Category Archives: Thinking

Not Inspiring Much Confidence

We upgraded my computer to Windows 7 and saw this during the process. Way to go Dell:

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I sat down on the banks of a river and began to wonder

With apologies to Virginia Woolf, perhaps a shed of one’s own is nearly as good as a room. It just needs some ramps and then I will rock the garden shed!

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What if the void actually talked back?

Do you ever feel like you are just talking into the void? I feel that way on a fairly consistent basis at work. I ask questions and off they go skittering into the void. How many times should you follow … Continue reading

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Long Day

We left here around 9 this morning to head up to Northern VA for the funeral. We stopped at a place we love in Vienna (Anita’s) and had lunch there for the first time (we usually are there for breakfast). … Continue reading

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Life is a Balance

We got home on Tuesday afternoon. We had a fantastic time in Chicago. Friday the 29th we ate deep-dish pizza and drank local beer and then stumbled upon a polish extravaganza at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. Technically we … Continue reading

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Good Advice

We saw this yesterday at the Museum of Science and Industry…good advice:

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That didn’t take long

So, I’m a newly minted M.Ed. and I’ve already interviewed for a new job and been asked for advice on how to do what I do for a living. I think the interview went well, but I’m not sure that … Continue reading

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Today’s the day

Watching the video feed now…heading over to the School’s ceremony in a little bit.

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Suggestions

I’m interested in really developing my project mayhem at work. Last year we deployed the Annoy-a-tron noise maker and I need to come up with something new. There’s an In/Out board right outside my office and people are obssessed about … Continue reading

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Aiming High

I submitted my resume/portfolio this morning to a major software company for an elearning position. It’s totally over my head, but someone I know once said she has never been completely qualified for the positions she’s taken but that she’s … Continue reading

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