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Writing Group / Re: writing and finance
« on: February 15, 2008, 08:44:13 PM »
Quote from: The Lost Shark Fighter on February 15, 2008, 08:40:15 PM
Oh, if most single people understood exactly how much marriage is worth, there would be fewer single people.

Now I will grant that many single women understand how much marriage is worth, it is single men that seem to not grasp the concept.  Particularly single male social workers living in Orem, UT.

Now you're just being rude.

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Writing Group / writing and finance
« on: February 15, 2008, 03:12:08 PM »
A little late, but Scalzi posted a very good article about writing and finance earlier this week. It's much better advice than what I hear from a lot of author and would-be authors, IMO.

http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=362

Just posting here for dicussion.

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Role-Playing Games / Dr Who RPG
« on: February 13, 2008, 03:12:14 PM »
This is kind of old news, but Cubicle 7 will be releasing a Dr. Who RPG.

http://www.cubicle-7.com/

I see a lot of potential for this, except I'm sure every player will want to be Doctor Who. Course, maybe the setting is before all the other Time Lords were killed off.

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Books / Re: Children's Books Recommendations
« on: February 13, 2008, 03:38:24 AM »
I recommend Bad Kitty by Nick Bruell. It's about a kitty who doesn't get the food it likes, so kitty does many bad things in retaliation, then makes up for it when it does get its favorite foods. Funny and it's for early readers.

Other early reader recommendations:
Fuzz Frenzy is okay.

What Color Is Your Underwear is fun, though some parents may deem it inappropriate.

Caps for Sale is just classic.

I Need a Hug is a great book that was written by elementary school children. It makes great use of onset-and-rime. Sadly, you may have to pay a lot just to get a badly used copy.

Mouse Mess is a lot of fun and I like the illustration style.

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Everything Else / Re: Random career question......
« on: February 12, 2008, 04:03:06 AM »
I'll bite.

1. When I was a kid I wanted to be writer or a movie director.
2. I just want to be something good.
3. I spent some time as a graphic designer, hotel worker, community volunteer (full-time), and currently I'm a social worker. More specifically I determine how much government assistance to give people and I do a little career counseling.
4. It looks like I'm going to a public bureaucrat, but I'm willing to roll with whatever happens.

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Writing Group / Re: Writing Excuses Episode 1: Brain Storming
« on: February 12, 2008, 03:55:14 AM »
I like how it turned out. I like that it's focused and not too long.

I think the content was mostly helpful.

I'm glad Brandon mentioned the world-building trap.

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Books / Re: So did you hear about Chris Paolini's books?
« on: February 07, 2008, 04:10:44 PM »
Charity, what I'm getting at is that as much as you say the social difficulties of public schools can teach and streghten children, it can just as easily cripple and disable children. I work with disabled adults and a number of them probably would be more functional had they not gone to public schools. I even know people who'd still be alive had they not gone to public schools. I see the public schools a significant contributor to my case load. I guess I should be grateful that the product of public schools keeps me employed.

So while I think public schools will help develop social skills for a lot of children, for some home-schooling is a much better option. I guess I think that most parents will do a better job teaching their children.

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Books / Re: So did you hear about Chris Paolini's books?
« on: February 07, 2008, 02:55:27 AM »
Paolini is young and his writing reflect that.

As for homeschooling, I've spent some time working with school administrators and seeing how schools are organized. I'm not against homeschooling at all. Honestly, public schools only seem to work for about 80% of kids. The other 20% of kids would probably be better off being home schooled.

I don't think public schools help every child socially. I think it helps some children develop social skills, but a lot of children don't develop good social skills no matter how many people they are around. Public schools don't require social interaction--it's not part of the curriculum and if it is it gets shoved aside.

Also every community is different. For many children, particulary if they have a disability, they are better off being home schooled where they can recieve more attention and more individualized instruction. As far a learning social skills, many home school children excell at learning to network with many people outside of their peer group since they don't get placed into social clicks and are forced to look for friendship outside of the local geography.

Course, I went to public schools. I don't have a lot of fond memories of high school. I'm actually really glad my family moved away from the first high school I attended.

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Suggestions Box / Re: Attention Photoshoppers: Help request
« on: February 05, 2008, 12:14:04 AM »
1. Get some watercolor paper, make some herbal tea, brush the herbal tea on the paper and let dry.
2. scan tea-brushed paper.
3. Adjust color hua and value in photoshop.

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Happy Things 2008:Generation X [part deux]
« on: January 24, 2008, 01:29:39 AM »
I just had my first interview with my new job. (Me interviewing people, not someone interviewing me). It went well all things considered and I feel a lot better about committing to working for the state.

Though it was a little discouraging that this family needs help making ends meet. It's a nuclear family of 8 (not unusualy for Utah) where the both parents and the 3 oldest children work 7 jobs beteen them and still they need assistance and qualified for food stamps and medicaid.

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Parker's Got a PW Review
« on: January 23, 2008, 08:31:52 PM »
Congratulations on being reviewed.

I'm suree I agree with everything the review says (too much action?), but it gives a good synopsis.

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Everything Else / Re: Cool Stuff Found on the Internet, again
« on: January 23, 2008, 12:51:47 AM »
Slightly disturbing:

http://www.filmcow.com/charlietheunicorn.html

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Site News / Re: Happy Birthday
« on: January 21, 2008, 09:28:56 PM »
Quote from: The Lost Shark Fighter on January 21, 2008, 06:16:43 PM
Happy 3rd Birthday to my son Leif!!!

Yes, happy b-day to my nephew Leif.

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Revenge of Grumpy Bear
« on: January 18, 2008, 03:14:27 PM »
I thought I was doing well at not getting sick this year. Now I have a stomach flu of somekind.

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Everything Else / Re: volunteerism
« on: January 16, 2008, 08:21:33 PM »
Quote from: Brenna on January 16, 2008, 05:36:14 PM
Do any of the libraries near you run Adult Literacy classes?  If so, you could help teach people to read. Those classes are often in the evening, since the people who need them often work during the day, too.

I'm seriously considering volunteering at the Orem or Provo library. I just came off a job teaching kids how to read; teaching adults how to read might not be that different.

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