Comments for My Time to Waste http://mytimetowaste.com …And yours too, apparently. Beware sarcasm. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Sendak on Blake by Rick Beckman http://mytimetowaste.com/sendak-on-blake/#comment-1453 Rick Beckman Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:52:03 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=882#comment-1453 Spoilers! -- -- -- Irritated because the story is about a bratty little boy who gets sent to his room without dinner, has a wild imaginative episode, and then gets his dinner served to him in his room anyway. The story ends with him giving a very knowing grimace to the reader which says nothing but "I got away with it." I would assume Sophie likes it, but i've never heard it read to her that i can recall. I dunno. Spoilers!

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Irritated because the story is about a bratty little boy who gets sent to his room without dinner, has a wild imaginative episode, and then gets his dinner served to him in his room anyway. The story ends with him giving a very knowing grimace to the reader which says nothing but “I got away with it.”

I would assume Sophie likes it, but i’ve never heard it read to her that i can recall. I dunno.

]]> Comment on Sendak on Blake by Rich Beckman http://mytimetowaste.com/sendak-on-blake/#comment-1434 Rich Beckman Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:32:07 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=882#comment-1434 Irritated? How so? Does Sophie like it? Irritated? How so? Does Sophie like it?

]]> Comment on Sendak on Blake by Rick Beckman http://mytimetowaste.com/sendak-on-blake/#comment-1296 Rick Beckman Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:53:48 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=882#comment-1296 I didn't read <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i> til i found it among Sophie's books while visiting Jess last winter. The book really irritated me, especially in light of the fandom it enjoys. I didn’t read Where the Wild Things Are til i found it among Sophie’s books while visiting Jess last winter. The book really irritated me, especially in light of the fandom it enjoys.

]]> Comment on Data Driven, or Not by Rich Beckman http://mytimetowaste.com/data-driven-or-not/#comment-1290 Rich Beckman Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:29:14 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=809#comment-1290 Exactly. Watching that video again, I notice how he eventually answers a different question than the one that is asked. Instead of addressing how teaching abstinence fails to work, he addresses what the state is getting for its money (comparing it to a ridiculously expensive baseline). Exactly.

Watching that video again, I notice how he eventually answers a different question than the one that is asked. Instead of addressing how teaching abstinence fails to work, he addresses what the state is getting for its money (comparing it to a ridiculously expensive baseline).

]]> Comment on I Do Not Know How to Respond to This by Rich Beckman http://mytimetowaste.com/i-do-not-know-how-to-respond-to-this/#comment-1289 Rich Beckman Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:11:51 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=764#comment-1289 Some self interest there, Jeff? And yet, given any lack of followup info (or pics) I have to wonder if the equipment was simply left over and never activated. Some self interest there, Jeff? And yet, given any lack of followup info (or pics) I have to wonder if the equipment was simply left over and never activated.

]]> Comment on I Do Not Know How to Respond to This by Jeff http://mytimetowaste.com/i-do-not-know-how-to-respond-to-this/#comment-1081 Jeff Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:37:15 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=764#comment-1081 Pics, or it didn't happen. ;o) Pics, or it didn’t happen.

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]]> Comment on Data Driven, or Not by Jeff http://mytimetowaste.com/data-driven-or-not/#comment-1080 Jeff Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:27:35 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=809#comment-1080 "It it gets in line. It gets in line with" Reminded me of the silence of the lambs. "It puts the lotion on it's skin". ~~~~~~~ Abstinance does work. The teaching of abstinance, and refusal to teach anything else... Expecting children to just abstain... Does not. “It it gets in line. It gets in line with”

Reminded me of the silence of the lambs. “It puts the lotion on it’s skin”.

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Abstinance does work.

The teaching of abstinance, and refusal to teach anything else…

Expecting children to just abstain…

Does not.

]]> Comment on 2012 Prediction by Rick Beckman http://mytimetowaste.com/2012-prediction/#comment-320 Rick Beckman Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:11:46 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=873#comment-320 The Bible demands that false prophets be stoned to death. I sure do hope you're right! The Bible demands that false prophets be stoned to death. I sure do hope you’re right!

]]> Comment on Blueberries!!! by Rich Beckman http://mytimetowaste.com/blueberries/#comment-241 Rich Beckman Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:50:58 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=754#comment-241 Yeah, but the blueberries taste better! Not that cranberries don't have their place, I drink cranberry juice frequently. Yeah, but the blueberries taste better! Not that cranberries don’t have their place, I drink cranberry juice frequently.

]]> Comment on Farm Picked Broccoli by Rich Beckman http://mytimetowaste.com/farm-picked-broccoli/#comment-243 Rich Beckman Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:49:11 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=775#comment-243 What I find strange is that, according to Google Analytics, at least one person has visited this blog after typing "farm picked broccoli" into Google! What I find strange is that, according to Google Analytics, at least one person has visited this blog after typing “farm picked broccoli” into Google!

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