Welcome to The Skim. I skim the news for things I want to read and things you may want to know about. (Get it? The skim…I amuse myself.) The quotation of the week goes to Jane Austen: “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerablyContinue reading “The Skim: 7 February 2015”
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Happy new year?
Most people only celebrate the new year once on January 1. For those of us who still work in a school environment, we are soon kicking off another new year. There is something about the coming rush of students, school buses, and fall that makes me giddy. I enjoy the back-to-school sales with all theContinue reading “Happy new year?”
The Skim: 7 April 2014
Glad tidings to you, good people who read this blog! (That means you, Mama. Thanks for upping the reader count to a solid 1. Woo hoo.) This week is so busy with sorority stuff, work stuff, neglected writing stuff, and travel stuff. (Not to mention cleaning stuff like dishes, clothes, closets, bathrooms, and the like.Continue reading “The Skim: 7 April 2014”
The Skim: 31 March 2014
Yesterday was National Pencil Day, which made my nerd heart happy. Today is the last day of the month, and I am on step closer to being out of school for the school. Color me happy. As if normal, The Skim is a curated weekly round-up of links, podcasts, videos, and/or books. Enjoy! Excuses are toolsContinue reading “The Skim: 31 March 2014”
The Skim: 24 March 2014
Spring has sprung. Welcome to The Skim, a curated weekly round-up of links, podcasts, videos, and/or books. I need to be a two-minute woman. Get your head out of the gutter; it’s all about productivity. Click the link to understand. Geniuses need to hustle. Per the article, the hustle isn’t this dance or that song. It is: hustle is theContinue reading “The Skim: 24 March 2014”
