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I Need Help With Ideas for How-To Articles

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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In case you didn’t know, I write articles. How-To articles, mainly. ALL. DAY. LONG. I write for a few companies, and then there’s my neato new blog, The Older Geek, which I love. Sometimes, I am given ideas as assignments. Most of the time, I have to come up with my own. Well guess what [...]

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From Farm to Fork: Learning about Wheat

Friday, January 8, 2010

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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine. The kids and I have been learning some terrific stuff at the How Wheat Works website. This is a wonderful educational site– you homeschooling parents should check it out with your kids! I learned things about wheat [...]

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NY Homeschooling Parents Arrested

Friday, January 8, 2010

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Here in eastern New York State, homeschooling parents were arrested because they had failed to register their homeschooled children with the local school district, according to NYS law: FONDA — A Montgomery County couple has been arrested on child endangerment charges for failing to register their children with the school district as they were home-schooled, the [...]

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Be the Life of the Party!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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Be the Life of the Party!

So it’s Christmas Day. You’ve ripped open the loot, eaten all the turkeyhamroastbeefgoosewhatever and loosened your belt, and you’ve even tasted (and survived) Aunt Vivien’s fruitcake. Good for you!! Now what do you all do? Watch TV? NO NO! Be the life of the party, keep the kids quiet, impress the parents! This video [...]

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Punch! Home Weekend Project Software Sale

Monday, November 16, 2009

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Hey, this is cool! Home Design Software for the impatient, like me!! ;) Seriously, there’s some nifty software from the Punch! Family software family. I just love Punch! I’ve tried their landscaping software, and have been mulling over their home improvement software. I have an 1855 house that hasn’t been updated in, oohhhh about 150 [...]

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Stunning Microscopic Photography

Friday, October 23, 2009

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Wired.com has a post showcasing 35 years of the world’s best microscopic photography. The photos are amazing, and not just because they are neat photos. It’s because of the marvelous design in even the tiniest things in our world! Here are a few that I liked very much: These are nanocrystals deposited on a silicon substrate. [...]

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Little Red Dragonfly

Saturday, October 3, 2009

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Isn’t it beautiful? My son found him today. He was unmoving, but alive. Click the next photo and “All Sizes” for a larger, spectacular view of the dragonfly. They are so lovely, so wonderfully made! I’ve never seen a red one before. I tried warming the critter by holding my warm mug of tea close to [...]

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An Intriguing Facial Recognition Quiz

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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The BBC has an interesting quiz, the Face Memory Test. It tests your facial recognition skills– how well do you remember a face? I am very good at remembering faces, but not usually names. I almost *always* blitz a person’s name out of my head during introductions. I just hate that. I have to work very [...]

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A Review of Learn.com

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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I jumped at the chance to get a free trial from Learn.com to try out one of their online educational courses. I’ve spoken in support of online education many times. I have only a high school diploma (I know! It must come as a real shocker to you who have been wowed by my brilliance [...]

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