Camp V - Last One. I Promise.
May 31, 2001
Day 3 So after the flashlight war, and the scaring of the kids under the bed, everyone settled down pretty quickly. The first night, they were whispering in their rooms for a half hour after bed. This second night, they'd discovered Morse code. And, looking forward to their prison days, had borrowed hard objects to tap messages from one room...
Day 3 So after the flashlight war, and the scaring of the kids under the bed, everyone settled down pretty quickly. The first night, they were whispering in their rooms for a half hour after bed. This second night, they'd discovered Morse code. And, looking forward to their prison days, had borrowed hard objects to tap messages from one room...
Fasting
May 30, 2001
Yesterday, I decided that I'm not entirely comfortable with my relationship with food. There's been altogether too much food as filler for blank time, food as answer for boredom, food as yummy experience in my life of late. I think a big part of it comes from the stasis that I otherwise feel trapped in. I can't plan any vacations,...
Yesterday, I decided that I'm not entirely comfortable with my relationship with food. There's been altogether too much food as filler for blank time, food as answer for boredom, food as yummy experience in my life of late. I think a big part of it comes from the stasis that I otherwise feel trapped in. I can't plan any vacations,...
Camp IV
May 25, 2001
Bored yet? Day 2 I staggered into bed somewhere between 1 and 2am after hanging out on the beach and talking with K~, who was so deeply wonderful as to bring alcohol specifically for me. We sat and chatted and watched the waves roll in. Just to get it recorded, K~ is the only person I've met who swears she...
Bored yet? Day 2 I staggered into bed somewhere between 1 and 2am after hanging out on the beach and talking with K~, who was so deeply wonderful as to bring alcohol specifically for me. We sat and chatted and watched the waves roll in. Just to get it recorded, K~ is the only person I've met who swears she...
Camp III: Tale of the Bear
May 24, 2001
Stealing the bear is apparently a time-honored tradition. A couple of people I told the story to said, "do they do that in every camp?" So maybe it's a widespread thing. It makes perfect sense as a great camp tradition. If camp is like school, then stealing the bear is your extracurricular activity. Your place to step outside the lines...
Stealing the bear is apparently a time-honored tradition. A couple of people I told the story to said, "do they do that in every camp?" So maybe it's a widespread thing. It makes perfect sense as a great camp tradition. If camp is like school, then stealing the bear is your extracurricular activity. Your place to step outside the lines...
Memories
May 23, 2001
My dad and grandparents were sitting around the kitchen table complaining about the loss of memory as they get older. My grandfather was telling how he'll go to the grocery store to pick up five things, and when he gets there he can only remember two of them. Now, it's not nice to contradict your elders and tell them that...
My dad and grandparents were sitting around the kitchen table complaining about the loss of memory as they get older. My grandfather was telling how he'll go to the grocery store to pick up five things, and when he gets there he can only remember two of them. Now, it's not nice to contradict your elders and tell them that...
Camp II
May 22, 2001
[I still got almost nothing but camp thoughts this week. Today's recommended contemplate for those of you who already know all this camp stuff is: try to place yourself where you were this time last year. Build as complete a picture of where you were, what you were doing, what was up in your life. What are the key changes...
[I still got almost nothing but camp thoughts this week. Today's recommended contemplate for those of you who already know all this camp stuff is: try to place yourself where you were this time last year. Build as complete a picture of where you were, what you were doing, what was up in your life. What are the key changes...
Camp
May 21, 2001
[Holy smokes, was camp ever interesting and fun! I got almost nothing but camp thoughts this week. The next few days are likely to be exclusively post-camp debriefings. It might not be totally fascinating for those of you who spent a lot of time in camp as kids and who already know what I experienced. To you, I extend an...
[Holy smokes, was camp ever interesting and fun! I got almost nothing but camp thoughts this week. The next few days are likely to be exclusively post-camp debriefings. It might not be totally fascinating for those of you who spent a lot of time in camp as kids and who already know what I experienced. To you, I extend an...
Index From The Art of Homemaking, Q-Z
May 18, 2001
The Art of Homemakingby Daryl V. Hooleillustrated by Dick and Mary Scopes(c) H. J. M. Hoole, Jr., 1967 INDEX -R-Readers Digest, 63-64Record Book for budgeting, 186Responsibility of children, 136-157Rogers, Will, 87Room, function for each, 33; streamline each, 201Ruskin, John, 201 -S-Savior, on going second mile, 70Sawyer, Tom, 70Schedule, value of, 73-93Schwab, Charles, on efficiency, 90Second mile, 70Self image, 26Shopping, 84Sill,...
