I have an English degree so can’t help but notice that Pace went from “MEeeting” to “EsTablished” (which is the highest level in the school’s rating system) in English Language Arts between the first and second terms of Grade One.
Shea has a degree in Nursing and I also noticed that his Health Education mark stayed at “MEeting” rather than going up to “EsTablished”.
Just saying… 😉
(Of course, Shea could also argue that a big part of nursing is the Science and Pace had his biggest jump on the card, going from PRogressing to EsTablished. Â Or that this jump is inevitable when he gets nightly reading homework but not nightly Health homework – whatever that may be. Â So there’s that…)
At any rate, the one thing I do know for sure is that both of us are incredibly proud of our little man – great report card Pace!
Interviewly is a new web site that re-purposes the many Reddit Ask Me Anything chat sessions into a more readable format that mimics a traditional magazine interview layout. Â No Ryan Meili AMA in the Politics section…yet.
I’m probably one of the worst people for loving all of those “50 Books To Read Before You Die”, “10 Books Every Child Should Read”, “17 Books for a Summer Holiday” lists.
I mean, they *do* comprise two of my most favouritist things in the world – books and lists.
However, I think this list of “28 Books You Should Read (If You Want To)” actually captures how most people discover the books they end up reading – almost always in completely random, serendipitous ways.
For example, here’s a list of how I found five of the last books I’ve read…
Library Catalogue Search – Search the library catalogue for “Minecraft”, find a guide to the game that Pace and I have read together over the past month
Media Mention – A book of lists targeted at men that I read about in Entertainment Weekly. Â (Should I also admit that a book like this tends to become my default “bathroom reader”? Â Or that same Entertainment Weekly subscription is my usual bathroom reading? Â Probably not in both cases…)
Random Library Display – A quick and easy book of financial advice, presented as a series of comparisons between two common options (Buy a House vs. Rent? Â Invest in Your Retirement or Your Kids’ Education?) Â This book caught my eye on one of the display shelves at my library.
Random Gift – A great read which is one of three books I received from my Reddit Secret Santa this year.
Thanks to community radio for bringing this song to my awareness a couple days ago.
Useless trivia: the song doesn’t mention “Murphy” in the long list of Irish names it features even though “Murphy” is the most common surname in Ireland.
Here’s a picture of you having an upside down Chicken Fight with your grandpa, dad and brother, risking that you might not make it to your first birthday if we move wrong! 😉
I haven’t managed to get a good, straight-on photo of it yet but here’s a blurry, half side-view of Sasha’s new smiley face which is this weird scrunchy, open-mouthed, toothy thing that’s a mixture of cute, ugly (in the nicest way!) and scary all at once! 😉
