Paper Pills
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010Nothing shifts my mood like music–my favorite music. This morning I settled in to my seat to finish off some grading in a less-than enthusiastic state. Sigh… another day, another round of student writers to coach. I sign on to Pandora, an automated Internet music site, then toggle back to the student-essay file. Named after the Greek goddess who [...]
Excuses, excuses…
Monday, July 6th, 2009Over the holiday weekend, I was asked “Where has Helen Wheales been? I thought you promised to write everyday once you were off for the summer?” At least someone noticed. Honestly, I’ve no excuse for not sharing my thoughts, only an explanation. First, turns out that I am not “off” this summer–I took on some [...]
The Sad Tale of Ginny Mae
Monday, June 1st, 2009I know this gal, Ginny Mae. In her early years, Ginny Mae had everything going for her–good looks, popularity, and she was pretty flush with cash. She was the It girl–everyone in the neighborhood saw her as a success. In fact, you could say Ginny Mae and all she’d accomplished and all she stood for [...]
On A California Bailout–A Hollywood Treatment
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009California makes history as the first state in the nation to beg the Federal government to come to its financial rescue during the 2008-2009 US recession. Its treasurer, Bill Lockyer, wrote a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner yesterday asking for help in the form of cold, hard cash through TARP (the Troubled Asset [...]
Gender Bend
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Former First Lady Laura Bush has been involved with a couple of causes, the better known of which was her dedication to improving the nation’s literacy rate. Another is her husband’s initiative to tackle what is known as “Boy Advocacy,” or “Breaking the Boy Code,” the drive to eliminate those outdated notions about masculine behavior [...]
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