The Ultrasling and I will be reunited today! I am not as enthused about the prospect as that exclamation point might imply. My shoulder surgery – rotator cuff repair and anterior stabilization – is scheduled for 7:30 this morning. It’s estimated to take two to three hours – which I will never remember, because I’ll be under general anesthesia – and when I wake up in recovery, my right arm will be cradled in the […]
Image via Wikipedia “Hey baby, what’s your sign?” You may have to start answering that question differently. It turns out that the stars aren’t aligned quite the way we thought they were. A group of Minnesota astronomers recently pointed out that the relative positions of the Earth and the sun have shifted in the 3000 years since the Babylonians developed the “zodiac” calendar. The moon’s gravitational pull causes Earth to “wobble” on its axis, changing […]
I’m not a consistent Weekly Geek these days, but the first assignment of 2011 is a fun one: This week, for a Geeky assignment, how about a picture? A self portrait of sorts. I think it would be fun if you all took a picture of yourself (or have someone help you most likely) reading your current book (so we can see what it is) in your favorite reading spot. Then post it! It can […]
I met Susan Niebur for the first time at BlogHer’09 in Chicago, but I already knew who she was – blogger, mom, planetary scientist, and cancer survivor. When Susan was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) – the least common and most deadly form of the disease – in 2007, fellow bloggers rallied around, forming Team Whymommy to support her in her battle against it. She won…that time. She had a recurrence of the cancer […]
The pelican in the middle is the referee, I think. Santa Barbara, California, February 2010 Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 2,318 other subscribers
Image by Scott Ingram Photography via Flickr I did this “beginnings and endings” blog-retrospective meme at the end of 2007, and I thought I’d bring it out again since I haven’t used it since then. Rules: Paste the first line of your first post AND the last line of your last post for each month, starting with January 2010. Links are optional. (Note: If the first post of the month was a book review, it’s […]
Image by kandyjaxx via Flickr ANNOUNCEMENT: POSITIONS AVAILABLE for Guest/Substitute Bloggers! I got a gratifyingly good response to my invitation to guest bloggers during my vacation last summer, and as I have something coming up later this month that will probably take me off-blog for a couple of weeks, I thought I’d put it out there again. One-time opportunity for guest contributors to The 3 R’s Blog during my upcoming recovery from shoulder surgery, which […]
One hat, three heads: Also: the world’s geekiest wristwatch! Does anybody really know what time it is? All you need to do is calculate it in binary… However, I do know that it’s time to say goodbye to 2010 – that is, 11111011010 – and I wish you all the very best in the New Year! Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new […]
Both my sister and my husband tagged me with this on Facebook: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen FICTIONAL characters (television, films, plays, books) who’ve influenced you and who will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Forget the “Rule of 15”- after almost three days, I barely came up with a dozen, and I decided to call it quits there. I don’t […]
Christmas Holiday Edition! Since we’re deep in the midst of the 12 Days of Christmas, it’s not too late for some seasonally-appropriate reading…and besides, things were so busy last week you may have missed these posts anyway. First, an interview with a certain Bethlehem innkeeper (go read the whole thing, but here’s a snippet): So the baby is born, and they place him in the manger. Which, by the way, I told them not to […]
He (Younger Nephew) is a little bigger this Christmas… …and this is my first one without her in a decade… …but I wonder if we’ll see Gangsta Snowman again this year? For those of you who are celebrating, Merry Christmas to you and yours – and if this isn’t your holiday, have a great weekend doing whatever you do! Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive […]
I set it under the tree for a few days, but in the end, I couldn’t hold off on opening the package I received from my Secret Santa in the Book Bloggers’ Holiday Swap! Santa checked my list and chose one of the books on it to send me, along with a some Christmas-themed decor (if I don’t use the cookie cutter for its intended purpose, it could always be an ornament). Many thanks and […]
