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No Harm In Asking 2007-11-11 22:22:00 I’m not very good at corporate prayer. I do okay during the pastoral prayer at church, but when I’m sitting in a circle hearing the earnest prayers of others, I always have to fight down my inner skeptic: the critical, resistant, sometimes sarcastic voice that raises obscure theological objections or simply urges me to flee. If prayer were like a Ouija board, I’d be the nonbeliever who
Mortal Kombat 2007-11-10 22:01:00 Last week, Bub’s nursery school went on a field trip to the children’s museum. The drop-off time didn't work with my teaching schedule, so I arranged for Bub to get a ride with one of the other moms. I’m always a bit nervous about changes of routine, but it went off without a hitch: Eamon was watching at the window when we pulled into the driveway, and when he and Bub caught sight of each other Read more:Kombat
, Mortal Kombat
My Invisibility Cloak 2007-11-09 06:17:00 Andrea wrote a post this week about colour, and the pleasure she takes in it. Colour has always been one of my drugs of choice (along with Cold F/X – have you tried it? it’s like caffeine, only better). When I’m down, a quick shot of deep yellow always gives me an endorphin rush (this is one of many reasons that I’m rarely depressed in the fall; the other reasons have to do with years upon Read more:Invisibility
The Many Faces of Pie 2007-11-17 10:20:00 Sports Commentator: (from the kitchen table, observing the behaviour of the furnace guy) Dere’s a man downstairs. He’s fixing the house. The man camed upstairs! The man went outside. He opened the door. The door is shut again! The man comed back in the house. Do you hear that sound? It’s the man.
Weather Reporter: It’s snowy! The cars are all covered! (runs to the other side of the
Murphy's Haiku 2007-11-16 06:45:00 Two months of savings
set aside, first payment on
the big student loan.
What do you mean your
car repair cost thirty-five
hundred dollars? Crap.
That's okay. We've got
a cheque coming in this month...
is it cold in here?
Yes. Apparently
our furnace isn't working.
Crap crap crap crap crap.
Update:
Bill from furnace guys:
Ninety dollars and ten cents.
Problem: switch turned off. Read more:Murphy
, Haiku
Words 2007-11-14 09:08:00 Have you donated rice yet? This site is perhaps the most brilliantly addictive thing I’ve seen on the Internet: it’s a test that allows you to donate rice to the world’s poor by showing off your vocabulary! The first few are low balls; if you get them right, the words become progressively harder. Eventually it comes down to guesswork, and the rule of thumb I follow is that (a) the longest Read more:Words
Two Pieces of Pie 2007-11-23 07:14:00 For all you Yanks who like a slice of apple and a slice of pumpkin – and to make up for the fact that I desecrated your holiday of thankfulness with yesterday’s litany of complaints – I offer these two pieces of Pie:
She’s The Map!
The Pie is a human equivalent to Dora’s Map. At any given time, she knows where everything is in the house. This is not a trait shared by any of the other members
Cold November Rain 2007-11-22 07:03:00 “Oh no!” Bub wailed yesterday morning when we stepped outside. It was raining steadily, relentlessly – not a mere shower but a driving November
downpour. “Stop the rain, Mama!” he demanded. I know exactly how he feels.
Since the 24th of October I’ve graded 97 essays and 25 tests, a perfect storm of marking that has kept me occupied for nearly a month. This, of course, is entirely my fault.
The Sins of the Fathers 2007-11-20 07:07:00 "Would you like some dessert?" my mom asked on Sunday night, digging into the dark chocolate pudding cake, still warm from the oven.
"No thanks," my dad answered pleasantly.
"Oh you!" my mom exploded. "You are such a sulk!" She jabbed her spoon furiously at the rejected dessert. "Just because it's called pudding cake!"
For as long as I can remember, there have been two foods my father would Read more:Fathers
Finish This Post 2007-11-28 06:26:00 In honour of kgirl, I offer you the World’s Top Ten Birth Stories. (Spots 3 and 4 are empty - any suggestions?)
10) Tamar gives birth to twins:
And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. Read more:Finish
My Myers-Briggs Analysis of Harry Potter 2007-11-25 22:29:00 How’s that for a nice, searchable title? Welcome, random Googlers! There are spoilers here aplenty, so consider yourselves warned.
Cinnamon Gurl challenged me to identify the MBTI personality types of the major characters in the HarryPotter
series, and that’s the kind of invitation that I just can’t refuse. First, a primer on the David Keirsey version of the system:
There are four kinds Read more:Myers
, Briggs
, Analysis
Let It Snow 2007-12-05 06:27:00 For Wordless Wednesday.
Winter Dreams 2007-12-03 11:38:00 In imagination, she is brave and strong. “I’m going to hug Santa,” she promised on the way to the annual children’s Christmas party. Put on by the smallest affiliate college of the university where I teach, this event is exactly the kind of holiday tradition I used to envy in other, more fortunate children: there are crafts and cookies, a few half-hearted Christmas carols, and then at four o’ Read more:Dreams
I'm Gonna Live Forever 2007-11-30 12:38:00 All children believe that they will be famous when they grow up. Scratch that – some children believe that they will be famous when they grow up. They’re the ones who feel unpopular, underappreciated, in need of the revenge that comes with success. It’s surprising how difficult it is to relinquish that dream – my ex-husband never quite got over the fact that he wasn’t an NHL hockey player. I Read more:Forever
Why I Haven't Posted Much Lately 2007-12-11 15:30:00 I'm moving to a small town.
