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Middle School Madness

That tween of mine is growing up! or Help! Seriously, I need some help because it seems as though my kid has lost her mind! Not doing homework, ‘forgetting’ about assignments, LYING about completed homework. What the holey hockey mom? I didn’t start screwing around in school until the end of 7th grade but I suppose with kids developing faster these…

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

 As suggested by my kid  On the list of things Rachee would never do (because I didn’t think me as being capable of, having the opportunity to or cause it just ain’t happening) I’d say dating outside my race would have had to be at the top. It’s not that I have something against other races, cultures etc, it’s…

Hush

Say it Rah-shay By Oct 24, 2010 1 Comment

Please to note there may be spoilers. You have been warned. Last year NPR aired a story about the abuse allegations plaguing the Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn. In awe and (a bit judgemental) disgust I listened to the magnitude of denials, the accusations and the way the community and families were being torn apart as they fought to try to simultaneously keep their…

The League of Extraordinary Librarians*…prologue

Today starts the beginning of the annual Pennsylavania Library Association Conference and I am not yet there. Due to poor planning on my part, I had to cover my shift at my part time gig (where I was just had the ever loving crap scared out of me by a student sitting in the dark). Anywho, I’m excited to go! My…

Discovery stations!

Last Friday I attended a CSD meeting for librarian and library types throughout Delaware County. The meeting was part recap for summer (it sucked, ’nuff said) and part training.  We pow wowed about ideas for the summer, things that work for each library, and just shared ideas.  The training part came in the form of discovery stations, something that could be…