Tag Archives: school
school superintendent takes pay cut
You don’t hear about something like this very often… a public servant who actually chooses to take a pay CUT! School Superintendent Larry Powell Takes $800,000 Pay Cut Over Next Three Years – ABC News.
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Tagged ABC, abc news, larry powell, Pay, public servant, school, school superintendent, servant, superintendent
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World’s Last Typewriter Factory Closes Its Doors
World’s Last Typewriter Factory Closes Its Doors. Makes you reminisce about the “good old days” when people used typewriters! (Yes, when I was young, I used my mother’s typewriter to prepare my school reports. I was just that geeky.)
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Tagged Doors, geeky, good old days, mother, reminisce, school, Typewriter, typewriters
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trees
One of these days I should buy a new seedling to replace a particular tree in our backyard- I planted it when I was in 4th grade and we were given seedlings at school. It’s a fast growing breed of … Continue reading
Posted in my life, randomness
Tagged birch, breed, cypress tree, one of these days, school, seedling, seedlings, tree, tree trunk, trunk
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mercury
When I was in 8th grade, my science teacher showed us a film-canister filled with mercury that he had collected from broken thermometers and the like over the years. We gathered around a large work table, and he poured the … Continue reading
Posted in exercise-health, mini editorials
Tagged amount, bit, film canister, local high school, Mercury, school, science teacher, storage closet, table, thermometers
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the duggars
The owners of the home where I am housesitting have satellite television, so I have the chance to watch interesting channels like Discovery, History, Science, etc. (yes, I am a geek.) This is particularly useful during the day- it is … Continue reading
Posted in friends and family, mini editorials
Tagged Arkansas, arkansas family, birth, control, discovery history, duggar family, family, God, high school education, poor kids, responsibility, school
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linguistics
I am, for all intents and purposes, monolingual. That is to say, I am only fluent in one language- English. I know bits and pieces of many other languages. I took two years of Spanish in high school and three … Continue reading
confessions…
I really did have big plans for today- I was going to do all kinds of work on this website updating my categories and tags. But then I didn’t. It’s okay- I mean, I need a break every once in … Continue reading
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Tagged decent chance, okay, oodles, school, school cancellations, snow and ice, Today, website, work
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psoriasis
I had a friend in elementary and high school who had psoriasis. She was in my girl scout troup and I still remember, when we had lockins or sleepovers or campouts, she had to bring boatloads of medicine with her … Continue reading
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Tagged arthritis, friend, girl, girl scout troup, medicine, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis treatment, school, scout
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