If This One Laptop Per Child Thing Works…

…I hope that someone will teach the children how to blog about their lives. Then, perhaps, we’ll hear their voices louder than before. (With the help of a few nice translators, of course.)
I think that a child’s words over wires from distant lands could really change some things.
The big idea is [...]

Wax Words, Give Rice

Sweet procrastination candy! FreeRice, people! Now you can work out your vocabulary-biceps while simultaneously helping fight World Hunger. For every word you choose correctly, the corporate folk donate 10 grains of rice through the U.N. food programme.
This is an addictive little site. Especially if you oddly enjoyed the vocabulary [...]

I Fly With Crickets

I am on a flight heading west, and I’m blogging from my phone, like a silly star trek girl. I’m in Houston on stopover watching a strange sight from my plane window. The baggage people are loading six, no, seven large boxes of live crickets into the cargo hold. Hmmm.

In Review

I’m flying back to California this morning, after a nice it’s-almost-my-birthday weekend with my family. My Mama (yet again) made me more carrot cake than I could eat. I wish I could share it with you.
Last night I ended up chatting with Rosie Thomas, in the most unsuspecting of places. I was [...]

Mobile Upload 2 @ OTR

Karin Berquist’s lungs plus Linford Detweiler’s piano plus one upright bass plus an amazing percussionist equals one happy Nelly.