Gloopy stuff is no good.

ita, I have 7:00 PM tix for me and the kids somewhere, but I can come after that if you still need help. Text and let me know.

In other news, this is my new school: [link]

My feeling that I am the last person to see it was reinforced by my being the only person in the theater.

I am apparently going to be the last person. Sigh.

That sounds like a very positive environment, Kat!

ita, wish I were closer to go fetch stuff for you.

Kat, that sounds like a good fit for you!

Is it really not that obvious to people that instructions can be modified?

I don't think people are encouraged to think for themselves very much. And I suspect that the people with those cognitive abilities aren't going to post comments, because a) they already figured it out, and b) publicly indicating that you're capable of modifying a thing means suddenly you are tech support of said thing.

Or check out the Epicurious comments, where no one follows the recipe and is then surprised at what happens.

ita, I would seriously order you stuff to be delivered if you tell me what you want. And also your address.

I went to Mary Chung's and had delicious Chinese/Szechuan food with loud boisterous friends. Between this and the lively kids in the math tutoring, I feel like I'm at my public interaction limit for the week.

And, I did a really nice job of dummying up a Wordpress site for my friend's Humane Society group (the same people with the dog rescue business cards). That should give them a good idea of what is possible with a site upgrade (their site is copyright 2007 and built with Word). At any rate it was nice to take a bunch of off-the-shelf theme components and make them sit up and behave.

Now I have math homework -- well, going through the handout sheet the teacher passed out, because I haven't the faintest idea what the Foil Method for multiplying binomials is.

Now I have math homework -- well, going through the handout sheet the teacher passed out, because I haven't the faintest idea what the Foil Method for multiplying binomials is.

First Outside Inside Last, and I hate it, because students memorize it and then get totally screwed up when they don't have an acronym for how to multiply, say, a binomial by a trinomial, and I really wish they'd just teach "multiply each term by each other term."

yay Gud!

This planning workshop is making me hate my neighbors. Sigh.

I hope you have gotten some kind of sustenance, ita. I wish I was close enough to bring something by.

November is apparently cow season. Box o' meat is about half veal, half beef, and one pound of ground pork.