Monthly Archives: June 2004

Free 1 TB of mail! (?)

Posted on June 11, 2004 | 7 comments

It looks like You’ve Got Post is giving away free accounts with more storage than gMail. My account with just a few small messages says I have 976 GB of storage. No promises but that’s what it looks like. If nothing else it it’s another account where you can still get a “good” e-mail address.

NOTE: This post is from months ago and if the link doesn’t work they probably don’t exist anymore (it worked when I posted it). I have no affiliation with the site. There is nothing I can do to fix the link…

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Where Were You – The Friday Fiver

Posted on June 11, 2004 | Leave a comment
1. Where were you went you heard that Ronald Reagan died?
I was at home, and I remember thinking it was odd since I had just been surfing the ‘net (for a ehile) and hadn’t seen a thing…
2. Where were you on September 11, 2001?
In the teacher center at work setting up for a meeting and one of the principals came in (for the meeting) and said he heard it on the radio, I had expected a tiny propeller plane had knocked over an antenna or something and then we saw the next one hit the other tower..
3. Where were you when you heard that Princess Diana died?
I was in Boston for vacation, I think I was actually in Salem when I heard it.
4. Do you remember where you were when you heard Kurt Cobain had died?
No.
5. Take one for The Gipper: What’s your favorite flavor of jelly bean?
Cherry!

From the The Friday Fiver.

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Another Year Over

Posted on June 10, 2004 | Leave a comment

Schools Out. My babies are gone. I’ve got tomorrow off. I’m just about to get into bed. Okay, (since you asked) I’ll elaborate.

The last day of school for the teachers was today! My phone should ring a lot less with all the things that they’ve thought of the last 9 months that they want to remind me of as they run out the door. It’s still busy, our fiscal year ends in 3 weeks so lots of wrap up and then the new one starts and that takes time and then it’s mid-july and everyone is back in a month…

I want to go to England for a week in July, anyone have suggestions on where to get the best price from Detroit?

Okay, so they aren’t my babies. Day care for the district is in my building so I get to see all the little kids when they go for walks or play outside etc. But they are all wonderful and I already miss them. Whatever it is in the drinking fountains at school that causes the staff to get so pregnant so often also causes the children to be beautiful and smart and to generally like me. They are great kids and the department that takes care of them does an excellent job. It’s great to see them and they all know who Mr. Gary is. Speaking of the water in the district, one of my favorites’ became a big sister today as her mom had twins!

I’m all tuckered out from the last few weeks, so I took a vacation day tomorrow, made a list that maybe I’ll cross a few things off of. I’ve got the new Lee Child and Dean Koontz books from the library. The forecast isn’t great, maybe I can cross a few items off. And play outside on Saturday. Maybe I’ll rollerblade, I got my bike out the other day and it was great to ride around.

Bonuses today: Lots of end of the year/retirement food. Very few voice mails. Visiting teachers on maternity leave, which really means I got to see/hold/play with a few babies. Lots of hugs and handshakes from people leaving for the summer or forever.

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School Bus Stop – The Thursday Threesome

Posted on June 10, 2004 | Leave a comment
Onesome: School— Since the school year seems to be over (your mileage may vary: some of you are already in summer sessions!): what was your favorite year in school? Yeah, the one you had the best time in or learned something special or had that learning breakthrough?
I loved the year I spent in my master’s program. Projects I liked, classes, I liked, profs I liked, I think I even got in a lot of dating and socializing in that year!
Twosome: Bus— Hey, how did you get to school in the early years? Walk? Bike? Mommy van? Bus? …and for those still attending, how are you getting to and fro these days?
Walked, when I got older I biked. When I got to middle school, I was pretty good on my bike in the snow (falling on the ice is way better than falling on cement).
Threesome: Stop— …and when did you stop going to school? …or did you? Are you still at it? Any plans to go back for those who are out of the system?
I went for 11 years straight. One summer I worked at a camp but every other summer I took classes. 4 Associate’s, 1 Bachelor’s, 1 Master’s and a lot of assorted credits. I loved college, I loved my assistantships too. I only left because they kept complaining about ‘academic progress’ or something like that… I didn’t really like the Ph.D. classes so much. I miss it, I miss the East Lansing area. What I really miss is that every 10 weeks class was over and you got to start over, you could only fall so far behind before you ‘reset’ back to the starting line again. it was kind of refreshing.

