Here’s an assignment Karen thought we could all relate to in one way or another: Weekend Assignment #265: If you’re a blogger, you almost certainly have a computer. If you have a computer, you’ve had computer problems. Did your monitor go dark? Hard drive get hacked? System go silent? Tell us a computer horror story! Extra Credit: Which has fewer problems, a PC or a Mac? My worst computer disaster happened at work a few […]
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A poor citizen of Planet Earth (Weekend Assignment #264)
Inspired by last week’s observation of Earth Day, Karen asks: Weekend Assignment #264: A lot has changed since 1970, when the first Earth Day took place and had an unexpectedly large impact. In the current, uh, climate of global warming, eco-friendly marketing and recent attempts to gut environmental protections, how much of an effort do you make in your daily routine to help protect the environment?Extra Credit: Do you observe Earth Day in any way? […]
Not-Entirely-Fearless Predictions! (Weekend Assignment #263)
Karen has issued a challenge this week, rather than given a mere assignment – predict the future! Weekend Assignment #263 : Predict one, two or three things you expect to happen (or so you claim!) before 2009 is over. It can be a logical extrapolation from current conditions, wish fulfillment, an attempt to show off your psychic ability, if any, or random silliness, or some combination thereof. Extra Credit: Have you ever predicted something unlikely, […]
Wednesday’s Weekend Assignment: Best. Job. Ever.
I’m the guest professor for the Weekend Assignment again this week, and when I gave Karen this topic suggestion, I already knew what my answer would be: Weekend Assignment #260: Maybe it wasn’t the “best” job by objective standards, but of all the jobs you’ve ever had, which was your favorite, and why did you like it so much? Extra Credit: What was the shortest time you ever held a job? What happened? I’ve tended […]
Hobbies and Friends and catching up on Assignments
I missed last week’s Weekend Assignment because I didn’t get inspired with an answer for it until the week was nearly over, and by then I had the week’s posts all scheduled out. Therefore, this week you’re getting two Assignments for the price of one post (but I promise I’ll try not to go on too long with either one!). Weekend Assignment #257: It’s just a hobby of mine…, via guest professor Laura Weekend Assignment […]
Weekend Assignment #257: Giving it up!
I’m “guest-professoring” from Outpost Mâvarin again with an appropriate topic for the first weekend of Lent: Weekend Assignment #257: Have you ever given up anything for Lent – and if you have, what was it? Did you make it stick for the whole forty days? (In deference to those of you who have never observed Lent at all, let’s expand this to giving up anything for religious, ethical or health reasons – cigarettes, for example.) […]
Weekend Assignment #256: Taxing
One of the reasons I read Karen‘s blog faithfully is that she’s another member of the ABA (Association of Blogging Accountants – which I just made up, but I think we need one!) – and in the current Weekend Assignment, she asks us to think about one facet of accounting that affects nearly everyone at this time of year: Weekend Assignment #256: Tax time for individuals in this country starts in late January when the […]
Weekend Assignment: Darwin and Lincoln and 200 years gone by
On February 13th, Karen came up with a Weekend Assignment based on February 12th: Weekend Assignment #255: Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same day, two hundred years ago this week. Both went on to propound ideas that had a lasting effect on the world around us. Have either of them had a particular impact on you personally? Extra Credit: Where do you rank Lincoln on your personal list of greatest U.S. […]
Weekend Assignment #254: Do-Over Day – October 21, 2006
Karen‘s question this week was inspired by a hedgehog promising six more weeks of winter: Weekend Assignment #254: In the movie Groundhog Day (1993), Phil Connors is forced to repeat a particular day over and over until he gets it right. Is there a particular day you’d like to repeat, either to fix something that went wrong or just to enjoy a great day all over again? Extra Credit: When do you expect winter to […]
Weekend Assignment #253: Roughing it
I’m substitute-teaching “guest-professoring” another Weekend Assignment for Karen: Weekend Assignment #253: You’ve got no electricity, no Internet, no phone, and no car for two whole days. What do you do with yourself? Extra Credit: What do you usually do in real life when an evening power shortage leaves you in the dark? I hate power failures at night. In one respect, they aren’t so bad in the summer when daylight lasts longer, but the tradeoff […]
Weekend Assignment #252: Book connections
This week, Karen has appointed another “guest professor,” Laura of YBTN, to give the Weekend Assignment. Both the main question and the extra credit are hers, as we return to a favorite subject for some of us: books! Weekend Assignment #252: Where do you get books from? Extra Credit: What was the last book you read, and why? I almost feel like I should abstain from this week’s topic, since I talk about books so […]
Weekend Assignment #251: Fantasy Sabbatical
This is my very first time as “guest professor” for the “Weekend Assignment” at Outpost Mâvarin, but it may not be my last…that’s up to Karen, though, and depends on how many of my other topic suggestions she decides to use. Weekend Assignment #251: You have a six-month paid sabbatical, and you can spend it anywhere you like EXCEPT on a beach drinking margaritas. Where do you go, and what do you do while you’re […]
