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for mac users, there is no more important app for the sake of productivity than freedom. if you are a chronic procrastinator who spends way too much time reading blogs, checking your fantasy football team, surfing facebook, or catching up on the news while you should be doing some actual work, please do yourself a [...]
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what am i saying?
my life is my message
[mohandas gandhi]
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how he loves
the other day carrie and i were out and about running some errands and listening to the radio in the car. normally, we have it tuned to either 1) sports radio or 2) one of the local top 40 stations. but on this particular day nothing good was on, so we resorted to listening to [...]
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rethinking the charter school…
an interesting read from a cool education blog — here’s stanford’s credo report on the impact of charter schools on students (compared with traditional public schools). among the findings: there is a 2:1 ratio of bad charter schools to “good” charter schools.
some highlights:
The results suggest that new charter school students have an initial loss of [...]
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holy moly, she can sing…
I was a little girl alone in my little world who dreamed of a little home for me.
I played pretend between the trees, and fed my houseguests bark and leaves, and laughed in my pretty bed of green.
I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest swing.
I had a dream.
Long [...]
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don miller @ the dnc
don miller gives the benediction at the dnc – very cool.
Give us a passion to advance opportunities for the least of these, for widows and orphans, for single moms and children whose fathers have left.
Give us the eyes to see them, and the ears to hear them, and hands willing to [...]
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ah, just like old times
i almost feel a lil guilty.
my first year of grad school concluded a month ago, and now i spend my days biking, playing tennis, watching movies, bummin’ around, reading, and wedding planning. seattle summers are always really nice, and i’m very fortunate to have the time to mostly do whatever i please. this of [...]
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bye seattle supersonics =\
i am gonna miss the sonics. they were a big part of my childhood – i loved “working” on my math homework while watching the sonics game on tv, and i loved waking up in the morning to read the game’s box score in the seattle times. despite a 41 year legacy, greed and inept [...]
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patriotism
at the annual “state of the city” address in denver, rene marie was hired to sing the national anthem. but instead, she shocked her audience and sang “lift every voice and sing” (black national anthem) to the tune of the star spangled banner.
i was perusing some user comments on abcnews’ article [...]
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from postsecret
i saw this postcard from postsecret. my first thought when i saw it: i wish my high school students would take this to heart. then i thought — actually, it’d be great if everyone did.
there’s a woman in one of my classes that some of my peers don’t take kindly to. unfortunately, i haven’t [...]
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