2010 September — Scheiss Weekly

Quip Pro Quo: A Fast Retort

September 26, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: First of all, I despise censorship. Banning books is akin to banning people; both are abhorrent to the collective intelligence, and both bring us down as a culture. It’s one thing for someone to decide that a certain book will not be allowed in his/her house – every parent has that right – [...]

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Perfect Hoosier Persimmon Pudding

September 25, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: Mamacita says: By request (ask, and ye shall receive) here is the persimmon pudding recipe again. Persimmons don’t grow in too many places, so chances are good that most of you have never heard of them. However, southern Indiana is a persimmon tree’s favorite home, and the trees grow healthy and prolific here. [...]

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Peanut Butter and Jelly and Bread, Oh Mice. . . .

September 22, 2010 – 12:05 am

I’m re-running this post from over three years ago because, you know, deja vu and stuff like that. Mamacita says: I got home from class late tonight, around 9:30, and had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for supper. (We have less money than usual this week. Ouch.) As I looked at the containers, and [...]

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Them There Words What Be Correct

September 15, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: It’s 2:30 in the morning, and I have to get up in a few hours and go to school, and be all enthusiastic about punctuation. The thing is, I AM enthusiastic about punctuation. It’s important. It tell us when to pause, and when to stop. It tells us when to end a sentence [...]

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Picasso Passes

September 13, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: This is my favorite Picasso*, and it hangs in the foyer of my home. I’ve loved it for many years; a copy hung in the men’s side of my college dorm, (I still love you, Willkie Co-op!) and it used to fascinate me. The print. The print fascinated me. It just happened to [...]

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Dear Parents: Don’t Sweat the Trifles

September 8, 2010 – 10:40 pm

Mamacita says: I had a lot of expectations and I made a lot of plans. Then I had kids. There’s nothing like having children to knock most of our lofty expectations and plans into a cocked hat. Other people’s children are one thing; who among us has not watched disdainfully as someone’s child melted down [...]

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Quotation Saturday, on Sunday Again

September 5, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: You all know by now that I love a good quotation. Words have such mighty and majestic power: they can make us laugh; they can make us cry; they can make us cower in fear, or stand tall with pride, or melt with love. Name it, and words can make us feel or [...]

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Less Ignorant Daily, and the Education Buzz

September 2, 2010 – 8:34 pm

Mamacita says: The latest Education Buzz (formerly Carnival of Education) is now up over at Bellringers, and if you are a parent, student, doctor, lawyer, construction worker, fireman, or any of the other Village People or citizens of the planet, you owe it to yourself, your kids, and your planet to click on over and [...]