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Let Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story This Morning 27 Aug 2013 | 08:24 am
Brutally honest satire, from The Onion. Over the years, CNN.com has become a news website that many people turn to for top-notch reporting. Every day it is visited by millions of people, all of whom ...
MTV VMAs: Will Smith Family’s Reaction Was to Gaga, Not Miley (Video) 27 Aug 2013 | 05:49 am
I didn’t watch the show, but I did see the aftermath on Twitter. I think it’s perfectly newsworthy to correct a misconception by presenting a video clip that contextualizes a still image that has bee...
Price History Chart of The Associated Press Stylebook 2013 (Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law) 26 Aug 2013 | 08:27 pm
The AP Stylebook jumped in price by more than $2 over the summer, to about $15. I assume this has everything to do with the fact that college students are buying textbooks like mad. Price History Cha...
100 Word Challenge 26 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
It is a weekly creative writing challenge for children under 16 years of age. Each week a prompt is given, which can be a picture or a series of individual words and the children can use up to 100 wor...
In Which The Geekiness of My Kids Surpasses My Own 26 Aug 2013 | 12:18 pm
A former student of mine who often wore a Star Trek VI T-shirt was trying to make an annoying person go away, so when he spoke to her, she said “Servant, attention!” in Goa’uld. When I paraphrased th...
Students whom I haven’t met yet, I’ll have you kno… 26 Aug 2013 | 04:10 am
Students whom I haven’t met yet, I’ll have you know I left a party early so I could be ready for you tomorrow. You’re welcome.
TWEEN GIRL: “What’s a tribble?” 26 Aug 2013 | 04:05 am
TWEEN GIRL: “What’s a tribble?” MY GEEKLING DAUGHTER: (Gasp!) ME: Don’t worry, dear. If everyone was a geek, geeks wouldn’t be so awesome.
“I’m a geek. Deal with it.” –my 11yo daughter. 24 Aug 2013 | 08:17 am
#geekgirlproblems
Sondra’s Garden: Butterfly Release Honors Dr. Lettrich (Seton Hill University) 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
“Every good lesson plan has a culminating activity,” says Dr. Audrey Quinlan. “Sondra, it took six months, but here’s your culminating activity.”
A blessing before the butterfly release at #sondra… 23 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
A blessing before the butterfly release at #sondrasgarden #setonhill http://t.co/z8rKzgc49B
