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How to Be a High School Superstar
How to Be a High School Superstar: A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out) , by Cal...
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Lenten Humor
I'm still struggling with the book review I'd hoped to post today, so instead you get Jennifer Fulwiler's dry humor. You can read...
She's a Girl ... with Two Older Brothers, Part II
Faith, at two and a half, is amazingly maternal. She loves tending her new sister, or her "purple baby doll" if Joy is not...
Ender's Shadow
Ender's Shadow , by Orson Scott Card (Tor, New York, 1999) Having read Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead while visiting...
Eggs for Breakfast
Overheard this morning: Jonathan (7) and Noah (4) were making breakfast. I wish I'd had a hidden video camera; the whole...
Thorny Business
Ha! Engish is cool, too. German has its Eszett (ß) and Spanish its eñe (ñ); the world is full of accents...
Oxytocin Rush
In Bad Science , author Ben Goldacre delivers the following paean as part of a discussion of drug side effects. I really enjoy...
Update: One Week Old!
Joy is one week old today. She is a remarkably good-natured child, or, as her Uncle Stephan would say, "chill." She...
Not All Moments Are "Teachable Moments"
Overheard during the flurry to get everyone out the door in time for church: "Jonathan, now is not the best time to tell us all...
Take Ben Goldacre's Challenge
In my review , I mentioned that Ben Goldacre's book, Bad Science , suffers from a tendency to sneer. Although he usually directs...
Life Lessons Learned Living with a Large Family
When the human/bathroom ratio exceeds 6:1, procrastination is a bad thing. A very bad thing.
Bad Science
Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks , by Ben Goldacre (Faber and Faber, New York, 2010) Bad Science was...
On Being Born into a Large Family
Life is different for a newborn in a large family. I feel rather ridiculous applying the label "large" to a family of five, but...
Update: Three Days Post-Birth
Joy is three days old, and all is well. She seems to have a regular fussy period between midnight and three, but other than that...
Joy Ellen Daley!
Joy Ellen Daley Wednesday, February 23, 2011 8 lbs. 1 oz., 19 3/4 in. (click to enlarge) There are many...
We’re Moving!
The best news of the week is the arrival of two babies, but that’s not my news to share so I’ll write about our move. On...
The Snow Cure
It's not generally considered the best treatment for a cold and severe laryngitis to play in the snow, but the sky was so blue and the...
She's a Girl ... with Two Older Brothers
Faith's two older brothers are off helping Daddy work on the car, so she had luxury of playing with Dad-o's gift all by herself. ...
A Tale of Two Citrus
What shopping at your standard grocery store, with its standardized food, won't tell you: The fruit on the left is a lemon, and...
Montessori Homeschooling
I've been a bit out of the homeschooling scene for a while, so I newly discovered that there are materials for doing Montessori at...
New Tooth, Eating and . . .
February 17 th Joseph’s top right tooth finally broke through. It had been swollen for a week and we were all happy when it...
Where Are the Mission Fields? And Who Are the Missionaries?
Jennifer Fulweiler, who blogs at Conversion Diary , asked her worldwide audience to comment on the religious climate in their...
Ya Gotta Love Our Church
Ya gotta love our church. I've changed the names rather than seek permission to publish, but the story is true. From our...
What You Think Is What You Get
What You Think Is What You Get: An Introductory Textbook for the Study of the Alexander Technique , by Donald L. Weed...
Creeping!
Joseph continues to impress us with his ever increasing agility. He is very good at catching himself if he looses his balance or...