Thursday, October 30, 2014

For Once, Apple "delivered" ;-)

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I have this half-written post in my drafts folder in which I'm mad at Apple and basically giving up on its computers. I wrote it only a ...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Brazilian Presidential Elections

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Today was the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil and, in spite of corruption charges and much criticism, the incumbent pre...
Friday, October 24, 2014

The "Big Dream" ;-) (a Sabbatical in Europe)

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I had to spill all the  beans in the title because, well, if all you see are my blog post titles, at least you'll know what my greatest ...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

The Amazing Summer 2015 Middle-East/Europe Trip Tickets Were Bought OR ("Good" Debt??)

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Buying international travel tickets is costly and, therefore, horribly scary & stressful! (at least for me!) Right now I'm burying m...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Trying to Be At Peace

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My "silly" premonition may be dead-on. I found out nearly 10 days ago (but I couldn't find the right way to blog it) that U#2...
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Thursday, October 09, 2014

That Gluten-Free Experiment?

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I don't know if you remember that I did a really short week-long experiment  of going gluten-free and I need to report back that it didn...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2014

My kids' pediatrician drives...

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... a blue convertible BMW! I just saw him as I was getting gas at Costco.

Weird Premonition

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Last Thursday I found out with great delight that they're building an Aldi grocery store precisely halfway in the middle of my daily com...
Friday, October 03, 2014

Happy!

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I had to get those negative feelings out of the way, thanks for bearing with me! And BTW that photo I took & shared in the post make be...

The Summer of... Nothing Done?

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I can't believe it's Fall already. Blah... you may recall  I don't like the cold  and though Fall is beautiful, it's als...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Kimbap (Sushi) for Breakfast!

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This morning I had a lovely, if unusual, breakfast of leftover yummy food from last night! Kimbap (the Korean word for sushi -- my friend Je...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Some Reasons Why I Hate Cold Weather/Winter

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I even dislike Fall and early Spring (though Spring is a hopeful time -- warmth is coming! -- as opposed to depressing Fall), and some of th...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

What Wise Man Noam Chomsky Said about Adjunct Labor & Higher Education

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I'm late* to this since it was published online in February at AlterNet, but "better late than never" is my motto!! *(but not ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Boyhood: Delightfully Brilliant, yet Riddled with Stereotypes...

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... or should I say brilliantly delightful? And... are some of the stereotypes slightly mysoginistic? I don't know, but I wonder... ...
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Friday, September 12, 2014

Missing my boys

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I haven't seen my 10 year old since Wednesday morning! And my 12 yo since yesterday morning. L had outdoor education at a camp 1h30 away...
Friday, September 05, 2014

Sometimes, I just want to sit down and have a good cry...

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... But I have a hard time doing it. There are too many good things in my life, and I know I should count my blessings instead.  Sometim...
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Gluten Free for a Week

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I'm doing an experiment. I'm going gluten free for a week, just to see if I'll feel any different. Some adult ADHD specialists, ...
Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Reveling in the Warmth, Dreading the Freezing Cold

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ETA: written on my cell phone, walking from the car to the building where I teach :-) I'm not just "enjoying" the hot weather...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Saudade (& Gorgeous Maragogi!)

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When distress and almost despair overtook me last week K & I felt like we always do in such situations -- a rare feeling, to be frank! -...
Monday, September 01, 2014

New (to me) Wedding Music

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This summer I went to two weddings which couldn't have been more different and I want to share some of the music since I don't know ...