The other way to earn a thirty percent tip from us is to provide “great service,” defined as remembering to leave out the onions when clearly told “no onions” in the salad and/or, cheerily agreeing AND REMEMBERING to bring an iced tea that is half sweetened and half unsweetened and,...
followed by leftover meatloaf sandwiches and fried potatoes for supper while we watchBoy Swallows Universe(great show!) on Netflix. Eventually, we’ll go to bed, where I hope to finishRazorblade Tears, a great crime novel by S. A. Crosby before I sleep. By the way, if you like ...
I’m in a bind and I’m way behind. All my bags are packed. I’m ready to go. I’m in the basement in Portland. 50inthefifties is done. On the final day in the final state, we had a perfect oh say eight- mile ride at the Sno Park with some climbs that proved impossible ...
Since fall 2023, I am no longer paying for a Micro.blog account. I did remove one cross-posting feature I was using with M.b. yesterday. I don’t know how long I’ll continue to syndicate there. In the same way WordPress introduced me to open source and I developed the skills to ...
“Why don’t you want to do Kansas?” she said it in such a direct, matter of fact way that it left me speechless. I wanted to cry actually. There was something that I didn’t tell her about what she said to me that day; I knew it was God speaking to me. ...
Teaching means teaching students the best way we know how and continuing to look for ways to get better. Let’s get back to that and help students learn and encourage them to be happy and healthy. I’d love to hear what you think. Posted in Common Core, Math Education | Leave a ...
If you find the time to consider by what means you measure out your life, I hope you will find something in the way of following Christ and sharing the good news of what it means to follow him, doing it both in what you say, and in what you do for those around you. ...
But, on the other hand, a more cynical way to look at it would be to say that it is really nothing but a band-aid to cover up the exploitative conditions that cause so many to need charity. If society was structured in such a way as to not allow the extent of inequality extreme ...
Our plane had already pushed back halfway when our pushback was halted, and the driver of the vehicle had to go inside. Photo ©Jean Janssen. The side of the Celebrity Apex. The “Magic Carpet” jets out to the side. It travels from the 5th to the 15th deck of the ship at port...
does come together nicely at the end. It’s also a fairly thick book and that made for a slightly dull middle section and many details e.g. around the battles in the Colosseum, or the intrigues of Lepida. By the way, the hatred that a reader has to feel for Lepida is well ...