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Re: Project Simplify: Five Things I’ve Learned About Frugality

drbethsnow — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:45:15 -0000

Thrift stores. I buy 90% of my clothes at the SPCA Thrift Store or the Salvation Army - and I consistently get complimented on my clothes. You'd be surprised how many people buy an item of expensive clothing, wear it once (or not at all) and then donate it. And then I get to buy it for a few bucks! I once bought a $300 designer suit that still had the original tags on it for $13.

Re: The Low Down on Laser Eye Surgery

drbethsnow — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:33:47 -0000

Wow. Gives new life to the "stick a needle in your eye" line! I'm a complete baby about needles at the best of time, so I'd pretty much need to be unconscious to have a needle in the eyeball.

I've had some sort of shine-bright-light-in-my-eye-to-see-retina test too and also though it was quite fascinating to be able to see the blood vessels feeding my retina. Yay blood vessels!

Re: Give me $1,000!

drbethsnow — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:08:28 -0000

LOL! If only it were true!

Re: Sign FAIL

drbethsnow — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:06:37 -0000

By "hurt" they actually mean "damaged" books that they are selling for a discounted price. There's a "hurt non-fiction" section, a "hurt biographies," etc. But this was the first sign I saw and I was like "WHAT??"" I mean, seriously, the person who put up that sign must have known what it looked like!

Re: Meme

drbethsnow — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:48:40 -0000

LOL! That's an awesome name for a dog!

Re: Meme

drbethsnow — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:48:17 -0000

Ah, good ole 'Flush'! Didn't have enough room on the list for all my good nicknames!

Re: Happy Birthday, Soon-To-Be-Dr. Dan!

drbethsnow — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:19:48 -0000

Yay me! And I will have to drink Kalev's beer the next time you are in Vancouver, 'cuz he'll be in Toronto. Yay me!

Re: Happy Birthday, Soon-To-Be-Dr. Dan!

drbethsnow — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:58:03 -0000

Where by "random guess," you mean "what Beth told you"! But still, you knew - 100 points to Kalev!

Re: I Am A Cyborg, Just Like My Car

drbethsnow — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:47:34 -0000

Well, that's good to hear that you didn't throw up during labour! I think labour sounds bad enough without adding vomitting into the mix!

Re: I Am A Cyborg, Just Like My Car

drbethsnow — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:14:22 -0000

To me pain once every five years, even extreme pain, beats screwing around with hormones + the hassle of taking a pill *every* *single* *day*. It's idiot-proof - you don't have to do anything and you get the highest level of protection of any method of birth control.

Re: I Am A Cyborg, Just Like My Car

drbethsnow — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:03:25 -0000

Well, it mostly feels like the uterine muscles contracting and I've heard that women sometimes puke during labour, so perhaps it's something to do with that. I hadn't thought of hormones, but that's totally possible.

Re: Things That Have Thwarted Me From Eating Junk Food Of Late

drbethsnow — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:11:29 -0000

Oh, I like almonds, just not mixed with chocolate (as they are in the Häagen Dazs ice cream bar coating). I'm quite particular about my chocolate - it must be dark (not milk and certainly not that horrific non-chocolate substance that calls itself "white chocolate") and I don't like things mixed in with chocolate). Like I said, picky.

Re: Things That Have Thwarted Me From Eating Junk Food Of Late

drbethsnow — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:58:49 -0000

Then the devil is DELICIOUS!

Re: Blogathon Debrief

drbethsnow — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:05:10 -0000

No idea. I think it's the same size as I've always made my footnotes, but don't have time to check into it right now - have to head into work. I'll check later.

Re: Blogathon Debrief

drbethsnow — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:04:16 -0000

I have no idea what you are talking about. They are totally spelled correctly and always, always were. ;-)

Funny thing is, I spell checked that entry because I *knew* that I'd spelled "archaic" wrong, but there were so many things underlined in red because of all the non-real words in this entry that I missed it. D'oh!

Re: Cheating 2.0

drbethsnow — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:49:44 -0000

I'm thinking that it wouldn't set as much of a negative tone if it's positioned more like "to protect yourself in case of possible computer glitches, copy and paste the text into the email, that way there won't be any questions" rather than "I think you are all cheaters." It is really easy to copy and paste and if someone doesn't read the instructions and doesn't listen to the instructions in class, well, I really do think that is their own fault.

I don't want to punish someone who has the misfortune of a true corrupted file, but it's also unfair to those who do their assignments on time to let cheaters win, so if there is a way to separate out cheaters from non-cheaters, I'm for that.

Also, even if you open the file right away and emailing the students back saying "File corrupted, please re-send," they can still buy themselves a day by saying "I didn't check my email until the next day," which is reasonable, as not everyone checks email twice a day.

Re: Cheating 2.0

drbethsnow — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:02:25 -0000

Hey Paul! How's Seattle treating ya?

This cheater site has apparently thought of the file size thing - you can order a "10 page Word doc" or a "15 slide PowerPoint" or whatever size you want and they will give you on of the appropriate size. I hadn't thought of the "last saved" date and I really like the idea of haivng them put the assignment into the body of the email! I'm totally doing that! I hate treating students as if they are potential cheaters, but I'd also hate to be stuck dealing with a corrupted file and not knowing if they are cheating or just bad with computers.

Re: Cheating 2.0

drbethsnow — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:00:05 -0000

I guess the best solution is to make sure I open up all the files right when I receive them to make sure they are openable and if they aren't, then email the student to tell them to send it again. That way they wouldn't get the extra days to write the assignment.

Or I could tell them that they have to copy and paste the text of the assignment into the email in addition to submitting the word doc so that I know the assignment actually exists....

Re: Guest Posting: My Charity of Choice – Options for Sexual Health

drbethsnow — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:21:35 -0000

Thanks for noticing that! I've fixed the link now!

Re: Blogathon: By The Numbers

drbethsnow — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:11:11 -0000

Right, like I've stopped having caffeine since then! Sacrilege!

Re: Blogathon: By The Numbers

drbethsnow — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:01:07 -0000

And don't forget Greek letters!

Re: Blogathon: By The Numbers

drbethsnow — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:00:31 -0000

Not to worry - I somehow managed to come up with 41 topics (to go along with my 8 guest posts). Not necessarily 41 good topics, but 41 topics nonetheless!

And your donation is very much appreciated! Hope your knee feels better soon!

Re: #47 – Cool Words

drbethsnow — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:20:51 -0000

LOL!! I agree "architect" as a verb is right up there with "action a solution." FAIL!

Re: http://www.drbethsnow.com/2009/07/26/3410/

drbethsnow — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:56:43 -0000

Mine is caramel flavoured. I think I may even make some more!

Re: #32 – Response to Dan’s Guest Posting

drbethsnow — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:52:44 -0000

That was my bad! I posted Sarah's guest posting after she'd commented here, although she'd sent it way before.