You’ve all read about helicopter parents who hover over their children at school and drive their teachers nuts. Plus they make their children ill-prepared to enter the real world. That used to be problematic–but apparently mumsie and daddums have figured out the solution–they will hover over their child’s
I’m fascinated by the topic of education. In fact, I probably should have been a teacher, except that I rather dislike other people’s children. (Some of you will now be saying, well none of my teachers liked kids either, so what stopped you?) So, I keep up on
Halloween is one of the best days of the years. Let’s face it–it’s a holiday that is about candy. What is there not to love? There are no family obligations. No presents for picky relatives. (Not that any of my relatives are picky–especially the ones who read this
The Carnival of the Insanities is up over at Dr. Sanity. There are great posts and a link to 5000 Years of Middle East History in 90 seconds. Talk about cool.
You honestly could not pay me enough money to do this. (Via Ann Althouse)
Dancer. That’s right, according to this Bankrate article” the wealthy dancer is an oxymoron. “The vast majority of dancers cannot make a living off of dancing alone as a performer,” says John Munger, director of research and information for Dance/USA, an American dance service organization. “I believe less
NYC apartment woes. Enough said. UPDATE: For SheSaid who doesn’t wish to register with the NY Times. (I have a hotmail address that I use for all such registration.) Here are some of my favorite quotes: “One night, the sound was so horrendous I went up and knocked
We had a discussion on lying a while back. My position is that lying is never appropriate. I bet Eric Poehlman wishes he had listened to me. From the New York Times Magazine: Poehlman pleaded guilty to lying on a federal grant application and admitted to fabricating more
Apparently the same way you get to be CEO–practice. Fortune reports For one thing, you do not possess a natural gift for a certain job, because targeted natural gifts don’t exist. (Sorry, Warren.) You are not a born CEO or investor or chess grandmaster. You will achieve greatness
Okay, truth be told I’m already religious. But I’m not a Southern Baptist. I make no attempt to understand the finer points of Southern Baptist Theology. Still, I found this article, Texas Seminary: No Speaking in Tongues interesting–from an HR point of view. It seems the trustees voted
