which random famous person in history do you most agree with?

Friederich Nietzsche
German classical Scholar, Philosopher and Critic of
culture, 1844-1900.


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I vaguely remember learning something about this guy in a jr college philosophy class, and not thinking much of him. But I can't remember why. Now that I apparently agree with him, maybe I should find out. LOL!

September Evening Sky

Cresent moon with (in order of brightness) Venus, Jupiter, and Spica. Thanks to Randi at I Have To Say for the tip.

Peter Rabbit

I read Miss M. Peter Rabbit for the first time today, a momentous occasion. She summed up the book in two words:

"Run, bunny!"

Toddler Language Lessons

Miss M was playing with her brother's toy vehicles this morning.

She brought one to me and said, 'oo-pane.' I corrected her.

'No, that's not an airplane, that's a helicopter.'

'Hey-per?'

'No, helicopter. Say heli.'

'Heh--ee.'

Say copter.'

'Copper.'

'Now say helicopter.'

'Copper Lopper!'

I like the new word! :)

Barnes and Noble University

I found this at I Have To Say blog. It looks like something I could do sometime in the future, so I'll be saving the link in my favorites.

"Barnes and Noble University's on-line classes start on Tuesday. Most of them are free plus the price of a book and they have a wide variety of subjects such as: The History of Western Culture-1500 to the Present, The Art of the Short Story, Exploring Herbal Medicine and Web Pages Made Easy. These classes are worth a look for yourself or for your high-school students."

"Free plus the price of the book" . . . wow, what a concept. It reminds me of a curriculum I've heard of somewhere. ;)

Can't Keep Still!

It's getting to be nearly impossible to get pictures of Miss M. When I get her outside in the nice lighting, she's here, there, running to a get a stick, stooping to pick up a rock, turning to point to a butterfly . . . oh well, I did the best I could. More of the same on her page.

Modern Retro Housewives

I wanted to save this article to show a friend, I found it on the Got Me a College Girl blog.

The article is about the joy of being a Modern Retro Housewife. I enjoyed the article, but the dress code scares me.

Altariello Nainië Lóriendessë

With thanks to Professor Tolkien for creating the beatiful elvish language. And apologies to the elves in my audience whom I have offended by my poor pronunciation. The poem's text, along with the translation and an analyzation, can be found here.

Picky, Picky!

I found out today that Internet Explorer has spelling prejudices. When you tell it (in the CSS code, and I assume the HTML code too) you want "grey," it refuses--ignores it and displays the user's default color instead. But "gray" it will accept with pleasure.

(Is this because of dictionary-exposure-challenged programmers? Is it subtle anti-British discrimination? Anti-British-spelling-sympathizers discrimination? Is Tim reading too much between the lines?)

I realized this when I checked out (in IE) a page I had created and posted some time ago; the links were a bright shade of purple which didn't quite match the rest of the colour scheme. Excuse me--color scheme.

Who Has Seen the Day?

Who has seen the day
Falling into night
And kissed with every quiet breath
The swiftly-fading light?

Fear not; falter not
For the sun will rise
And in the morning a new day
Will greet thy shining eyes.

Who has seen a life
Fading into death
And mourned with every passing day
The swiftly-failing breath?

Weep not; sorrow not
Though a life may end--
For surely as the darkness falls
The day will come again.