Tales From Another Planet

As you may note from the labels, this is primarily a homeschool post, but it has many applications to real life as well, for those of you who haven't jumped on the homeschooling bandwagon yet (and may not ever). The last few weeks, I've gotten busy with other things. We started out the "semester" strong after a short Christmas break. We finished up our first set of math books and fine motor skill books. My 5 year old's reading has blossomed without any help from me, and his social skills are improving everyday. I was doing very little planning for our homeschool and the co-op had been planned well in advanced. So, I could finally relax and enjoy the fruits of my labor of an easygoing homeschool lifestyle, right? Then, the dreaded 3's hit our house a few weeks early. My adorable monster suddenly began demanding MY time and attention during our school day. He suddenly pushed his bedtime from 9:30 to 10:30 to 11:30 at night! Doesn't he know that I need sle...

By TC DMB Live Trax Volume 10 05.25.2007 1) Everyday 2) Dreamgirl 3) Crash into Me 4) Hunger for the Great Light 5) Louisiana Bayou 6) When the World Ends 7) Grey Street 8) The Idea of You 9) So Much to Say » Anyone Seen the Bridge » 10) Too Much 11) Sister 12) Lie in Our Graves 13) #41 » 14) American Baby Intro 15) Two Step » 16) Ants Marching 17) Gravedigger 18) Jimi Thing 19) Stay (Wasting Time) 20) Don't Drink the Water 21) Pantala Naga Pampa » Rapunzel Volume 10 of the Live Trax series takes us to a concert which took place a mere two months after Volume 9.  This show, part of the 2007 Europe tour, was noted for the crowd.  The audience in Portugal was absolutely insane and the recording captures it. This album, thankfully, is better than Volume 9.  Once again though, I'd put this one in the "historically significant" category rather than the "great" category.  It's not badly performed by any means (my favorite 2007 rele...

Today's society is all about the instant. Instantly fresh-brewed coffee in our Keurig, instant entertainment at our fingertips, instant change in society's viewpoint of what's right and what's wrong. Yet, we are still the same humans we were 200 years ago. Recently a close friend made a comment when I told them someone I knew was illegally giving her daughter CBD oils and they saved her life. When I explained what CBD oils were, he jokingly said, bet she went to California. Actually, it was Colorado, I corrected. But the bigger point is, why are we allowed to joke about the marijuana plant. I would argue those people are the same ones who refused to eat tomatoes for 100 years because they came from the deadly Nightshade family plants. Heaven forbid anyone against marijuana use purchase hemp cord, maybe they will accidentally overdose. Now, I'm making snap judgments and using hyperbole in the article above, but I don't truly believe this is what the friend th...

As told by almost 3-year old J.P.C. Daniel came in the sunroom. A chicken crossed the road. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich. And, some walls. Now, if a chicken crossed the road, he would eat a lamp. And now, the chicken got one of those (pointing to some circles on the keyboard)  and peeked out of his hole and pressed "w". Uh-huh, duvvle u. Now, the chicken would like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. And Clifford. He jumps. Now, he does typing. tipo0ujuotyiokihfop;k99iuty9juutyyp0th6yo6ui97ik7uoup7u[0ouhohoki7upio6uji7u A peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Hmmmm, Now, a chicken crossed the road and ate it. Ummm, the chicken had a baby. Yeah, that what I said. And then he pushed numbers. 5885866565555555555554615555555555522222222222222222222222222222222222 The chicken typed. And then he pressed numbers. He got a phone and pressed numbers. He was calling 2222 and then a man hear him. And then, he pressed numbers again. The End That was my last story.

By TC There aren't many multiple night sets in the Live Trax series.  Volume 6, Fenway, is one of them.  Volume 9, MGM Grand in Las Vegas is the other.  That's the one I'm discussing today. DMB Live Trax Volume 9 03.23.2007 & 03.24.2007 Night 1 1) Pantala Naga Pampa » Rapunzel 2) Satellite 3) When the World Ends 4) Time of the Season 5) Hunger for the Great Light 6) Dreamgirl 7) Say Goodbye 8) The Idea of You 9) Louisiana Bayou 10) I'll Back You Up 11) Down by the River 12) Crush 13) The Maker 14) Jimi Thing 15) Stay (Wasting Time) 16) Sister 17) Everyday 18) What You Are Night 2 1) Crash into Me 2) You Might Die Trying 3) Grey Street 4) Sweet Caroline » 5) What Would You Say 6) The Idea of You 7) Seek Up 8) Still Water » 9) Don't Drink the Water 10 Dancing Nancies 11) Where Are You Going 12) The Maker 13) Louisiana Bayou 14) Stolen Away on 55th & 3rd 15) Down by the River 16) Too Much 17) Tripping Billies 18) Gra...

The blog has been silent the last few days, because I've been spending time on something a bit more important, time with my family and husband. We just got back from a family trip to Maggie Valley for some fun in the snow and to celebrate Valentine's Day and the 8th Anniversary of our marriage. We followed that up last night with a dinner out at a "fancy" restaurant sans kids. Why is this so important? Couldn't we have spent that money on feeding the homeless, or educating the poor, or worldwide poverty? We certainly could have done that with our $300 or so, but I think that money was well-invested in building a better relationship with my husband. I love to read, and one of the books I've been reading recently is very negative towards the institution of marriage. They romance the idea of extramarital affairs and make committed couples seem boring and just another way to escape from real life. If you watch TV much, you'll see plenty of the same, if y...

The Case of the Missing Meatballs As narrated by DC One day, I was in the kitchen in my house. And then, I wanted to go into the living room. And then, I gone back into the kitchen, and then I saw my meatballs. They were gone. I’ll give you some clues: His name is Algebra and he was a mean guy. He liked meatballs and he would like 1,000 meatballs, and I had the mix for that. And so he stole the mix. So, I had to buy some more mix, and then he stole the mix again. Again, and again, and again he did that. Then I said, “Crazy typing!” Then I wanted to do that… Fbyugenhnfdnxynycfnyfxyxxxjmnnnnnn We tried to kill Algebra. And then, and then, he almost got dead. But, he actually had a gun, and I died, because he shooted at me. And he shooted at mommy too. And then, he shooted Daddy. And then, he shooted our grandparents. So, Gran and Pa are dead. A fairy came and got Daddy alive, because God helped him. Then the police, which was...