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Ronald Reagan in the Funny Papers.

Posted on June 10, 2004 | 1 comment

I used to be a HUGE comic, sci-fi, etc. collector. Huge as in comics, posters, matchbook covers, trading cards, glasses from taco bell, etc. Still probably have 15,000 of them here and there (I’m really looking to sell if you know someone who buys in large quantities).

Here’s the point, every so often in comics, real people make an appearance. Including presidents. You’d never believe how many times President Regan showed up (sometimes as Gov.) to speak to the nation, make a request or be saved from an accident or assassination.

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Impact! – Wednesday Matinee

Posted on June 9, 2004 | 1 comment
1. What is the coolest movie gadget / prop you’d like to have in real life?
The prop works!?! Just like in the movie?!? All sorts of sci-fi gizmos, gadgetry and starships flash before my eyes. Let’s be more practical… Maybe a Stepford Wife? The DeLorean from Back to the Future? A magic lamp with three wishes? Oh! I know! The gizmo Arnold and Danny used to make Arnold have a baby in Junior. Or I guess I could just use the lamp…
2. What movie has your favorite / most passionate kiss scene?
All I can keep thinking of is the scene from that thing you do When Faye (Liv Tyler) says, somekind

I have wasted thousands and thousands of kisses on you–kisses that I thought were special because of your lips and your smile and all your color and life. I used to think that was the real you, when you smiled. But now I know you don’t mean any of it. You just save it for all your songs. Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed so tight.

But that’s really kind of a non-kissing scene. Maybe when Craig Stoltz finally kisses the Mary Stuart Masterson character (Watts) in Some Kind of Wonderful. (I need to think a little more on this one.) The first time Max kisses Liz on Roswell (but that’s not a movie…)

3. What movie had the most impact on how you view life and why?
flightnavI’ll give two answers.

  1. Flight of the Navigator (the best Disney movie ever, which finally just came out on DVD last week): Because it always makes me feel like a little kid. Every time I’ve seen it. and that’s worth something.
  2. Sabrina (the remake): I’ve always wanted to go to Paris after I saw that movie I kept thinking about it and a day (or two) later I realized “hey! I can go to Paris”, so I signed up for a French class and realized if I really wanted to do it I could, it really changed my perspective on things.

From Wednesday Matinee.

FYI, I never made it to Paris, got fed up learning the language, went to Prague instead. I’ve been to Costa Rica twice and England since, but still no Paris…

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HomeWork: Week 19

Posted on June 9, 2004 | Leave a comment

Take a good look around you. What’s the most pressing disaster brewing in your house? A mammoth pile of laundry? A Leaning Tower of Dishes? A junk closet about to explode? Do you have any immediate plans for dealing with it, or is it hidden enough that you can ignore it a while longer? My place is beautiful! I picked up yesterday, tomorrow is garbage day so that and the recycling are all out and the cleaning lady came today. I need to finish rewiring the new stereo/TV cabinet. Nothing is connect, the TiVo is hooked up but I can’t hear it or see it. But it’s very neat!

From HomeWork. (I like these ’cause they’re short!)

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Wednesday Whatevers 6/8

Posted on June 8, 2004 | Leave a comment
1. Do you prefer happy or sad endings, and why?
Happy! Umm.. because they are not sad. I’m assuming we’re talking about movies (and not my life). Movies as an escape, I need the happy ending, it can me sad along the way but I need a good ending. If it’s my life we’re talking about, we definitely need a happy (ever after) ending…
2. What is the most annoying thing about computers?
People! 99% of the time they work fine and give the right messages but only 1% of the time people use them correctly and pay attention to the messages. But hey, it keeps me employed.
3. Who has the biggest influence on the world now?
Bill Gates (unfortunately), not directly but it’s there. Office is great, but it’s cross platform (and some of the open source ones are just as good). It’s that Window’s thing that’s holding the world back.

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