Posted in Ruthie, Seen, Heard, Said, Thomas on Jan 6th, 2010 No Comments »
Ruthie, drawing a picture: “This is mom & dad.” Thomas: “When they got out of jail?” Ruthie: “Yeah. And mom is pregnant.” Wha-?
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said, Travel, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Sep 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
We are in Los Angeles this week, helping with video at the 140 Twitter Conference. And by we, this time I really do mean WE – I’m the second camera operator. But since that sounds boring, and I can’t have a cool title like gaffer or key grip or best boy, I plan to call [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Sep 8th, 2009 5 Comments »
Did you hear? President Obama is brainwashing our kids today! I don’t normally rant about politics in this space, but this issue gets me riled up at a foundational level. Because for me, this is not really about politics, but about fear of Other, about thinking we’re in Control, and about PARENTING OUR CHILDREN. So, [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Aug 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Going Big – This American Life I first heard of Geoffrey Canada last year when I was thinking a lot about education in the inner city, and found his “total life” approach to education fascinating. I am completely in love with his charter school concept, and totally heartbroken by the socio-economic divide in education. Canada’s [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Aug 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Ignite Seattle: Public Library Hacking, by Dawn Rutherford Postcards From Yo Mama This is one of the websites I go to when I need a five minute break to laugh my ass off. Real email and IM correspondence with mothers, and you won’t be able to stop reading! Controversial Breast-Feeding Doll Yeah, I think it’s [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Aug 7th, 2009 1 Comment »
New GI Bill Offers Massive Benefits – NPR “By 1947, the president said, half of all Americans enrolled in college were veterans. Eight million veterans who were educated under the original GI Bill, Mr. Obama added, became the backbone of the largest middle class in U.S. history.” I did not know this. That’s pretty cool. [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Jul 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Is Orphan an Anti-Adoption Screed? – Paste Magazine The first time I saw a trailer for this movie I rolled my eyes to the heavens and thought, For the love of Pete, WHY are we scaring people away from adoption so excellently?! But I discovered this article via @pastemagazine, and it makes a good point: [...]
Posted in Learning, Seen, Heard, Said on Jun 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Am I Kate? – PBS Supersisters While I’ve never watched John and Kate Plus 8, I’ll admit I got caught up a little in the gross blog commentary re their personal lives as depicted on the show. It was refreshing to come across this post that invites you to empathize a little with their circumstances, [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on May 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
Encouraging Young Artists – PBS Supersisters Recently I had the epiphany that I’ve been a writer since I could write – I just never had a mentor to encourage me or give any direction. I’m so task oriented at home I often forget to spend time cultivating my kids’ interests, discovering what they enjoy creating [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Apr 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
Bryan Zug, Geek of the Week! – Seattle P.I. Big shout out to the man of the house for this nomination by his peers! Who Needs a Manual to Write Real Good? – NPR.org A hilarious grammar tongue-twister to commemorate the 50th anniversary of William Strunk and E.B. White’s Elements of Style, the grammar manual [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Apr 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
Book Update – Conversion Diary A great post from another writer about finding time to write in the midst of Life: “…good writing is possible under all sorts of circumstances…” Where the Wild Things Are movie trailer YouTube won’t let me embed this in the blog, so definitely click through to watch it. I’m so [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Mar 27th, 2009 3 Comments »
Saving your kids’ memories – reluctantentertainer.com As a former scrapbooker turned digital media user, I don’t actually do a lot of scrabooking anymore, but I still want to create a physical space for my kids’ memories. This idea seems to take the time-intensive creative road blocks out of making these memory books, and is actually [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Mar 20th, 2009 1 Comment »
AIG Bonuses linked to retention, not performance – npr.org I’m not going to pretend I know anything about any of this, so I’ll start with that. But even in my simple understanding, I was on the bandwagon of boo-ing the AIG bonuses… until I heard this story. This guy – whoever he is – succinctly [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Mar 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Wine to Water This organization discovered me through twitter. Doc Hendly started following me, I clicked through to his website, and discovered a cool organization that serves third world communities by helping them gain access to clean water. One of the ways they raise money is through wine tasting parties that raise awareness. Bryan and [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Mar 7th, 2009 2 Comments »
Emma and her hilarious giving – Ravings of a creative housewife I’m not prone to seeking out social justice projects myself, so I don’t naturally stumble across ways for my kids to get involved in helping others. We practice kindness, hospitality, and generosity with the people we bump into every day, but at some point [...]
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