I plan to make Natter my true home, and one day, I hope to grown up and become a Senator who is completely open about her filkthy filthy ways.

Or become a creepy hermit and instruct people on parapsychological abilities (AKA the force) only, i'll be hotter than Obi-Wan and I'll have a bigger sword.

So the random quote generator is sacred. I wonder if that works like the idea that you can randomly select a passage in the Bible and it will apply to whatever you are dealing with at the moment.

I'll try it. I've been told to "Use French Ticklers instead". Okay, the system isn't perfect.

I must go, Steph, guard my nest. And don't play with Cheerleader!Lex.

He's a gift for ita.

Tom, if you pop back in today on a break or whatever, I'll try and call you around lunchtime so we can make dinner plans.

Oh, I should also check my profile addy, huh?

Okay, the system isn't perfect

Or maybe you need to refine it by randomly selecting a French Tickler.

So the random quote generator is sacred. I wonder if that works like the idea that you can randomly select a passage in the Bible and it will apply to whatever you are dealing with at the moment.

Using that method, I'm now wondering if "Scarred Baptist" (which may or may not taste like blackened catfish) is the sacred Buffista food.

After a little rejuvenating Buff Diving, I've got to say -- it's a brilliant balance between things that are funny on their surface, and inside jokes/things that are only funny if you get the context.

I am still morning grumpy at 11:30. I think this may just need to be revised to general grumpiness.

hurumph.

My sister has been homeschooling her kids, though she's sending her youngest to a t memfault charter(?) school (it's publicly funded but sort of private, I don't fully understand it (it's an Oregon thing, apparently)). Her oldest had to take a proficiency exam of some sort not long ago and scored in the 97th percentile, which is gratifying. Mostly, she thinks public schools are a bad experience that she wants to shield her children from, though I don't recall her hating school so much when we were actually, you know, going.

I'd consider homeschooling before private school, but that would only be if the available public schools were very very bad.

Welcome, Almare!

If I wanted to homeschool a putative child, it wouldn't be because I thought I'd be a better teacher mano a mano than many of the well-trained people out there. It would be because I was suspicious of a school system, or wanted the kid to get one on one attention.

This is pretty much me. There have been times in the past, even in the recent past, where I felt like homeschooling was the best option, especially for an unusually bright child. And I have issues with public schools that have nothing to do with teachers--I loathe the overemphasis on standardized testing in general, and Seattle schools in particular are suffering because of financial mismanagement. I don't feel good about putting Annabel in that environment unless something changes in the next four years. OTOH, I don't think I'd be good at homeschooling, because it'd be another one of those Perfect Mommy ideals that'd fall victim to the reality of my life as a working writer, just like homemade organic babyfood and cloth diapers never quite happened for me.

So. In the next four years we either need to move to a place with excellent public schools, or find a way to afford private school. Guess I'd better get cracking on that bestseller, huh?