I doubt I’ll ever have time to share this with the small children but I really like it – the way it’s presented, the inclusion of the creation story, the recipes. Ah for the days when I was young, had more time and energy and a zillion young Girl Scouts wandering in and out of my days.
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The Education Wonks: “The Passage” As A New Literary Art Form
Wait a minute, kids aren’t reading entire novels in school? Only passages? In order to do well on standardized testing? Surely this isn’t true and if it is, it’s the exception and not the rule.
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National Garden Month :: Free Poster Giveaway
OK so the poster is nice, but what about the free seeds! We never seem to have enough seeds to plant. I hope they arrive soon!
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rawstyle.com: Balance Toilet Seat (Standard Size)
I found these via Hestia Homeschool for Wild Women – and I love them. I really think M would love to paint toilet seats, it’s right up her alley – so to speak. I wonder just how difficult it is to prepare them for the paint and stuff.
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retroCRUSH: Deadly Toys of Days Gone By
How many of these did you own? We had ’em all and still have a few of them around here. I liked lawn darts. I miss lawn darts. I want REAL lawn darts!
May it fall with sulphurous fury on those who dispatch an administrative minion to a busy neighborhood coffee shop crowded with regulars dropping by for their efficiently-produced latte, 8:30-ish in the morning, and instruct said minion to fetch back eleven assorted coffee drinks, each one subtly-underspecified and requiring extended barista dialogue, and finally to pay with with a credit card.
— Worse yet the idiot who orders 50 coffee drinks from Starbucks, by phone, to be taken to work (which is 30 miles from said Starbucks) and tips badly (if at all).
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Morbid Tendencies: Bunny Of The Month Club
“Unfortunate Animal of the Month” Club
Something dreadful in the mail each month to brighten your life. I encourage you to have them delivered to your office.
$39/month*, as many months as you want to sign up for (options listed below). Special occasion requests accepted. Gift subscriptions a specialty (see below).
Me thinks Chris would really like this. Maybe I’ll subscribe and get him Marilyn Manson’s soul for his birthday this year.
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