Idiots.

Who ever came up with the phrase "the customer is always right"? They should be fired, or excommunicated or exiled. Because the customer is 9/10 of the time wrong, misinformed, or idiotic. Because the customer doesn't know what they're talking about. Because the customer has never worked in retail (for the most part) and doesn't know how to interact with other humans. I'm going to come into your job and raise all hell.

I think...

I might come back to blogging. It would be convenient to have an actual wifi connection for this instead of using the phone. I'm going to look into this.

I'm finally growing bored of Facebook. Part of it may have to do with the fact that I saw "the Social Network" and kind of realized how lame it is .... yet addictive. So that makes it even more lame and then the user even more lamer-er because it took them so long to realize. Ugh.

It just seems like we're becoming so disconnected because of it. Society, that is. It's nice that so many people can communicate from far away. And yea, granted, some people use it in addition to face to face time, but it's freaky that someone whom you haven't actually told about your kids asks you how your kids are. Kinda weird. It is a useful tool, but I hope it doesn't take over-- Facebook is going to be offering @Facebook.com addresses. And on many sites along with an article or something you'll see a share via Facebook. It's permeating everywhere.

Which is probably great for Mark Zuckerburg (whose name I am happy to note is not in iPhone's auto-correct dictionary- that makes me a little happier). But not for me. It's like comcast in Philly.

Will Facebook be the new google? Buying things up and monopolizing ? Only time will tell, mes amis.

More snow?

More snow on the forecast. Really.

I can't get enough of it … .

Being a stay at home mom....

.... Is a lot of dang work! And I hate row homes. I would rather something with MAX two floors. I can't stand running up and down all the time. Well it's not THAT bad, but I would get a lot more done not running up and down a quarter of the day. Next house doesn't have to be bigger, just more centralized!

Forgotten again

You would think that having blogging at my fingertips I might actually use it. Inaccurate, it would seem. I need a snack.

Work

I went to work tonight. It was pretty fun. Ish. Inventory pre-count. Takes time. Mmmm. Lots of photo. Who prints out 400+ pictures and wants them in an hour? That's nutsy.

On a similar vein...

I have a lot of thoughts that I could be writing here to recall, but most of them I think of while driving. I think that would be an inappropriate time to use this technology.

I keep forgetting ...

.... That I have a blog.

Freecreditreport.com

Please never use freecreditreport.com. Ever.

A fun day on the internet

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• An interesting, googleicious website I found: Google Logos

Ugh praxis

I do joy enjoy taking praxis tests. Especially when I neglect to color in the bubbles for my candidate number. Ew.

I'm a terrible blogger.

I hate to say it, but I'm a pretty terrible blogger. You would think it would be pretty easy to remember that I have one of these. Oh well.

I really like paper. Every now and then I have the urge to start making my own recycled paper and notebooks. There is no time! I guess I should just keep the "recipes" needed for all of the little projects I want to do lying around so that when I do have time, I can just jump right in, instead of having to run around. I'll have to find a paper making recipe.

There are a lot of thoughts and ideas floating around in my head that only surface when they feel like it. So its rather frustrating to remember these things when I want to . Can you tell how frustrating that is?

Temple decided to pour on more work at the last minute. They're good at screwing things up over there. I am starting to get the idea that they don't like me. I think I owe them money. Maybe that's why. I should probably pay them. The problem is, I remember when I don't have money with which to pay them.

Sometimes, I diagnose myself with adult ADHD. And then I think that I'm not mature enough for that, and decide that it must be infantile ADHD. Hey, its possible.

I should make movie, and start drawing again. Those would prospectively be two different activities.

I will need to find my SD card. I have my suspicions that Todd has stolen it.

There is no more time for my ramblings.

netbooks v. regular computers

After becoming accustomed to my netbook, regular laptops, and indeed even regular computers seem excessively large...
Especially those computers at the education lab at temple, which are large by normal standards.

I have even become accustomed to the smaller keyboard, so I keep messing up using this large one, too.

Chrissy quote

Youngins who are in the youth of their prime.

ESEA

La ESEA requiere que los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés tomen las pruebas estandarizadas en inglés después de tres años de haber entrado al sistema de escuelas de los Estados Unidos --no es suficiente tiempo para obtener una proficiencia de inglés académico. Esta constricción de tiempo ha forzado a muchas escuelas bilingües a reestructurar sus programas y enfatizar el inglés por encima de la instrucción en el idioma nativo. Esta manera dañina en la que muchos estados han decidido implementar este régimen de evaluaciones los hace partícipes del ataque a la educación bilingüe que el gobierno federal está haciendo. (Vea más artículos de trasfondo en www.rethinkingschools.org.)

Rethinking Schools Online

Ummm. It definitely takes more than 3 years to learn a language with proficiency. K?

79?

Why is there a forecast high of 79 on the second full day of fall in the northeast? Whaaat?

Typos vs. mistakes

When you type the wrong word or mess up your grammar, this is not a "typo", as you say. This would be considered a "mistake", "error", or "boo-boo".

Also, a verb is never the same as a subject. The subject may be implied, but they are not the same.

The aesthetics of computers

I have found that I am really interested in (that is, I find great pleasure in, or not great pleasure in) the way something (text, colors) looks on screen. For example, when writing a paper, I will sometimes switch the font several times, depending on my mood.

I keep losing my train of thought these days. Too many distractions.

But the point is. I really care about how something looks. Things that I am presenting (powerpoints, handouts, discussion board posts), or just things for myself (notes from class, blog postings, et c.). Not only do I not want things to be sloppy, I want them to be aesthetically pleasing. At least to me. But, I think, I am a little more meticulous than others. Not that I am claiming some sort of superiority. I just feel that I care way to much.

So, because I care way too much, sometimes I feel that others' efforts disappoint me a little sometimes. Ah well. C'est la vie.

Nerdy thoughts...

If language is just a way to communicate then it makes sense that if you can think in one lang you can think in another. Thus literacy would transfer and all other academic skills would as well. I'll keep reading my book. As the kid from the intern meaning said "learning a foreign language makes you good at other stuff. " Really learning a language increases the ways one has to express oneself. It allows the learner also I think to have a broader sense of mind in order to think. I'll have to formulate my theory better. :)

munificent

munificent // word of the day from merriam - webster dictionary online.

now, here's the thing. munus in the plural can mean "bribes" according to whittaker's words. So, is that where municipal comes into play? because all of the politicians are bribed?