The Art of Homemakingby Daryl V. Hooleillustrated by Dick and Mary Scopes(c) H. J. M. Hoole, Jr., 1967 INDEX -R-Readers Digest, 63-64Record Book for budgeting, 186Responsibility of children, 136-157Rogers, Will, 87Room, function for each, 33; streamline each, 201Ruskin, John, 201 -S-Savior, on going second mile, 70Sawyer, Tom, 70Schedule, value of, 73-93Schwab, Charles, on efficiency, 90Second mile, 70Self image, 26Shopping, 84Sill,...
Index From The Art of Homemaking, J-P
May 17, 2001
The Art of Homemakingby Daryl V. Hooleillustrated by Dick and Mary Scopes(c) H. J. M. Hoole, Jr., 1967 INDEX -J-James, William, on attitude, 10; on energy, 19; on uncompleted tasks, 82Jews, 70Job jar, 146Jobs, classify, 79Jordan, David Starr, on man's consideration of women, 182 -K-Kingsley, on work, 67Kitchen, cleaning of, 103; decorating hints, 134Kress, John B., on posture, 17 -L-Labeling...
The Art of Homemakingby Daryl V. Hooleillustrated by Dick and Mary Scopes(c) H. J. M. Hoole, Jr., 1967 INDEX -J-James, William, on attitude, 10; on energy, 19; on uncompleted tasks, 82Jews, 70Job jar, 146Jobs, classify, 79Jordan, David Starr, on man's consideration of women, 182 -K-Kingsley, on work, 67Kitchen, cleaning of, 103; decorating hints, 134Kress, John B., on posture, 17 -L-Labeling...
Off to Camp
May 16, 2001
So, by the time you read this, I will most likely be on my way to camp. I haven't been to camp but once in my whole life. I have no recollection of anything that happened while I was there. I have never known any camp songs. I don't know any camp games, assuming that such a thing exists. I...
So, by the time you read this, I will most likely be on my way to camp. I haven't been to camp but once in my whole life. I have no recollection of anything that happened while I was there. I have never known any camp songs. I don't know any camp games, assuming that such a thing exists. I...
Shiny!
May 15, 2001
I'm not good with temptation. I have eaten so much ice cream tonight that I am verging on being physically ill. I came home and went straight into binging on ice cream. When I realized that sickly feeling I was having was probably an ice cream OD, I came into the den here to read a book and sit it...
I'm not good with temptation. I have eaten so much ice cream tonight that I am verging on being physically ill. I came home and went straight into binging on ice cream. When I realized that sickly feeling I was having was probably an ice cream OD, I came into the den here to read a book and sit it...
Robot Voice
May 14, 2001
How much emotion are you supposed to be able to show in a relationship? Specifically talking about your unhappy feelings. It's so easy to be loving and kind when you're happy, but when you've got issues or things you would like to talk about in the relationship that are going to seem negative and attacking, those are not easy feelings...
How much emotion are you supposed to be able to show in a relationship? Specifically talking about your unhappy feelings. It's so easy to be loving and kind when you're happy, but when you've got issues or things you would like to talk about in the relationship that are going to seem negative and attacking, those are not easy feelings...
Index From The Art of Homemaking, F-I
May 11, 2001
The Art of Homemakingby Daryl V. Hooleillustrated by Dick and Mary Scopes(c) H. J. M. Hoole, Jr., 1967 INDEX -F-Facets for homemakers, 2-51 The Two "A's," 2, 10-182 Another "A," 2, 19-223 Some Are Almosters, 2, 23-274 A Place for Everything, 2, 28-515 Meet the Minute, 3, 52-666 The Six "W's," 3, 67-727 Plan Your Work, 3, 73-938 Try Old...
The Art of Homemakingby Daryl V. Hooleillustrated by Dick and Mary Scopes(c) H. J. M. Hoole, Jr., 1967 INDEX -F-Facets for homemakers, 2-51 The Two "A's," 2, 10-182 Another "A," 2, 19-223 Some Are Almosters, 2, 23-274 A Place for Everything, 2, 28-515 Meet the Minute, 3, 52-666 The Six "W's," 3, 67-727 Plan Your Work, 3, 73-938 Try Old...
Driver Disclosure
May 10, 2001
Do you remember those Baby On Board warning signs that cars had in the 80's? The ones that spawned "Babe on Board", "Aliens On Board", "Sex Machine On Board", and other charming spinoffs? I propose that we should pass a law requiring that some sort of a similar mechanism be employed to display driver demographic information in the back window...
Do you remember those Baby On Board warning signs that cars had in the 80's? The ones that spawned "Babe on Board", "Aliens On Board", "Sex Machine On Board", and other charming spinoffs? I propose that we should pass a law requiring that some sort of a similar mechanism be employed to display driver demographic information in the back window...
