I’m Looking at You, Digg
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in gender, news, opinion, personal, politics, thought | 3 Comments »This isn't so much a post as it is a short rant. About - what else? - the 2008 presidential race. I understand that after the last eight years, we're all starving for change. Us Web 2.0 people probably feel that ...
Web 2.0 Compatible
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in internet, personal, thought | 2 Comments »I had a really interesting slip-up in my speech this afternoon. My friend and I were doing a crossword puzzle in our History class, as is our new routine (we only recently got into them, but we rock at ...
Wow!
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in education, personal | 3 Comments »To my shock and delight, I just got a link notification email from the Edublog Awards website... my post How to Prevent Another Leonardo da Vinci has been nominated as a finalist for "Most influential blog post" in the 2007 ...
Blog Action Day: Vegetarianism and the Environment
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Posted in economics, environment, personal, politics, science, thought | 2 Comments »I was really disappointed when - on Blog Action Day of all days - real life once again disrupted my usual posting schedule. It has been a really crazy couple of days, so my entry is a depressing three days ...
Gifted labeling: a force for good and evil, Part 2
Friday, October 12th, 2007 Posted in education, gifted, intelligence, opinion, personal, thought | 1 Comment »First of all, I'd like to announce my participation in Blog Action Day this coming Monday! On "Blog Action Day", October 15, thousands of bloggers will post about one topic - the environment - in many different ways. ...
My impromptu vacation
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 Posted in personal | No Comments »Yes, I seem to have taken an impromptu vacation for the last month and a half! It was completely unintended, but I have missed writing here so much. Since my last post (in August, wow), there's been a little voice ...
Weekend Reading: 05/28
Sunday, May 27th, 2007 Posted in coffee, gender, internet, personal, religion, science | 3 Comments »Since I left the last 'Weekend Reading' until mid-week, this one has only a few days' worth of links. I believe these ones date back to... last Wednesday? Anyway, enjoy this week's very short list! Best of the Week - Religion: ...
The city, she loves me
Sunday, May 20th, 2007 Posted in canada, opinion, personal, quotes, thought, vancouver | 2 Comments »Since my cousin moved back to Vancouver from Manhattan, I've noticed that she has a strange, urban serendipity about her: every time she walks to a street corner, the light instantly changes in her favor. I'm not kidding about ...
What’s wrong with us?
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 Posted in coffee, personal, thought | 1 Comment »I've done a post on coffee in the past, but I had a really odd moment of perspective this morning. Caffeine-addict that I am, I was preparing my daily intake... drip coffee for the morning and a thermos full ...
Paper
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 Posted in personal, thought | No Comments »Why this obsession with paper? I may know a subject cold. But where's the completed homework? What's the result from the standardized test? Where's the 'A' next to a course title on an official school transcript? Where's ...
