Yesterday was Ask a Stupid Question Day. Which always gets me thinking. There is a saying that the only stupid question is the one that isn't asked. While I believe, if you truly seek to understand, there probaby is a place for your question, I beg to differ that no questions are stupid. There are, indeed, stupid questions that should never be asked, questions that actually hurt others. Here's what I mean. There are three main types of (stupid) questions that should never be asked: 1. Questions that seek to show someone up As a homeschooler for over 13 years, I've been asked some really dumb questions. Most of them where from people who didn't approve of homeschooling. They weren't...
It's National Good Neighbor Day! What comes to mind when you think of a good neghbor? Well, if you're old enough to remember him, it's Mr. Rogers. Here is his intro over the years from the early days of black and white television to more recent times. When I was a kid, back in the Middle Ages LOL, I knew all my neighbors. We played together, had block parties... Now nobody knows their neighbors anymore. So sad that we have lost our back fense chats. Everyone is so busy these days that nobody takes the time we used to take in order to communicate, help and get involved with each other's lives. Maybe it's time we started being a...
My domain names are through GoDaddy, but not my hosting. I actually did have my hosting with them at one time, but their service was so poor that my website didn’t function properly because of it. Further, my site was down frequently. They insisted it was my site, but as soon as I moved it to my friend's hosting site http://traciknoppe.com/, everything worked fine. Thank you, Traci! :D I must admit that I had a very poor opinion of GoDaddy.com until last week when they issued this apology: I wasn't surprised by the fact that they had outages, but I was impressed by the email they sent apologizing for it. They addressed the outage issue, apologized for it, put your...
A most beloved author, Dr. Seuss, died on this day in 1991. As I reflected on how much joy this author brought to me and my children over the years even after his death, I found an obscure blog post by an author who dubbed a day back in August as Support an Author Day and asked everyone to like his Facebook Fan page. That's all it said, but it got me thinking. Do you know an author? I'll bet you do. Even if he or she doesn't have an agent or get paid for his or her work, you've seen them on Facebook and Twitter. These are folks who take the time to write up their own, unique insights...
My daughter moved to Texas a few weeks ago. She posted on her Facebook wall asking when she would be considered a Texan. Apparently, Texans take their state citizenship seriously and most don’t consider you a Texan unless you were born and raised there. That’s not true of every state. Some are melting pots and are, therefore, more welcoming. Others are downright exclusive. Here were the responses she received: 1. not unless you were born there 2. not unless you were raised there 3. not unless you are still living there 4. not unless have never lived anywhere else 5. not unless you LOVE everything about it! By these strict standards, I guess I’m a woman without a home. I...
