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This is my old chair. (Or rather Frank's old chair which he has resisted replacing. I'm not too sad it's gone. And if you have ideas on fixing it, "sshhh!") This is my temporary chair. I have discovered that while sitting in it I'm much more likely to get up and do something else, so […]

My two year old's favorite saying right now is "it's my favorite." I believe he picked it up from his granny. Which made me think … I thought I was both of my granny's favorite. Both of my grandmothers had a huge influence in my life. And I am absolutely sure I was their favorite.

Zonker tapped me for the 7 Things meme. Since it sounds infinitely easier than the 25 things that I've been tagged for several times on Facebook, I decided to do the 7 things and count it as both. How the 7 Things meme works: Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your

Some friends and I are setting up a computer lab in an elementary school in Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico. You can read about our project on a new blog I set up. I'll write there about what distribution, software, and hardware we end up using. (And if you have an old but not outdated computer

I heard a stop smoking ad yesterday and I thought they were talking about diet coke: "I have one at 6:30 in the morning, after every meal and right before I go to bed." I also think my diet coke addiction is somewhat like an alcohol-addiction because even though I've quit drinking diet coke, I

There’s something about those self quizzes in magazines that always grabs me. (Although I have to admit that I usually cheat and check what the categories are before I start reading so I can read each of the answers and see how they relate to the conclusions.) So when someone pointed me to the Color

Some people collect stuff, some hoard stuff, I control stuff.  I’m not talking about events and people – I’m talking about all those things, clothes, knickknacks, cars, etc, that you collect in life.  I’m usually happy to lend stuff out or let people use my stuff (reluctantly at times, I’ll admit) if they ask.  But

So when your seven year old doesn’t listen to you – don’t take it personally.  He just doesn’t want to do what you were saying.When the cashier grunts at you – don’t take it personally.  She just doesn’t want to be at work. When the guy in front of you in line glares at you