Mamacita says: The new Carnival of Education is up over at Steve Spangler’s Blog. While you’re there, check out his post about color-changing solar beads. If your child has a hard time remembering to reapply sunscreen, why don’t you make … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I know that it’s politically incorrect to label anybody “stupid” these days, but that doesn’t remove the hard fact that there are an awful lot of genuinely stupid people “out there.” This one, for example. Dear Lord, protect … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I’ve been writing exams for the college for the past two weeks, and my eyeballs are falling out of the sockets and spinning like a cartoon character’s. The only thing missing is the googly eye-spinning soundtrack, for which … Continue reading
Mamacita says: We’re having the first “heat advisory” of the summer, but I’m sitting at my dining room table, tapping away on my laptop, looking out the window at the huge shagbark hickory tree in my front yard – complete … Continue reading
Mamacita says: This was formerly posted back in February of 2009, but since so many people are blogging about their pregnancies and deliveries these days, I thought I’d rerun this one of mine. I have others, but I kind of … Continue reading
Mamacita says: . . . and the livin’ is easy. . . . Sadly, when I think of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, what comes to my mind first is the inexcusable misprint in our local small-town newspaper several years ago … Continue reading