http://shallowthinker.com No deep thoughts here...try somewhere else. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Note - This first part of this post was written two weeks ago, The latter was edited today. Maybe it took up until now for my words to make sense to me. They probably won't make sense to you at all. ----Two weeks ago---- I got a call this weekend ... http://shallowthinker.com/2010/03/contemplation/ All you need is a whiffle bat and a yard full of sweetgum balls. I could swat these thing for hours. So, either it's a great stress reliever or I'm easily amused. Probably both. http://shallowthinker.com/2010/03/stress-relief/ I have not written in a while because...um....because...I'm very important.  No, no one will buy that.  Because I've been very busy!  Well, you probably know better than that as well.  Well, I have been a bit busy, but I suppose that I'm mostly lazy.  So there, you know the truth.  ... http://shallowthinker.com/2010/03/checking-in/ As life would have it, I am often the booming voice of discipline around our house.  Kelley does a wonderful job with the girls, but by the end of the day, they are all tired of each other and limits are being tested for everyone.  This is usually about the ... http://shallowthinker.com/2010/02/firm-discipline/ My girls are young (Ladybug is almost 3 and Butterfly is 5.5).  They are also very truthful.  On Saturday morning, I was sitting in Butterfly's room watching her and Ladybug play.  (Actually, I was refereeing their day-long fight, but that doesn't sound as sweet.)  Then the refreshing honesty swept through ... http://shallowthinker.com/2010/02/truth-in-youth/ Long, long ago, I used my deep, intellectual skills to reflect upon a walk along the beach that I had with my oldest daughter.  Since then, she and I have walked numerous paths and had many adventures.  Back in November, Kelley and I took the girls back to Dauset Trails, ... http://shallowthinker.com/2010/01/the-steps-of-a-child/ Last Year Three weeks have passed and I am just now getting around to updating on my resolutions past and my resolutions forward.  First, let's take a peak at last year and see what I said.  (CLICK HERE)  Well, it looks like I only had one resolution.  And I didn't get ... http://shallowthinker.com/2010/01/resolutions-and-such/ At this moment I'm supposed to be editing a document that feeds into a final report.  But I'm not.  Why?  Excellent question.  Here's one of the sentences that the author put into the document: To provide a basis for system analysis, a hierarchal decomposition of functionality has been prepared to use ... http://shallowthinker.com/2010/01/say-what/ I believe that I may have mentioned my affection for Wipeout and American Gladiators before.  I think that the draw is that I am naive enough to believe that I could actually compete in events like these.  I've even been on the look-out for tryouts in my area, but thus ... http://shallowthinker.com/2010/01/stupidity-has-no-limits/ I'll be the first to admit that every school system has their problems.  I'll also be in line to discuss how our local school system seems to have a much larger pile of problems than the rest.  Horrible decisions are made almost every day and top administration officials seem concerned ... http://shallowthinker.com/2010/01/no-school-and-no-sense/