Password Modesty

Student who dropped by to troubleshoot her blog politely averted her eyes each time I typed my admin password. #kidstoday Similar:Tapestry (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 15) The dying Picard has a chance to a…Rewatching ST:TNG Picard is in sickba…EmpathyThe Medium is the MoralIt has been more than 40 years since Mar…AcademiaMaybe it wasn’t…

Explaining Twerking to Your Parents

I still haven’t seen the video, but this event is the pop-culture gift that keeps on giving. Every child dreads this day: sooner or later, your parents will come to you, innocently wide-eyed, to ask you about twerking. How you handle this difficult conversation is extremely important and could have a significant impact on the…

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The school mocked. I turtled.

Draft: “As my classmates tormented, I shrank into my turtle-like shell.” Suggestion: “The school mocked; I turtled.” (Yes, I am #marking.) Similar:A big day for our first year writing students! So much energy in the room!   AcademiaDuring World War II, Literature Reigned SupremeBooks symbolized freedom. Posters of 194…BooksBecause words matter, old sport.AcademiaCanada's Stratford Festival…

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There, in my morning snapshot of the kids home-schooling in the kitchen, is the cable I should have brought to work.

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The future of handwriting

Even after the proliferation of print, the humble pen continued to flourish. History owes a lot to the literates who, entirely off their own steam, chose to document the times they lived in. Without people such as Samuel Pepys, there would be huge caverns in our knowledge of major events that happened in relatively recent…

Curse you, eyelids, for being so heavy. It’s not e…

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RT @blue439: Of course “twerk” comes from the Germ…

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RT @SetonianOnline: Fire alarms, illicit solicitin…

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