Life On The Planet

Three Words

We've been having a little fun over at Principled Discovery in Dana's comment section. Rather than completely hijack her blog with my silliness, I've decided to continue the fun here.

The question posed was, "What can public schools learn from homeschoolers?"

My response (not nearly as intellectual as the others) was,

"Three words...Edible School Lunches."

JJ Ross from Cocking a Snook chimed in with,

"Teaching isn't learning."

Truer words, JJ... My response was slightly less philosophical.

"Sleep until eight."

Well, I ask ya...?

Dana, undoubtedly tired of my goofiness in the midst of a serious conversation, but still a good sport brought up,

"Play outside. Lots."

I figured I'd better get while the getting was good, so I took my foolishness and boogied back on over to my own blog.

So how about it? Feel like giving the public school system a helping hand?

All it takes is three little words. 

 

 

She's All That...

and a bag of kibbles. She's the star of blog talk radio - The one, the only, the incomparable...

Scratchy-Cat!!!

Hey there, Scratchy. How do you think your debut on Home School Talk went today?

"How did you get in here?"

I thought it went well. How about you?

"I have no comment at this time."

I especially liked the audio recordings of you meowing. Weren't they great?

"Get that camera out of my face."

It's a shame it only lasted an hour!

"She pushed me! I was pushed! Did you see that? SECURITY!"

Thinks she's the cat's meow, doesn't she? What a Diva!

P.S.A. from Scratchy-Cat

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"Attention please, everyone.  Thank you. Due to a nasty cold (which involves fever, hacking, sneezing, coughing, wheezing, red puffy eyes - honestly, she's rather frightening!) the Activities Coordinator is taking a short break from blogging."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I, personally, have vacated the premises. While it's true that I would rather not be sneezed on, the real reason is those children! They've been left unsupervised and are running amuk! One game of "Spin the Kitty" was one too many."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Take my advice, people. Go play Mahjong. Come back Monday."

Q & A Time. (Subtitle: It's All About Me, Me, Me)

I have been asked various questions by the lovely people who, oddly enough, seem determined to waste precious portions of their days reading about the very strange happenings that occur here on the Planet. (I'm sure they don't have anything wrong with them that a little chocolate wouldn't fix:)

As these wonderful, delightful and, alas, deeply trouble individuals have taken the time to write to me, asking me these questions, I feel I am honor bound to answer them. Take a Pepcid. Breathe slowly. Here we go.

Do you live in Korea? No, I live in Mississippi. It's just as exciting.

Why do you have a clock that says Seoul under it?  I put that there so that I would know what time it is in Korea without having to do the math. Math and me, not so good friends. (Grammar is apparently not my pal, either.)

Why do you want to know what time it is in Korea?  Because that's where my sister, Aunt The Major, and my nephew, Minor B live.

Do you have the Chinese Character Widget on your blog because your sister lives in Korea?  No, I have it because my son is learning Japanese. I need to know what he's writing about me.

Homeschooler Savvy is neat. Is that your site, too?  Kinda, sorta. I started it with my friend, Aussie Kim, in the haze of Post-Traumatic Turkey Stress Syndrome. Lately, I haven't had a lot of time for two blogs (flu, Girl Scout Cookies, flu), so Kim has bravely taken on the bulk of the work.

Is Aussie Kim a real person?   Of course she is! She's a homeschooling, tank driving, country living, moon watching, cute accent talking, board game cheating friend of mine. Kim really only has one flaw. She keeps adding unnecessary Us to words. In spite of that fact, she's one of my favourite people.

Why did you start homeschooling?  Because getting a paycheck is highly overrated. Just kidding! Do you want the cinema version or the made-for-T.V. version? Start with this post and get back to me.

What's with the cat?  Her name is Scratchy. She's one of our school mascots. She's a GeoWhiz. She's not a morning cat. She doesn't like you. Don't take it personally. She doesn't like me, either.

Well, that was exciting. You can stop breathing in the paper bags now. The Q & A session is over. Thank for hanging in there. Please go back to your regularly scheduled lives.

P.S. I made up one of the questions.

P.S.S. Don't ask, not telling.

Playing With Widgets

Being rather slow on the uptake, I've just discovered that Typepad has a Poll Widget that I can play with use to conduct Scientific Research. I thought I would combine two things that I do on Monday, blogging and Girl Scouts, for my first poll.

