Author Archives: Giggles

It’s amazing I’m not dead

Categories: Health, Random

It’s not that I don’t know how to cook, it’s just that it isn’t a whole lot of fun when it’s just me and my kitchen is a small cave. I just got back from the grocery store, and looking … Keep reading

Fifth Graders – a never ending source of questions

Categories: Questions, Random, Work

Generally I wear a pair of slacks and a shirt (generally not one with buttons because those generally need to be ironed) to work. Today I am wearing a green shirt and a denim skirt. So what is it about … Keep reading

September 11th

Categories: Musings, Questions

What is it about this day that makes it unique from all the other days of the year? Why would this one day change our lives so much? Americans had been attacked before. Americans continue to die today. There is … Keep reading

A Question about Knowledge

Categories: Education, Learn Something, Questions

Three questions were posed in a class last week that started a very interesting discussion as we tried to determine the answers to them. They are questions that learning theorists have been trying to answer since before Plato. Books upon … Keep reading

Learning between the lines

Categories: Education, Learn Something, Venting

There is much to be learned from every situation. Even when I was in elementary school and dreamed of being a teacher, I was learning more than just the curriculum from my teachers. I watched them and saw what made … Keep reading

More dating advice

Categories: Learn Something, Random, Relationships

Tonight’s advice comes from a web page about different kinds of dates. They suggest a picnic at a zoo because: Nothing bonds two people like happy monkeys. And what about the giraffes? Can they not bond people as well? And … Keep reading

My friend, Stress

Categories: Life

Stress and I spend a lot of time together. We are pretty close actually. So you’d think with all of that together time, we’d be better friends. But no. A friend of mine put it this way: Stress and I … Keep reading