Friday, January 1st, 2010
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7:42 am - Thoughts on education
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I've been on lj over 9 years now, and I've had lots of thoughts on education [also, I was posting stuff on marypat.org in longer form from 1996 - 2002; I've also written a lot at the Actuarial Outpost on this subject]
So this post is simply to amass posts as I find them, and categorize them. I am defining "education" very broadly here. I may be linking to some friends-locked posts, and will note that when I link. Some of these posts may need to be moved around for better organization.
( a work in progress )
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
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8:15 am - Picture comparison
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7:40 am - Math and Science: SEND CHICKS
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
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8:27 pm - Tooth tales
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So, we had a tooth fairy pillow for lost teeth... and it's lost.
So I put Mo's tooth in a one of those small "snack baggies" [those ziploc bags that are about half size]
Mo was concerned that the tooth fairy wouldn't know where to find the tooth, so I cut out a piece of paper for her to write "TOOTH IS HERE, MAUREEN"
And I said it was a good thing she put her name on the note, so the tooth fairy could write her a check.
Then she wanted to know how the tooth fairy writes checks, and I had to admit that the tooth fairy would likely leave coins or a dollar bill.
ETA: and now the baggie is lost. Anyway, I told her that we'll have to clean the house tomorrow to find it. Maybe the tooth fairy will find it first, but his iPhone tooth finder app does only so much.
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8:11 am - My tax money put to good use [I guess]
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I'm sitting in Meadowland of Carmel's waiting room, and they've upgraded this place since last I was here.
They replaced their old PCs with some right purty HP Pavilion Entertainment PCs, and the old couches/chairs [from an office supply store] have been replaced with leather couches [wtf?]. I assume they've also upgraded the TV, but I'm not bothering to check.
I checked out the 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan, and it's uglier than my current one [a 2005 GC], but it looks roomier inside and the price isn't too bad. Maybe I'll be getting a little of my government motors money back in a couple years by buying a greatly marked down used Grand Caravan. That would be nice.
What would also be nice is if they upgraded the coffee a bit more. I mean, this time it's drinkable without adding sugar, but I'd like a step up from that. Maybe ceramic mugs instead of styrofoam.
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
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9:44 am - New POWIP post
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
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6:12 pm - Bonnie wants to tell you some stories
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4:34 pm - Out-of-context kid convo
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Mo: If we lived in Alaska, we would eat whale meat and blubber
Bon: Yuck! I don't like the fishy stuff
Mo: Mama, what's blubber?
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12:19 pm - Not eliminating anything at this point
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So I heard I might be having an in-person interview at a reinsurance company relatively soon, waiting to hear back from another company, and so I started thinking about non-actuarial positions I could go for and thought of google.
So I applied for a job that sounded like I could do [the salary would likely be too low, but what the hell? All it took up was a little bit of my time.]
Anybody else got some ideas? I'm open to places in Manhattan, Westchester County, Southern Connecticut.
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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5:45 am - Health care reform and impact on women
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
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2:20 pm - I hate shopping for cars
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I'm avoiding Chrysler and GM cars right now, but I'm open to anything used and reliable.
Anybody got favorite sites for car shopping? Just want a sedan or a compact.
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
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7:19 am - Life expectancy 101
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
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12:44 pm
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7:48 am - The Actuary!
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So Dan Collins at POWIP said he needed more chicks, for his blog, and hey, I'm a chick... who am I to resist the inexorable logic?
Anyway, I'm bringing my feminine perspective on numbers to the blog. I'll likely be posting stuff on pensions, health care reform, Social Security, education, etc. I'll put up links here when I post there.
My first post is pretty contentless, but I'm going to give the rest of the Batman story here, behind the cut:
( dashed clever of him )
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
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2:28 am - Hey!
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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6:53 am - In memoriam
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To my Grandaddy Campbell, who fought in the Pacific in WWII
To my Great-Grandpa Murphy, who fought in WWI
Thank you.
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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8:10 pm - Bonnie reads from the Blankievad gita
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7:12 am - Google wave invites UPDATE: GONE
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So I use up my first set of invites, and Google gives me dozens more.
UPDATE: I'm out of invites now.
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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5:36 pm - She's known as the blanket whisperer...
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9:53 am - Circle! Triangle!
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