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Entries from April 2007

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April 30th, 2007 · Comments Off

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On being a superhero

April 26th, 2007 · 7 Comments

The subhead for this blog reads “School teacher, dad, homeowner turns superhero but has to learn his powers along the way.”
Lately I’ve had a weird sort of feeling about that.  Like I’m supposed to explain what it means or something.  And since, in my own mind, that would be a lot of work and I’m lazy, […]

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Yeah, we’re corny nature lovers

April 24th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Remember when I said we were a little quirky? Well, I really wasn’t kidding. These signs are on a little road within the city of St. Croix Falls. It’s a road that services homes and traffic tucked between the school district and the industrial park.
On this road is a little pond.
On the […]

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On death (so to speak)

April 23rd, 2007 · 5 Comments

Just a quick post here to let y’all know I’m still alive. We’ve had hell of a time around here lately–little taste of just about everything life (and death) can toss at you.
Plenty of fodder for reflection on all fronts. You know–the big stuff. And even a hint of delicious irony to top it off. […]

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Tags: Learning · Marriage · Growth · mysteries

Peter Answers and Igod: Artificial Intelligence Logs In to the Spirit World

April 15th, 2007 · 34 Comments

Chat bots: Artificial Intelligence Links Us to The Big Guy (and other interesting personalities)
First it was Peteranswers.com, then it was Ask Jud, now my students are hooked on igod. I’m all for 21st century skills, shrinking the world with electronic dialog, better opportunities for learning and all that—but this is getting ridiculous.
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Direct Buy: Most Loyal Employees in the Trade?

April 12th, 2007 · 16 Comments

What’s it called when a blogger starts to write about things that happen on his own blog? Most of the time it’s under a headline like, “How I got 100,000 visitors in 30 days,” or “My Google Adsense Figures,” or something like that. Heck, I’ve even done it once.
It’s like the blog takes on […]

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Proofread for Spelling? Fuggetaboutit.

April 11th, 2007 · 8 Comments

I ran across this a few years ago, but it recently resurfaced in my email from a colleague, who had it forwarded from someone else. So apparently it’s still getting passed around.
I’m working on a couple more meaty posts. But this is pretty interesting in its own right:
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty […]

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Gee, thanks.

April 10th, 2007 · 7 Comments

You know all those entertainment awards, right? Music, movie, TV, whatever. I wish somebody would get up one day to accept their award with just those two simple words. Maybe smile, hold up the trophy a bit, then:
“Gee, thanks.”
And go sit back down.
Then wouldn’t it be cool if everybody started doing that? […]

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Easter Renewal

April 9th, 2007 · 8 Comments

How’s That Connection?
Managing relationships, is kind of like using a cell phone.
People who frequently do know where to get the best connection– where the signal is clearest–and they know where it’s not. An avid cell user can even tell you what the reception will be like without even turning the phone on. Geography, geology, […]

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Two paths diverged in a yellow wood . . .

April 5th, 2007 · 7 Comments

Holy smokes do I have a topic backlog. It all comes, I suppose, of eating too much honey . . .wait, er . . . where am I?
Oh, yes. The backlog.
I have really got to figure out a way to post more often. I love doing this. Just don’t have the […]

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