: toiling up a […]
Singing the Soccer Blues
Published by October 21st, 2006 in Home in the Rookery and Rumblings. 0 CommentsBoth the kids had games this morning. The daughter’s at 9:00am, the son’s at 10:00, so both of them needed to be ready to roll by 8:30ish, and if it was up to me they’d have been practicing as well. But these are kids we’re talking about, and not terribly ambitious kids, either.
I put thoughts of […]
Mathematician Conspiracy
Published by October 2nd, 2006 in Rumblings and Just for Laughs. 2 CommentsI started my college math class today, and learned something, too: There is a great math conspiracy bent on making the rest of us look like snivelling fools.
Math really isn’t that complicated, so long as you stay in the reasonable levels of practical application. Even beyond that I’ve heard it’s not so bad, and hey–how bad […]
Fatty Foods Prohibition
Published by September 28th, 2006 in The Human Condition and Rumblings. 0 CommentsWhat with the food banning proposed in NYC and lawsuits elsewhere, I’m thinking that we’ll soon see ’speak easies’ for fatty fried foods such as the eternally evil McDonald’s french fries.
I can see it now– the dark alley and back door entrance. The soft knock and murmured password. The hooded, hidden figure shows you to your seat–and […]
Before watching Fantastic Four last night (I’ll blog a review later), we were shown a little clip intending to discourage video/dvd piracy. The clip flashed with scenes of someone’s purse being stolen, then another theft (a car?) and tables where bootlegged dvds were being sold.
Now, let me quickly say that I have never knowingly used ripped-off or bootlegged copies of videos and […]
