What you don’t know about me is this:
At those times when Mirabilis.ca is quiet for a few days or a week, it may be that I have just become obsessed by some fascinating new topic, as I am wont to do. (LibraryThing, GPS, whatever.) I don’t just acquire new interests; I eat them up. The [...]
Category Archive for 'personal'
Gift ideas for a new teacher?
Posted in personal on Dec 13th, 2008
I need some help here, folks. I’m hoping you’ll be able to suggest a couple of books — or other gifts — that would be good to get the beginning teacher on my Christmas list. Here’s a bit about him:
He’s Canadian and lives in Canada.
He has a brand-new degree in education, and hopes to teach [...]
One dead computer
Posted in computer stuff, personal on Sep 8th, 2008
Last week my laptop said "ahem, I am feeling quite ill. Look at the problems I’m having! I might even die soon." And what do you know? On Saturday day the poor thing did die. I miss it. It was such a light and responsive machine.
After a bit of scrambling I’m using one of my [...]
I packed up my laptop and headed off to the summer cottage for a spell, planning to sign up for the new high-speed wireless internet access that’s being advertised in the area. I figured it would solve all my internet access problems in one fell swoop. Once settled at the cottage I phoned the company, [...]
On a personal note
Posted in personal on Mar 19th, 2008
Thanks to those of you who sent me email over the last while, wondering how I was doing and what had become of me. I’ll try to get back to you all in the next few days. It turns out that the best way to hear from you folks isn’t to blog, but to stop [...]