I am voting No on amendment #1 in the upcoming Georgia general election. This amendment has to do with State-licensed charter schools (as opposed to locally-licensed). Before I tell you why I’m voting no, here are the facts as I understand them ((Huge caveat: I am not an educational expert. I’ve derived these facts from …
Monthly Archives: October 2012
In The White Mountains
At Unknown Pond on the slopes of Mt. Cabot, near Berlin, NH.
A Memory of Light Side Note
As a side note to my last post, when Brandon Sanderson made his entrance to the room, he raised up the novel shown in the picture and it was met with tumultuous applause. He then explained that it was “some other” book and that he’d just brought the dust cover to show. Or did he? …
Wheel of Time Final Book
I mentioned in my Dragon*Con montage that I went to see Brandon Sanderson read from the final book of the Wheel of Time. This was the only thing I did at Dragon*Con where I waited in line ((Almost. I did wait for the Mech Pods at times.)). In fact, I got in line with Jenn …
Refocus
I’ve been going through a period lately where I feel that I don’t have any time at all to do things. This is largely self-inflicted (of course) but things that are important to me that I’ve not been keeping a good handle on include: Blogging. Yeah, haven’t been doing much of that recently. This could …
Going through France Pictures
Sorting, tagging, cropping, selecting and discarding 1,000 images takes a little while. I just got started. Here’s one of my favorites so far.
Times I’m Depressed to be surrounded by “Conservatives”
There are times when I just don’t understand conservative thought. I fully acknowledge that I am in the liberal camp when it comes to social issues, but I respect that there is room for disagreement on those ((even if they’re all wrong)). I also have some issues (but not as many) with espoused conservative tax …
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Old Photos
Recently I sent a bunch of negatives to ScanCafe for scanning. I just got them back. Here’s a highlight. From left to right we have Mike Pelletier, Annie Stuart, Jennifer Bowie, me, Robin Thomas, and Jim Cronen. This was taken on The Approach in Troy, NY, in 1998. Yes, I did have less grey at …