Archive for March, 2009

Early readers – good ones, bad ones, thin ones, fat ones

When my daughter was first starting to read, I bought a bunch of different kinds of early readers, some because of recommendations, others because they included specific characters that the kids really liked. There are many different early reader series’ and although each series may use ”Levels 1, 2, 3, 4,” the levels are not equivalent [...]


The Dark Side of Graduate School

It wasn’t that long ago that you could get by with a high school diploma. Now, a bachelors seems to be the minimum. It also wasn’t that long ago that a bachelors could be gained in 4 years. While times have been declining in recent studies, the “4 year” degree has taken longer than that [...]


OFM #120: First Rule of Desserts

Changes in the podcast and site. Who’s a geek? Theresa has a good wife moment. Can you give too much praise? Is competition a good thing? What loosing teaches you. Desserts and how to get them. The toothfairy has been slackin’ lately. Someone should call her boss. How we are trying to save money (and [...]