Sep

24

Invitation

September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’ve got a wicked cold today, and can’t really do a long post right now.
But tomorrow is Shel Silverstein’s birthday. I am working that into my lesson on suffixes for tomorrow. I didn’t even know that until I looked up the date to see if I could drum up a “this day in history” style […]

May

12

Now that’s what I call democracy!

May 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Go vote for the Chosen One: USPS Jedi Master
I’ll be honest and say I voted for Darth Vader. What can I say? I’m a purist with my modern mythology, and in the Joseph Campbell sense, he is the hero of the series–not just the last 3 prequels but the whole thing as an arc. It’s […]

May

3

On Clytaemnestra

May 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since college, but I’d still very much like to get this book, along with a huge chunk of time to really read it: Reclaiming Klytemnestra.
Klytemnestera, Klaitemnestra, Clytemnestra, Clytaemnestra (my preferred spelling), whatever, is still the most fascinating literary character I’ve encountered to this day. She’s an almost archetypical badass–she ruled a […]

Apr

21

Horoscopes and progress

April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’m not exactly a believer, but I do subscribe to the Tarot.com’s “horoscopes of the day.” 6 times out of 10, they give me generic good advice that it seems prudent to remember no matter what kind of day I’m really going to have. 3-5 times out of 10 (and this overlaps with the six […]

Apr

7

on the long road to financial literacy

April 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

So I’m on “Month One” of Women and Money, and taking it all quite literally and to heart. This section is all about savings and checking accounts, which I thought I basically understood, but it seems there’s more to all this stuff than I realized.
Long story short, I’m changing banks.
I like my current bank a […]

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