Science Fiction (a genre with which I’ve had little to no exposure previous to now; D.C. and I are hosting a reading group surrounding this list)
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
I, Robot or Foundation Trilogy (Isaac Asimov)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller)
Puppet Masters or Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Summer = More Books
Posted in Literary, Personal on 27 May 2009 | 4 Comments »
Mother’s Day
Posted in Personal on 13 May 2009 | 2 Comments »
This Sunday I got to celebrate my first Mother’s Day as a “Mother.” I wasn’t sure that I deserved the title but my husband, son, friends and family reassured me that labor isn’t the primary determiner of motherhood. This was the precious card I received from my son. I have purple skin because I’m “special” [...]
Valid point
Posted in Overheard on 12 May 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Ms. Card, I decided that I don’t want to be a teacher when I grow up because, well, they have to hold it for so long.”
– a fifth grader with a particularly small bladder
10 Things I Dislike About [first Wednesdays in May]
Posted in Personal on 6 May 2009 | 1 Comment »
Disinterested students who are only interested in why they couldn’t bring an iPod and play in the Family Fun Center at the Getty.
iPods.
Misplacing important papers.
Important papers.
Second guessing decisions that can’t be changed.
Second guessing.
People who tell me I’m “soooooooooooooooo smart.”
Final Projects.
Skipping class.
Traffic, or rather, cars in any quantity.
Icecream.
Street Evangelism
Posted in Philosophy and Theology on 2 May 2009 | 1 Comment »
I went to our community’s “Cinco de Mayo” celebration at the local junior college and wandered around, people watching, listening to terrible mariachi music and deliberating on whether or not to have a sno-cone or a funnel cake. I decided to have Indian food and took it down to the shore of the lake to [...]
Stepmom, M.B.A.
Posted in Business, Personal on 2 May 2009 | 2 Comments »
Inspired by Barbara Newhall’s post: “When Your Six-Year-Old Wants to Talk Money”
Michael and I have established a policy that we will provide what my six-year-old stepson needs, but he’ll have to earn what he wants. The trouble is that with four loving parents, seven grandparents, seven great-grandparents, and one great-great-grandmother, my stepson doesn’t usually NEED [...]
Metamorphosis
Posted in Uncategorized on 1 May 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been plagued by some of the ugliest looking critters up here in the desert. Black and orange and creepy-crawly (see image below), I’ve been making a point of smashing them…
…until Michael told me they are ladybug larvae. I didn’t believe him until I saw a orange spotless ladybug adult emerge from one of the [...]
