Mamacita says: I’m grading exams and listening to music. As always, the cd player is set on “random” and “eleven,” and the oddity of the mix is making even me raise my eyebrows and giggle. 1. Dancing Queen – Abba 2. Entry of the Gladiators – Fucik (stop that!) 3. Bittersweet – Moxy Fruvous 4. [...]
Mamacita says: You don’t need a big, strong telescope to see wonders in the night sky, you know. All the ancients had was their eyes, and since the air was unpolluted and without the interference of electric lights, they could see quite a lot up there. I’ve often thought that the ancients must have been [...]
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Mamacita says: I tend to stress and focus here on people who are, let us euphemistically say, somewhat less than nice, or less than hardworking, or less than considerate, etc. Let’s face it: those are the people who “stand out” sometimes, which is most unfortunate since such people don’t deserve to stand out. My question [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Education, etiquette, fools, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Political Correctness, Scheiss Weekly, schools, Things Nice People Already Know, work ethic
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April 17, 2010 – 12:47 am
Mamacita says: I’ve got short things on my mind these days: short stories, shortbread, summer shorts, coming up short, playing shortstop, the short stack at Denny’s, the IRS’ short form. . . and other short things even I think are too politically incorrect to share here, although I wish I could. Those of you who [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Memes, Political Correctness, Quotation Saturday, quotes, Scheiss Weekly
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April 13, 2010 – 11:06 pm
Mamacita says: I’ve been blogging for six years now, and it has changed me. Even the way I blogged in the beginning has changed. I think that part has changed for a lot of people. When most of us first started putting bits and pieces of ourselves “out there” for “strangers” to see, we didn’t [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Mamacita says: I posted this four years ago, but nothing much has changed. I wish it had. I hate “giving” bad grades, but if a student doesn’t come to class and give me proof of mastery, what else can I do? But I still hate it. Not enough to not be snarky about it sometimes, [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Education, fools, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Scheiss Weekly, schools, Things Nice People Already Know, Uncategorized
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Mamacita says: I got fourteen emails from people who suspected it wasn’t I who posted that very excellent April 1 post on this blog yesterday. Does this mean my writing style is that well known, or that the guest post yesterday was so much better, people instantly knew it couldn’t have been mine? Also, is [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Education, Humor, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Memes, Scheiss Weekly, schools
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Again I am reminded of this saying when I finished knitting the reindeer hat. On paper, the design looked wonderful. During the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, the hat looked great on the US athletes. After seeing this hat, I just had to knit the hat. I mean, really, how hard could it be? Well, [...]
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