Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
Capitalism isn’t sustainable. It’s going to collapse. I might even go so far as to say capitalism itself verges on immorality, in that the system is predicated on forcing people to buy more than they need. Let’s start small. Joe…
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Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson, recently blogged about his self-imposed media fast. I’d been following him on Twitter while he decided about it, and the fact that he decided to take the plunge after I encouraged him to do…
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My son plays a game with a card called the Bureaucrat. He wanted to know what a bureaucracy was. We tried to explain, but after three days and three repetitions of the same explanation and answer, we hadn’t gotten through….
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The internet has changed how people learn. I’ve been realizing that lately as I read about marketing, branding, and how to make people want your product. One article stated flat-out, “You cannot run a successful weblog and not have your…
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For starters, this is not the teacher’s fault. But once again, I’m furious about zero tolerance. Kiddo#2 has begun learning to knit. She’s excited about it and wants to make knitted bookmarks for everyone in her class. She’s got a…
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Bear with me here. I’m asking, from an academic perspective, if the election of Barack Obama will result in the death of hip-hop. My son’s reading class is studying the poetry of Langston Hughes. I was speaking to him about…
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Now that the election is over, this can post. (But I’m writing it the day before. I love the “post me later” feature.) I read over the summer about a woman at a corner store in a major US city….
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Here’s the new blog tour question for this week: “If I were Queen of the World, President of the United States, or Silda Spitzer, I would…..” I’m going to choose Queen of the World, because that makes me slightly more…
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An interesting way of fundraising, via Happy Catholic: Good Counsel Homes, Inc. is a non-profit organization that serves pregnant women throughout the State of New Jersey and New York by providing much needed services including shelter, food, medical care, education,…
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An online forum I love has organized a blog tour. We’re going to have various members post on a specific topic and then at the bottom of the post, link to all the other members who have posted on the…
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