So I signed up for NaNoWriMo this year—the Extreme Writing Event wherein crazed participants skip sleeping for the month of November and work to turn out a 50,000 word novel in 30 days… And those of you who have been reading here for a few weeks know that I pledged not to blog about the … Continue reading Breaking my own Rules: Observations from the NaNoWriMo Lab Notebook
A Day of Dragons, with Chocolate Pi
It's been a day of Dragons in our household. Christian's long-anticipated pre-order of Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" arrived (as did his invisible Dragon-friend's pre-order, a book which apparently features small dragons who ride people)... nicely timed with a released update to his favorite DragonVale game on Mom's iPad, and arrival of the movie "Eragon" from Netflix … Continue reading A Day of Dragons, with Chocolate Pi
A worm by any other name would be… a Hobbit
Our son Christian is NOT a "Chris." He doesn't even acknowledge "Chris" as a version of his name--doesn't respond to it at all. I had to explain that to his first T-ball coach (not because I'm a fussy mom who insists on a full name--in fact, I had assumed when I named him that he … Continue reading A worm by any other name would be… a Hobbit
Confessions of a Statistics Slut
Hi, my name is Kana, and I'm a stats-aholic. I admit it. I look at my blog stats a lot. It's the feel-good-fix for which I don't want to go to Anonymous meetings. Unlike alcohol (for which I DO go to meetings), my stats addiction doesn't turn me Stupid. (At least, I don't think it … Continue reading Confessions of a Statistics Slut
Blogger Call to Action: Please Help Me Happy-Dance
If you don't do your blogging from an iPad, there's one thing you might not realize about your WordPress blog. The "default settings" on your blog are programmed to send iPad viewers to a specialized "mobile view" of your blog called OnSwipe--and (speaking as an uber-frustrated iPad reader-of-blogs) the OnSwipe view is CRAP. So I … Continue reading Blogger Call to Action: Please Help Me Happy-Dance
Hunting for Answers in Pink Camo: Why is it…
Why is it...that when our digital devices are syncing, we don't throw them life preservers? Why is it...that everyone has a "bucket list" of things they want to do, but nobody talks about the Fuckit List of the shit they've decided not to bother with? Why is it...that people don't come with the "Cool" button … Continue reading Hunting for Answers in Pink Camo: Why is it…
Sex-Ed in a nutshell: “Huh.THAT’s kinda gross.”
"Let me tell ya 'bout the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees.." ~from that song on the "hits of the 60s" cassette my parents used to play in the car Even as a toddler, my son Christian was always a detail-oriented, literal-minded little guy. He was the kind of two-year-old who … Continue reading Sex-Ed in a nutshell: “Huh.THAT’s kinda gross.”
Kana's Chronicles 