Technically I've known this for a year and a half, but there's something about house-hunting that makes it seem real.
I'm moving to a place where people on the sidewalks smile and nod instead of averting their eyes politely, the way I'm used to. I'm moving to a place where you can choose two houses to tour and discover that one of them is across the street from Read more:Haven
This Week's Homeschool Curriculum: Science 2007-12-06 12:28:00 With classes over for the semester, I've been adding a homeschooling component to my interactions with the children. Although Pie is only two, I firmly believe that it's never too early to begin establishing basic scientific principles. This week we have focused on physics, particularly the law of gravity and the properties of solids and liquids. The following Scientific Facts have been Read more:Homeschool
, Curriculum
, Science
Proud 2007-12-09 14:00:00 You wouldn't have had any difficulty picking him out, if you'd been there. He was the kid who clutched a book securely with one hand through the entire Christmas pageant.
He was also the kid who held his battery-operated "candle" up to one eye instead of raising it aloft, scowling at it thoughtfully as he examined the way the light burst from the centre of the bulb.
He was the kid who Read more:Proud
My Nerves 2007-12-20 12:09:00 I am frightened out of my wits; and have such tremblings, such flutterings all over me such spasms in my side, and pains in my head, and such beatings at heart, that I can get no rest by night nor by day.
It is not a new or original idea that Jane Austen was just a teensy bit uncharitable towards poor Mrs. Bennet. Yes, she is a criminally embarrassing mother, every teenage girl's nightmare, but
At Six O'Clock This Morning 2007-12-18 12:34:00 Bub: I'm not sleeping anymore. I'm awake!
Me: Umhmm.
Bub: Mama, it's not time for sleeping. It's time to go downstairs and get some cereal.
Me: I'm sleeping right now, Bub.
Bub: You're not sleeping, Mama! You already ate all the sleeps! Read more:Morning
, Clock
Old vs. New 2007-12-17 10:16:00 The list has narrowed (for now, at least) to two options: (1) the Old House, built in 1895, or (2) the New House, which would be built for us by a builder who is just starting out but has already established a reputation in town for good workmanship. According to the builder, the house would be ready by summer (though this speedy schedule has raised an eyebrow or two among my friends - ought it
Burgermeister's Comin' to Town 2007-12-14 14:22:00 Forget Scrooge - just call me Burgermeister Meisterburger.
Bub was watching Santa Claus is Comin
g to Town yesterday, a special that I remember selecting as a childhood favourite because it explains the origins of all the Christmas traditions. "The only thing anybody judges you on in this town is how many chores you do and how clean your stockings are," a child laments, rubbing his stockings on
Breaking News: Children and Adults Not the Same 2008-03-10 06:49:00 A recent study has shown that there are significant differences between children and adults.
"Adults
tend to be self-motivated," explains sociologist Richard Richards, who led the pioneering study. "Left to themselves, nearly 70% of adults display an ability to get dressed, make breakfast, and begin productive work." The same was not true for the test group of toddlers aged 1-3. "The children Read more:Breaking
, Children
All Right Then, Have An Earache 2008-03-05 19:33:00 Bub: (on being offered grape-flavoured Children's Advil, cleverly disguised as applesauce) I don't think this is applesauce, Daddy. I think this is medicine sauce. Read more:Right
Artifice 2008-03-03 08:38:00 There's a certain stiffness of bearing that can only be seen when a jeans- and t-shirt-clad woman leaves the hair salon with a six-foot bridal veil attached to her head. Every muscle is tensed, as if pure effort could keep the curls from relaxing, the stray tendrils from pulling free in the breeze. Already the up-do has lost its salon-set perfection, and Pachelbel's Canon in D is still hours
A Dilemma 2008-02-29 07:54:00 Let's say you were building a house that looked something like this:
Where would you put your piano?
The physically possible options are these:
1) In the corner beside the fireplace. Will look somewhat wedged in and be subject to damage from temperature variations.
2) Directly beside the fireplace on the other side. Same objections as above.
3) Centered on the long wall between the living
To Infinity and Beyond 2008-02-26 17:45:00 Toy Story has entered into an almost daily rotation around here lately, a schedule that has afforded me ample opportunity to observe its central conflict between Woody, the ironic postmodern cowboy, and Buzz Lightyear, the blazingly pre-ironic astronaut. Woody is genial and sincerely devoted to Andy, his little-boy owner, but there is a certain detachment to his performance: when Andy enters the Read more:Infinity
No title 2008-02-25 10:58:00 I'm mopping my floors today to the tune of Billboard's Top Ten Hits of 1983 and feeling splendidly nostalgic for a year that I spent desperately longing for something - anything - to happen.
That's what I loved about the movie My American Cousin. By the time it came out I was older - seventeen, I think - and still waiting for something to happen to me, so I felt an immediate jolt of recognition
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