JYProvocative Question #47 – Technology & Education There’s a motion on Massachusetts’ ballot this year to get rid of the standardized tests that have altered education so it has become about passing tests without benefit of thinking. What those tests… Read More ›
EPISODE 64: WILD & WEIRD This episode Tom and Garry talk about why a recent Get Off My Lawn video went mini viral and Garry talks about covering a potential riot with adorable woodland creatures.
Festival of Leaves 2024: Week # 1 ~ Autumn has come (again) We had a brief and very early fall because we’d had not rain since early August and not much then. At the beginning of this week, it began… Read More ›
As September draws to a close, here is a seasonal set of squares with a final skeletal reminder that it is coming up to our bestest annual holiday, Halloween.
FOTD – September 26 & 27, 2024 – Macro Orchids I’m still waiting for new orchids to bloom. I get restless waiting, but since I took hundreds of pictures of orchids over the past months, here are some.
I don’t feel well and I am going back to bed. I got out because I had an appointment with the cardiologist, but now, I give up. I do have a regular doctor appointment, but not until October 1st. In… Read More ›
Learning to draw and other stuff — because school is back! Remembering elementary school at this point is life is kind of funny. I remember most of the names of the teachers I had, don’t remember anything I learned —… Read More ›
Sharing My World 23rd September Both of us are recovering from something. Both of us had teeth pulled. Both of us feel pretty ill. We had flu shots and I’m wondering if we are having a reaction. Seriously, wow, what a… Read More ›
FOTD – September 24, 2004 – Gold & Amber Text: Marilyn Armstrong – Photography: Garry Armstrong I have always loved the fall. I remember being a child on my way back to school. I was wearing new shoes. Leather shoes… Read More ›
80% of readers will only read the headline. Make it worthwhile. “On the average five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline you have spent eighty cents out of… Read More ›
And sometimes statistics, by Rich Paschall You may be familiar with the Mark Twain quote, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The third category might refer to statistics that are incorrectly used to support someone’s… Read More ›
FOTD – September 22 & 23, 2024 – Welcome “true” fall The Autumnal Equinox will be this coming Sunday at 8:34AM, EDT. We are in the middle of the first rain in more than a month. I hope it will bring… Read More ›
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