Archive for April, 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-26

massage school is wild and wonderful and very very intense. Thus the lack of tweets. # Studying for Anatomy and Physiology final. I am loving being in a class that’s about live bodies, not dead ones. # @shawnm00r3 You serious? After May 2 I will totally be looking for practice bodies. =) in reply to [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-19

Everyone else is out having late lunch on A dock. I’m pounding on my deadline. Sometimes, I really hate freelancing. # @coffeegirl2000 Happy to help my B(g)FF! in reply to coffeegirl2000 # Good news; made the deadline. Bad news; it needs revision. Good news; I have today to do it in. Bad news; coming down [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-12

Totally forgot that homeschooling can get you discounts on tech purchases. D’oh! Gotta make up for CA’s sales tax hike somehow. # The *actual* reason I think a kindle might be cool: http://xkcd.com/548/ # @quennessa @TammyT As I recall, when I was doing the early labor thing, your advice was Merlot. Physician, heal thyself. =) [...]

No Wonder There’s a Financial Crisis — Adventures at the Apple Store

Yesterday, I went to buy a new Mac. My HP is disintegrating after years of hard use, and since I depend on my machine for income, it’s a totally justifiable purchase. After talking to my Ubergeek posse, I settled on a MacBook White. Easy-peasy. There’s an Apple store just minutes from the boat, it was [...]

Lovely words, lovely message

This just rocked my socks off. Amen.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-05

Laptop is showing signs of imminent failure. Anyone got a recommendation for lightweight, sturdy, great wifi pickup replacement? # Back from Conference. When the *&$% will conference facility planners realize that you MUST provide wifi?!?!?!?!?! # Rowan’s drawing a hill. I asked if there were gonna be flowers. He says “no, booby traps and snares”. [...]

Is School Necessary?

With the demise of the Life Without School blog, my homeschool rants are now going to all be right here on ElementalMom. So don’t say you weren’t warned. Also, without the lovely Robin’s moderating influence, I’m free to revert to my normal bombastic self in these issues. Thus, this link to a lovely article in [...]