Archive for the 'The Fluff' Category

Good Music, Bad Excuses, Good Article, Bad Networking, Good Ideas

I’m listening to Darshannon, from the Celtic Cross CD Hicksville. It’s incredible psytrance with a mixture of bluegrass and eastern sounds, if you can believe it. It works, which is brilliant.

I had dinner with my old principal last night. I was explaining to her why I’m not going into the doctorate program right now. The [...]

Impromptu Pink Flower Vase

Every Easter, I give our secretary a little something. Since she’s been on a low-carb diet, the usual cute little basket of candy is out. This took 15 minutes to make. I gradually put some craft glue down one side of the bottle, and just wound the yarn (Cascade 220) around the bottle. Then I [...]

I Changed My Mind

“Learning for Dummies” is an amusing domain name (at least to me), but since I don’t write endlessly about standardized testing, it just doesn’t work. It gives the wrong impression. So instead, my teaching blog is now over here at Room 107. I feel better about it now.
If anyone is wondering, Tiki Martin is [...]

A Scientific Explaination for the Crazy Cat Lady?

Okay, you’ve got to read this article about how toxoplasmosis is linked to schizophrenia and then wonder if that’s why there seem to be a whole lot of crazy people with a whole lot of cats.
You get toxoplasmosis from emptying litter boxes or otherwise coming into contact with cat poop. Perhaps a kitty door [...]

Random Recipe

Take some baked chicken and chop into bite
size pieces, add a package of frozen mixed vegetables (or whatever leftover veggies are in
the fridge) and a can of cream of mushroom soup.
Put in a baking dish and put on top a biscuit mixture made from one cup of biscuit mix (e.g. Bisquik), one-half cup milk and [...]

So…

I haven’t felt like writing over here lately. Just haven’t. I think I’m going to change things up a bit and start using this blog as a bit of a notebook for some random thoughts, well, perhaps more random than usual! I also apologize for not stopping by much lately. I haven’t felt like being [...]

Happy New Year!

I’ve just been loving the vacation from school lately. Although, subconsciously I know I’m going back soon, since I woke up to a dream of my boss chewing me out and me quitting on the spot.
We had a blast in Houston–here are a few pics!
Here’s the life-sized floor sign indicating the floor we [...]

A Meme With a Prize!

I don’t know how many times I’ve done the “6 Random Things About Meme,”, and I really don’t care, because after all, isn’t having a blog all about talking about yourself and the things YOU like? Well, it can be, anyway!
I’m doing this one for two reasons: I like Pacian, and I like the [...]

Grab the Nearest Book…

I’ve done this meme once before, but I love it. Actually, the last time I did it, afterwards, I found myself doing the same thing with several more books. I’m doing it again thanks to Ken over at Teaching and All That Jazz. Thanks Ken!
Here are the rules: Grab the nearest book. Open the [...]

Undignified Photos

I believe that Varmint is smiling. She likes it here. We have a lovely fenced backyard that is perfect for her to enjoy. And yes, she has three legs.

You know how digital cameras (unless you have a good one) take the picture when they darn well feel like it? That’s what happened here.

Sage [...]