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  • Last week I took Mad Scientist down to Piedmont Community College and enrolled him full time. This will take the place of homeschooling. He is taking calculus--a five credit class--English, Western Civilization, and …

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    Mad Scientist turns 15 today. We don't have an easy relationship right now, and the remarks he directs at me are usually things like, "Why don't you ever wash my fucking sweatshirts?" but it is never easy to raise a te…

  • Happy Birthday Mad Scientist! He turns 14 today and will graduate from 8th grade in a couple weeks. He was voted "Most Likely to Take Over the World" in the yearbook. I hope that's a compliment, LOL! Actually, I thin…

  • I've survived a four-day visit from my father with my sanity more or less intact. I could write a year's worth of entries about his eccentricities, but I just don't have the heart to right now, and pushing my father-cau…

  • Aren't office-supply stores fun? I love browsing among the pens and pencils; the clean notebooks with clear pastel covers, the tags and labels. Today I spent at least 15 minutes trying to pick out a pen. There were…

  • I'd like to ask a personal question: What is your gut reaction to the phrase "Science Fair"? Is it one of pleasant anticipation of a Fun Family Project? Total indifference? Naked horror? When I was in the uppe…

  • Nearly finished with "The Year of the French." As someone of Irish Catholic descent, I found it thought-provoking. This rebellion it describes (in 1798 when Irish rebel Wolf Tone convinced the French to send soldier…

  • My wedding anniversary is in late November, which should clue you in to the fact that I was a pregnant bride, which today seems like a quaint and old-fashioned thing to be. Do people still "have" to get married? My…

  • Is there any activity that makes a 30-something woman feel more like an old crone than that of taking her adolescent son shopping for pants? While mother-daughter shopping trips have a fun girlfriend element, there is …

  • It snowed most of the day. We've had more snow in March than we did in December. Mad Scientist had a friend over today. I noticed they werepassing a paperback book back and forth and snickering. I thoughtit might be …