Elizabeth Moon's Blog, page 84

Reading Science

The 23 April 2010 issue of Science had a special section on Science, Language, and Literacy which I've been reading, re-reading, and pondering for the past month and a bit in combination with other recent developments in education (like what is aptly called the Texas Textbook Massacre), the determination of some segments of society to prevent children learning critical thinking skills (which is not just a US phenomenon but is and has been strong here for a long time), and the determination...

From Twitter 05-31-2010

18:05:43: RT @greygirlbeast: RT @GreatDismal: "It's not Obama's Katrina; it's Big Oil's Chernobyl."

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From Twitter 05-30-2010

13:14:05: I was only low alto singing first anthem, first service...and it wasn't a part that could be done without. Sometimes fear helps.

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From Twitter 05-29-2010

08:06:26: Happy still w/ All-Clad frying pan...I CAN make omelets. And fold them. And they slide right out. (Old dog learning new trick...)
09:29:47: New post up at http://www.80acresonline.org/blog/ with photos showing prairie flowers in bloom now.
17:15:55: RT @green_knight: Thanks to #eurovision I have discovered the delightful twitter stream that is @Queen_UK
17:18:32: Off to grocery in search of cheese and black beans.
20:19:36: Can hard cheese be frozen (& defrosted) successfully?

What a week!!

We knew it would be hectic but not THIS hectic.   Among other things, an entry I thought I'd posted disappeared entirely...and it was long.  With a lot of stuff behind the cut.  And it's not there.  (Bet I was distracted and didn't actually hit "post.")  (Oh.  Wait.  That was posted to one of the communities, not here.)

And now it's late Saturday and I have to be up at six to go to church.  Sigh.  ANYway.   Starting last Sunday, when both of us went with M- to his new apartment, one or the...

From Twitter 05-28-2010

07:43:46: R- is going down to get M- some computer stuff. I will be doing 50-dozen things here that didn't get done all week.
08:06:42: TX-gov backs plan to build Formula One racetrack near Austin, using $25Million tax money--can we say boondoggle?
08:09:13: Curriculum changes mean TX kids grow up more ignorant, but they can watch race cars use up fuel, make noise, pollute environment. Cui bono?
08:10:03: The smell of this is a lot of pork in somebody's barrel.
08:37:28: Map pages should be...

From Twitter 05-27-2010

08:52:29: Email working both ways w/ son in the city. Hurray! HOT again. Need to go photo flowers before it's too much for me. Pea vines brown.
22:01:37: We got a tiny shower today. I was grateful. Then I drove to city and met serious rain and tiny hail. Glad for them, but wanted it here.

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From Twitter 05-26-2010

10:19:05: New post up at http://www.paksworld.com/blog/ about mapping the world of the stories.
11:06:41: New posts up at http://www.speedofdark-thebook.com/blog/ about moving autistic son to apartment in city.

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Wednesday

There are Wednesdays and Wednesdays.   I was born on a Wednesday, and yes, I know the rhyme.  This Wednesday was not entirely full of woe, because we moved the old drafting table over to this house and it's set up in what was M-'s room,  with the master map for Paksworld flattening out on it after a year rolled into a map tube. 

But then it was hot, and I don't mean warm...I mean HOT...and very bright, and I needed to go to the city to help M- with his newly acquired internet-by-cable.    I g...

From Twitter 05-25-2010

06:59:52: Twitter suddenly decided it didn't know me. Had to find password...bleh.
16:10:41: Again this afternoon, Twitter didn't know me...WTF? I had checked box saying "remember me" this morning.
16:12:33: Cable company did not install M's internet today. Called, was told "We have you scheduled for tomorrow." Rt, that's why I was there today!

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