Skydiving Accidents
May 09, 2001
Everyone in the car had a plan for his or her suicide. K~ sided with me on carbon monoxide poisoning. Go out into the garage and turn on the car and sleep to wake no more. But P~ had a much more clever, if painful, plan, which was that he was thinking of a skydiving accident where you just fail...
Everyone in the car had a plan for his or her suicide. K~ sided with me on carbon monoxide poisoning. Go out into the garage and turn on the car and sleep to wake no more. But P~ had a much more clever, if painful, plan, which was that he was thinking of a skydiving accident where you just fail...
Life on Hold
May 08, 2001
Suddenly I'm worried about what I am going to do with myself when I am unemployed and have whole days free. I don't want to turn into a zombie who sleeps sixteen hours, slacks away four, eats for two, and spends his remaining few minutes watching TV. But already I find that I am at loose ends when I get...
Suddenly I'm worried about what I am going to do with myself when I am unemployed and have whole days free. I don't want to turn into a zombie who sleeps sixteen hours, slacks away four, eats for two, and spends his remaining few minutes watching TV. But already I find that I am at loose ends when I get...
Coplab
May 07, 2001
I strode out of work last Thursday after a day just packed with activity. A day of stress, multitasking, riding just in front of a sense of impending crash, always needing just three more minutes to catch up. The kind of day where you're too busy to form full sentences; "Will check into that. Priority is to get it out...
I strode out of work last Thursday after a day just packed with activity. A day of stress, multitasking, riding just in front of a sense of impending crash, always needing just three more minutes to catch up. The kind of day where you're too busy to form full sentences; "Will check into that. Priority is to get it out...
Index From The Art of Homemaking, A-E
May 04, 2001
The Art of Homemakingby Daryl V. Hooleillustrated by Dick and Mary Scopes(c) H. J. M. Hoole, Jr., 1967 INDEX -A-Activities, dove-tail, 58-59; outside, 115-119"Almosters," 23-27Ambition, 19-22Appearance, personal, 15-18Appliances, use best, 54Appointment book, use of, 86-93Attitude, 10-15, 21; steps to improve, 14-15; toward housework, 10-12Attractiveness, 21 -B-Baby books and albums, 162-163Baking hints, 95-97Bathroom, cleaning, 113; decorating hints, 135Beauty is a duty,...
The Art of Homemakingby Daryl V. Hooleillustrated by Dick and Mary Scopes(c) H. J. M. Hoole, Jr., 1967 INDEX -A-Activities, dove-tail, 58-59; outside, 115-119"Almosters," 23-27Ambition, 19-22Appearance, personal, 15-18Appliances, use best, 54Appointment book, use of, 86-93Attitude, 10-15, 21; steps to improve, 14-15; toward housework, 10-12Attractiveness, 21 -B-Baby books and albums, 162-163Baking hints, 95-97Bathroom, cleaning, 113; decorating hints, 135Beauty is a duty,...
College and Cars for Kids
May 03, 2001
Yesterday I wrote, "In my case, I would have to say that the evidence points to messiness being a learned rather than instinctual behavior. My brother is also pretty messy and disorganized, but I don't think we count as two data points seeing as we shared almost every influence, just two and a half years separated." I always separate us...
Yesterday I wrote, "In my case, I would have to say that the evidence points to messiness being a learned rather than instinctual behavior. My brother is also pretty messy and disorganized, but I don't think we count as two data points seeing as we shared almost every influence, just two and a half years separated." I always separate us...
Neatnicks
May 02, 2001
Are you neat? In the way that I am impressed by and stand in awe of everything beyond my ken and abilities, you get yet more of my admiration than you already had if you are organized. If you aren't organized, then you get deep-felt empathy and a feeling of kinship. So, either way, it's a win-win. [Ah yes, I...
Are you neat? In the way that I am impressed by and stand in awe of everything beyond my ken and abilities, you get yet more of my admiration than you already had if you are organized. If you aren't organized, then you get deep-felt empathy and a feeling of kinship. So, either way, it's a win-win. [Ah yes, I...
Take the Stairs
May 01, 2001
Deciding to ride the elevator used to be a very big decision for me. It wasn't thinking about fear of an untimely elevator death. It was more about elevators being limited commodity that may take longer to arrive than it would take to climb the stairs; and about stair climbing being a good activity; and about whether it was okay...
Deciding to ride the elevator used to be a very big decision for me. It wasn't thinking about fear of an untimely elevator death. It was more about elevators being limited commodity that may take longer to arrive than it would take to climb the stairs; and about stair climbing being a good activity; and about whether it was okay...