Weekly Round-Up: New TV shows, The Walking Dead, books and links
Things have gotten kind of heavy around this blog lately, so I think it’s high time I post a fluffy Weekly Round-Up of stuff that I’ve been amusing myself with. So, my fall schedule of TV shows is...
View ArticleThe Elf on The Shelf, Foucault and Selfies: Normalizing the Surrender of Privacy
I don’t often have cause to use my undergrad political theory specialization, so when a postmodern philosophical thought hits me during my day-to-day, I get pretty excited. I was Christmas shopping the...
View ArticleKids’ Christmas Gift Book Guide
That title, right? You really know what you’re getting with this post, people. There are only 12 days left til Christmas you guys! Basically I’m at the point where if I haven’t bought a gift yet and I...
View ArticleThe Obligatory New Year’s, Get-Back-Into-It Post I’ve Been Intending to Write
I looked at the calendar today and IT’S ALREADY JANUARY 14! I’d say “Happy New Year,” dear readers, but January’s already, like, half-over. Already. And I haven’t blogged since before Christmas. I’d...
View ArticleHappy Pi Day! A parent’s perspective on new math vs. old math
Hey there – anyone still out there? If so, lemme wish you a happy Pi Day! (That’s 3.14 Pi, not fruit-filling-of-your-choice kind of Pie) And in honour of Pi Day, this first post back in awhile is going...
View ArticleLean In to Bossy: Musings from a Bossy Lady
The word “bossy” and I go back a loooooong way. All the way back to Kindergarten, actually, when it first appeared on my report card. It pretty much showed up on every report card in elementary school...
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