Please observe the very-important-Girl-Scout-related poll in my right side bar. There are some things that I just need to know. This, apparently, is one of them. Realizing that some of you have not yet gotten your yearly fix of Girl Scout Cookies, I will leave the poll up for a month. I expect a Samoa-induced flood of votes any minute now.

Thanks in advance for playing along.

Bloggers In The Anglican Communion

You may have noticed (or not) that I have a new blog list in my side bar. It's my list of bloggers who identify themselves as being in the Anglican Communion. It is largely a result of my sniveling post of self-pity and Dana's efforts to silence my sniveling kindly help me. Thanks, Dana!

What's the Anglican Communion, you ask? Well, I'll tell ya. It's an affiliation of Anglican (or Episcopalian) churches. Not enough of an explanation for you? Go and read this.

My original plea was for Episcopal homeschoolers, but I've gotten responses from a variety of bloggers. Some of the bloggers are homeschoolers, some not. The more the merrier, I say. I'm still interested in an Episcopal/Anglican homeschool group. However, these bloggers have a lot to say - in an Anglican sort of way.

Did I leave your blog off? I'm not well known for my organizational skills. Just leave me a comment or drop me a line, or two, or three. It takes me awhile, but I get there eventually.

Bloggers In The Anglican Communion. Yeah, baby.

Blogger Doesn't Like Me...

and, quite frankly, I'm not too fond of them, either. They flat out will not let me comment on a Blogger blog. I get shuffled here, and shuffled there, and then they dump me out of the system.

This morning I hightailed it over to The Eclectic Homeschooler to see what she's been up to. She had a perfectly good post I would have liked to comment on about after dinner science, but alas, she's a Blogger blogger. It was all systems stop.

So, if you have a blogger blog, and I show up on your stat counter, don't feel hurt that I didn't leave a comment. I know I sound like my nine-year-old Tiger when I say this, but it's not my fault!

I've Been Tagged

Lynn from Homeschool 2.0 left me this comment.

"Hey, I've tagged you! Please go to http://homeschool2point0.com/2007/12/ive-been-tagged/ for the rules. Not my usual practice but a great way to learn about the folks who write the blogs I read.

Thanks!"

Well, I've never been tagged before so I boogied on over to her site to see what was up. Apparently, I am to tell seven random things about myself. (Fascinating reading, that!) I am also supposed to *tag* seven other bloggers to tell their seven random things.

After an hour of head scratching, I realized that I don't know seven other bloggers! What's a girl to do? Then I thought, well duh, I'll just tag you! So, If you're reading this, click on the comment section and tell me seven random things about yourself. Don't worry, your life couldn't be less riveting than mine.

Here are my seven random things:

1. I had my tonsils out when I was nineteen. It hurt.
2. I love shrimp po-boys. A lot.
3. I was born in New Jersey. That's because I was an...
4. Air Force dependent. (we choose not to use the brat word.)
5. I have a sister in the Air Force (who's not a pilot) and a brother who's a pilot (who's not in the Air Force). Am I confusing you?
6. Every year my Christmas list has two items on it. That's it.
7. I have seen the Book of Kells. (Yes, in Dublin.)

Can't believe I'm not famous, right? Me neither.

Don't forget to leave your seven things. I'm waiting.

(But I eat the Cheetos.)

I found this commentary on blogs.

There are a few points I'd like to make.

1. I don't put really personal stuff on my blog. I leave the wallowing in dirty laundry to my cat.
2. I don't ask people at parties if they read my blog. I have been homeschooling my children for the past seven years. What are parties?
3. Finally, and I think that this is really the most important point, I don't drink Mr. Pibb.

I think the fellow who wrote the commentary is a bit whacked.

Someone go read his blog and find out.

The Voting Continues

Voting over at Homeschool Blog Awards has been fast and furious. Life On The Planet is currently tied for FIFTH place! Wow! How did that happen? I cannot properly express my graditude for your votes. How this blog isn't dead last is quite the mystery.

What is there to say but, "You Guys ROCK!"

Anyway, thanks again. If you haven't yet voted, though I believe all six of you have, the polls remain open until December 15th. Gracias, Merci, Danke...