I don’t often check my stats page, but I do always notice that I get a bunch of traffic due to posts on Ethiopian Idol and the date in Ethiopia. Here’s the official Ethiopian Idol site.
If you are one of these people, I have another blog in which I babble on about my son adopted from Ethiopia: Meet Dawit.
For the creepo who found my site through searching “smell little girls”…ewwww. Go away.
after this class ends: Quartile deviation. Transformed Z score. And there are oh-so-many more.
I have the pleasure of a 9-5 Statistics Marathon each Saturday for the next month. I surprised myself by following and mostly understanding the 4-hour lecture part. Then even got a couple of problems correct in practice. Of course there are entire chunks of info I haven’t wrapped my brain around yet. I have lots of homework. Due on Monday. I haven’t recovered yet from today, and I need to face more Greek symbols and painful thought process tomorrow.
I feel fried after class today, but not yet defeated. I’ll let you know after next week.
Today Sandy stopped by to say hello. We chatted for just a few minutes, she picked up some things I had borrowed, and she stopped in the dining room to say goodbye to Lil.
Lily was attached to the basement door doorknob by way of the dog’s leash hooked to her pants. She was surrounded by blocks which she had built into a pen, complete with a bowl of unicorn snacks and water within reach. Lily happily “neigh-neighed” goodbye.
Thankfully Sandaura is not our adoption social worker, and hopefully no one will ever catch us when we’re using the laundry basket as unicorn jail.
Unlike the other candidates, I’m not going to hide my evil side.
Full story here. See his 13-point platform here. via the Witches’ Voice
Names for Pippi Longstocking in other languages: In Bulgarian “Пипи Дългото Чорапче” In Croatian “Pipi Duga Čarapa” In Czech “Pipi Dlouhá Punčocha” In Danish “Pippi Langstrømpe” In Dutch “Pippi Langkous” In Estonian “Pipi Pikksukk” In Finnish “Peppi Pitkätossu” In French “Fifi Brindacier” In German “Pippi Langstrumpf” In Hebrew “בילבי בת-גרב” (“Bilbi Bat-Gerev”) In Icelandic “Lína Langsokkur” In Indonesian “Pippi Si Kaus Kaki Panjang” In Italian “Pippi Calzelunghe” In Latvian “Pepija Garzeķe” In Norwegian “Pippi Langstrømpe” In Persian “پیپی جوراببلنده (Pipi Joorab-Bolandeh)” In Polish “Fizia Pónczoszanka” In Portuguese “Bibi Meialonga” (Brazil), “Pipi das Meias Altas” (Portugal) In Russian “Пиппи Длинный Чулок” (or “Пеппи Длинныйчулок”) In Serbian “Pipi Duga Čarapa” In Slovak “Pipi Dlhá Pančucha” In Slovenian “Pika Nogavička” In Spanish “Pipi Calzaslargas”
I managed to get an appointment for Lily’s flu shot this year, after much internal debate over the vaccine controversy. If she gets the flu, it’s more likely to hit her hard because of her heart. (structurally not normal) As far as the vaccine preservative issue, there is much controversy linking mercury to neurological issues. And Miss Lily may have a neurological issue.
So…..I got the pleasure of running all the possible scenarios through my head and speaking with a couple of docs I trust, and she’s getting the shot on Monday. More flu worries: as if the State and Federal governments tripping up our adoption plans aren’t enough, now Mother Nature is going to join in with the Avian Flu. Traveling to China in the near future with my health-compromised family probably isn’t the best idea…
And when will it stop raining?
I suspect that there is no ickier way to start the day than by cleaning up dog puke after she’s been snacking in the cat litter box
A special report on the hurricane from a very angry squirrel. (There’s a lot of words coming out of the squirrel that you wouldn’t want your little kid to hear.)
Found at squirrel central: DRT
I had a conversation yesterday with a longtime friend. We talked about Katrina, of course, as the entire planet continues to discuss it. She said of the people trapped “they are people who have tended to make poor decisions all through their lives”. I ended the conversation quickly after trying to do a bit of analytical thinking with her…but it quickly became clear that her meaning was “if those people are stupid enough to live there, and dumb enough not to have the means to escape, they got what they deserve.” I’m disappointed with her. I’m disappointed with our government and the mess that continues. The only good thing about the relentless media coverage is that the general public knows what a fiasco the US leaders made of the rescue efforts.
Amazing photos of the aftermath found over at Susan’s EBC
