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USATODAY.com - New digital camera? Know how, where you can use it

What idiot thought of this?

"I can only imagine what would happen in a driver’s head if he or she were fully immersed in a racing game using the exact same driving equipment that they’d be using moments later to pick up grandma from the airport."

Ah, there's is nothing like crisp, line-dried sheets! My mother hung out the wash for years. I have gotten out of the habit, but this site reminded me of one of the simplest things we can do to conserve energy and lift our spirits at the same time.

And I bet all the major players in the real estate biz all already staking out their beach-front properties.

This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes by Anita Roddick: "If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room."

But doesn't it make you wonder? Should we be building these things just because we can?

Well, I think I'll be stuck here for a few days.

Commentator Bob Sloan shares some basic truths and the story of the ugly dog who taught them to him.

The Gift of ADHD: "We heard a lot of negative impact from ADHA (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Studies suggests people with ADHA can have some unique gifts and attributes, like naturally creative and being more impulsive on thoughts: … To think daringly original thoughts and to create new ideas or perspectives requires impulsiveness. Impulsiveness is the urge to do things [...]"

Well, now, isn't it about time somebody realized that since we don't all look alike, talk like, walk like, sound alike, etc., etc., etc. - maybe that we don't all learn alike isn't so strange? Who determines who is "deficient" and who is the norm? What if those who can too easily pay attention to just one thing at a time are the drones?

Oh, yes. One of the hardest things for most over-acheivers to do is Knowing When To Quit. It's so easy for it to feel like a failure, when it's really exercising good judgment. After all, you wouldn't buy everything in the store just because you wanted it at that moment, would you?

Well, only if you had more money than mental capacity...

I'm always wondering what the heck is going on behind the scenes. This site can help me figure it out, so I'm blogging it to help me find it again.

"Science gives us the evidence we need to understand how Mother Nature works. When we ignore Her well understood warnings (by damming things, digging things, filling things with reckless abandon), She does not hesitate to pop us in the chin."<\a>

Good Lord, I thought I had enough to read already. Along comes the fantastic Literature-Map and I will now have to extend my life by at least 1,000 years to get it all in...

"I wish I could find cleaning as enjoyable as sitting down with a fresh cup of coffee and a book."

My thoughts exactly.

I so miss having a front porch. Sitting out there on a summer evening... the best.

List ten songs that you are currently digging ... it doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're no good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artists, and the ten songs in your blog. Then tag five other people to see what they're listening to.

1. Francis Dunnery's "Good Life"
2. The rest is easy. Bonnie's putting out a new album. Already heard "I Will Not Be Broken" - I'm hooked...

Oh, crap. Now who do I tag?

Back to the drawing board...

Oh no. That Crazy Neighbor Lady has tagged me with a music meme! She has no idea that although I can hum a mean tune, song titles and artis'ts names completely escape me. I shall need to do some research.

At least I don't have the distraction of a new driver in the house. That would put me over the top entirely...

While reading this post at Ishbadiddle, I remembered that I still had quite a few slash pocket folders. I can use them to gather my project papers instead of the clear plastic coverslips. Fits my reuse/recycle contribution to the planet, and I prefer them to plastic anyway. Those damn plastic sleeves keep sliding around on me, and I have enough trouble herding these projests as it is.

Bizwerk: Donald Norman Defends Cheating

I hadn't thought of things this way, but there is a difference between "cheating" and "collaboration" or even research. I don't think our public schools prepare students for life "on the outside" anyway. If I had to memorize everything I needed to know and never use my skills for research I would have been culled from the herd a long time ago.