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Monthly Archives: March 2013
More Baby Year Minus Zero Pictures
I’m desperately looking forward to the time when, during the first year of life of our child, I’m asked how old he is and I get to answer, “Zero.” That will make my day. In anticipation of that wondrous experience, … Continue reading
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Teaching Dependent vs. Independent Graphing
When I was learning about dependent and independent variables in experimentation, I had the hardest time remember which was which. To this day I have to take a moment to make sure I’m describing or graphing something correctly. At the … Continue reading
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Idimager Upgrade to Photo Supreme: Not Right Now
Over time I’ve had several posts on Idimager the most recent of which was my learning that Idimager is now dead software, to be replaced by Photo Supreme. As I have an enormous amount of time invested in tagging and … Continue reading
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Cobb/Acworth/Woodstock is Saved!
I’m happy to report that the Google maps mystery from a little while back has been resolved. The army is no longer going to build the new Atlanta Airport right on top of thousands of homeowners. What am I talking … Continue reading
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Ticketmaster does Dunwoody!
I received a speeding citation1 last weekend. I paid the $100 fee online today. This is my final screen. Someone with more experience with municipal court payments will have to tell me whether I would have had to pay a … Continue reading
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Writing and Cats
It’s been something like nine days since my last update. I’m honestly too lazy to go check the date on the last posting. It is amazing how quickly the time can fly when you’re not paying attention, busy with other … Continue reading
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Posts too Long!
My recent posts have been way too long. Here’s a cat. Two cats, actually.
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Is a Paper Notebook a Time Waster?
I was listening to the Mikes on Mics podcast a few days ago and heard of some Elite Harvard Ivory Tower Intellectual pooh-poohing my paper notebook. Alexandra Samuel actually isn’t an elite Harvard intellectual in the sense that I’m lampooning, … Continue reading
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Georgia Legislative Activity past Crossover Day
The legislation below is what I’ve found interesting and has survived crossover day. There is other stuff out there that didn’t survive, but I’m going to leave that alone. For now, here’s the legislation in chamber and number order (with … Continue reading
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Book Review: Fitzpatrick’s War
Today I finished reading Fitzpatrick’s War by Theodore Judson. I liked this book, and Judson did some things very well, and another thing spectacularly, but I hesitate to recommend it for reasons I’ll get into soon. I wouldn’t recommend this … Continue reading
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