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Quick update.. They got kids’ Bibles, which some of em opened up to try and read immediately, and an activity workbook…      And then we got home, let the birds out (something else I never thought I’d type), and … Continue reading →

“If you’re too honest and say what you really think, it will ruin your career.” -said to high-flying CIA analyst (real CIA, not tv CIA) Carmen Medina in the 90s by a well-meaning senior colleague. Medina sincerely believed that information-sharing between departments at … Continue reading →

Lotsa stuff got done in the last couple weeks, and we seem to be perpetually tidying up after, so this is a quick Excuses Post catchup post… After our helper completed her contract, we cleared out her old room, and then the … Continue reading →

“Conventional wisdom holds that some people are innately creative, while most have few original thoughts… Adam (Grant) shatters these assumptions. …Great creators don’t necessarily have the deepest expertise, but rather the broadest perspectives.”  – Sheryl Sandberg: COO, Facebook. Founder, LeanIn.Org.  … Continue reading →

Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) Certification. Quick post, following some curiosity about what the kids were doing that wasn’t housework 😛 Rockstar’s been cramming for this Microsoft Technology Associate Certification intensively for 2 hours daily in camp for the last couple weeks, following many … Continue reading →

Because NASA could spend millions to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity…… or we could consider using pencils in space. Summer break is when we play catch up, spending a bit more time on a wish list of … Continue reading →

This is Jenny Humphrey, as played by child star and rock music protege Taylor Momsen* – before (left) and on her way (right) to becoming the self-hating trouble-causing girl Blair Waldorf eventually exiles from Manhattan: (pics from refinery29.com and wikipedia) Jenny … Continue reading →

** Have work assignment, will brb “All that glitters is not gold…” – Merchant of Venice, 1599 N-ot a judgmental vitriol of the sometime-acclaimed tv series which nonetheless deserves to be flamed, but some observations and caveats that got completely overshadowed by … Continue reading →

“..Models are, by their very nature, simplifications. No model can include all of the real world’s complexity or the nuance of human communication..” – Cathy O’Neil, Math Nerd. Mum of 3, who still plans and cooks all the family’s meals … Continue reading →

Updated 11 June 2018: Kids Club FX final event before Summer..    *Sketch – NOT what really went down (you guys know Im just messing, right? 😀 ).. That is the story of Gideon in the book of Judges, told via … Continue reading →