Kind of a thought-ramble from when I still paid property taxes. I want as much of my property tax going to schools as possible. If **your** children are in a safe, educational school, then they are off of the streets and not hoodluming up my car, my home, or my neighborhoods. Plus, when they get […]
Lessons from Toys R Us
I don’t think I’ve ever told anyone about this. At 14, I was heading into high school and had abandoned all hope of ever being cool. In fact, I’d gone to Space Camp the previous spring and discovered that it was okay to be a geeky nerd, so by golly, that’s what I was going […]
Lessons from a Teen Movie
Identify the teen movie I re-watched last night from this description: Plain Jane/girl-next-door with an uncanny ability to suspend her disbelief meets a creepy but attractive (and heavily made-up) supernatural male who, for reasons that are never adequately explained, loves her deeply and is willing to move the very stars for her. Glitter ensues. If […]
Paperless: Fail
I signed up for paperless billing on my T-Mobile account: Fail. In unrelated news: My web hosting company decided to move all my servers at 2 AM yesterday morning, completely breaking every server I had, including email (which bounced), web services, everything. And they notified me…. by email. At 2 AM on Easter Sunday. And […]
“I didn’t ask for your help.”
Ask any person with a disability, and they will probably agree that this is one of their favorite sentences, and it’s one of the most powerful ones you can employ. “I didn’t ask for your help” is a great sentence. It establishes and reinforces your boundaries. It encourages you to try something for yourself. It […]