I tell ya’ what. Every day I look straight into the eyes of my oldest child and implore him to stop. “Stop growing, child!” I tell him. He mostly laughs at me. Today, he did it again. He turned eight. Eight! How can my boy be 8? I tried to take a photo-journalistic approach and [...]
Blog Bloat: CONTENT #3
May 24, 2008 by at 8:06 pm
So far we’ve tackled tags and a little about sidebar bloat. This time I’d like to talk about content. Human culture has a funny way of creating nuances, manners or etiquette. And you can go into an entire argument about how arbitrary and pointless it can be. But it boils down to this… humans like [...]
Of Rainbows and Robots, Legos and Pirates
May 20, 2008 by at 6:11 pm
Einstein came running in to find me. “I made a prism outside,” he shouts. “Come look!” Only in the name of homeschool can you count both making prisms and landscaping chores as science. We’ve been doing a lot of “science” lately. Can you believe all that green? Just when I thought the color would never [...]
Blog Bloat: SIDEBAR CONTENT #2
May 18, 2008 by at 11:24 am
I loved all the feedback and admissions of guilt from some of you in my comments. Too too funny! I visited each and every one of you and I have to say – those were some fine tags. My applause! And thank you to my friends who come for the 4th reason – just because. [...]
Blog Bloat: TAGS #1
May 15, 2008 by at 8:03 pm
Is your blog feeling a little… bloated? I have a multi-post series planned about blogging and the blogosphere in general. Because I’m like a total expert. Or not. Look out Kathie Lee! Moms are going to blog. So, maybe I can help… a little. Not like we took a college class in blogging or online [...]
School Shmool and Holy Clothes-Horse, Batman!
May 13, 2008 by at 7:19 pm
School shmool. That’s about how all of us are feeling about school these days. And I’m the worst of them. Today I even did the dreaded job of going through the Boybarians’ closets. What a chore that is! Do you southerners do that chore? Today I took down, refolded and packed up every article of [...]
