Comments for weapons of massdistraction http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:43:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The Time Is Right To Fight by Sharyn http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/10/the-time-is-right-to-fight/#comment-68545 Sharyn Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:19:17 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5124#comment-68545 Heehee. Thanks! Heehee. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Leaps and Bounds by gwen http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68537 gwen Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:37:58 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68537 It's definitely worth applying, there have been times when I was making more than I thought I'd get help with and...it's really arbitrary how much they can [and do] do. It’s definitely worth applying, there have been times when I was making more than I thought I’d get help with and…it’s really arbitrary how much they can [and do] do.

]]> Comment on The Time Is Right To Fight by gwen http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/10/the-time-is-right-to-fight/#comment-68536 gwen Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:59 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5124#comment-68536 I need a megaphone for our neighbors. that's hilarious. congratulations on BEING RIGHT. I need a megaphone for our neighbors. that’s hilarious. congratulations on BEING RIGHT.

]]> Comment on The Symphony of Existence by Charles Raymond http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/09/the-symphony-of-existence/#comment-68533 Charles Raymond Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:22:40 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5135#comment-68533 I was devastated at the end of Serenity. I could not believe that they did that. Let me know what some of your sons faves are and I will start playing around with some art in my down time between classes. I was devastated at the end of Serenity. I could not believe that they did that.

Let me know what some of your sons faves are and I will start playing around with some art in my down time between classes.

]]> Comment on The Symphony of Existence by Sharyn http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/09/the-symphony-of-existence/#comment-68488 Sharyn Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:33:21 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5135#comment-68488 OMG I adore both Wash and Patton Oswalt! Best of both worlds! Oh, and we'll definitely be at SpringCon and be stopping by your table. I'll let you know which day when it gets closer. OMG I adore both Wash and Patton Oswalt! Best of both worlds!

Oh, and we’ll definitely be at SpringCon and be stopping by your table. I’ll let you know which day when it gets closer.

]]> Comment on The Symphony of Existence by Charles Raymond http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/09/the-symphony-of-existence/#comment-68487 Charles Raymond Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:24:27 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5135#comment-68487 There is also a Serenity comic coming out based on Wash! http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/03/patton-oswalt-to-write-firefly-comic-book.html If you two come to Springcon make sure to swing by my table and I will do your son a drawing of his choice (and if you know in advance that you will be there let me know and I will do one with a little extra attention before the day!) There is also a Serenity comic coming out based on Wash!

http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/03/patton-oswalt-to-write-firefly-comic-book.html

If you two come to Springcon make sure to swing by my table and I will do your son a drawing of his choice (and if you know in advance that you will be there let me know and I will do one with a little extra attention before the day!)

]]> Comment on Leaps and Bounds by Sharyn http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68398 Sharyn Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:25:07 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68398 And thank you for the single mom commiseration. I'm usually all right with it but sometimes it's a tough gig and I feel like we haven't got any sort of safety net. And thank you for the single mom commiseration. I’m usually all right with it but sometimes it’s a tough gig and I feel like we haven’t got any sort of safety net.

]]> Comment on Leaps and Bounds by Sharyn http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68397 Sharyn Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:23:49 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68397 This had been much less of a stressor for me, with my son's school being a year-round program. But still, there were always a few weeks out of the year I would have to scramble to figure something out. Even when their childcare program is open it is $50/day! I'll have to see about any financial aid. I feel like I make just slightly too much to qualify for help for anything. Switching from the charter school to a public school program has been a tough decision. Made tougher still by their announcement today - that the school found a site 1.8 miles from my workplace. Whichever route I choose I feel like I'm just rolling the dice. This had been much less of a stressor for me, with my son’s school being a year-round program. But still, there were always a few weeks out of the year I would have to scramble to figure something out. Even when their childcare program is open it is $50/day!

I’ll have to see about any financial aid. I feel like I make just slightly too much to qualify for help for anything.

Switching from the charter school to a public school program has been a tough decision. Made tougher still by their announcement today - that the school found a site 1.8 miles from my workplace. Whichever route I choose I feel like I’m just rolling the dice.

]]> Comment on Leaps and Bounds by gwen http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68376 gwen Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:44:57 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68376 p.s. a lot of them also do NOT publicize that they offer financial aid, it might not be on the brochure/ad/site, it is definitely worth asking if they do if you see something especially interesting. p.s. a lot of them also do NOT publicize that they offer financial aid, it might not be on the brochure/ad/site, it is definitely worth asking if they do if you see something especially interesting.

]]> Comment on Leaps and Bounds by gwen http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2010/03/07/leaps-and-bounds/#comment-68375 gwen Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:43:32 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/?p=5131#comment-68375 summer plans were always a huge stressor for me when my daughter was growing up. the costs are RIDICULOUS and as a single mom, my income was usually somewhere from barely getting by to getting by. a lot of programs offer financial aid and i spent huge amounts of time in the spring tracking down which and applying, applying, applying. non-profits like museums and city parks and rec were most likely to have this available, and some of them help out even if you're not total poverty-line income. major pain in the ass doing all that paperwork but my daughter was able to do some fun stuff i totally wouldn't have been able to afford otherwise. we have a really good summer camps info day, maybe there is something similar there? that is really cool that the Dead Sea Scrolls are coming. i am not religious but that stuff is fascinating. summer plans were always a huge stressor for me when my daughter was growing up. the costs are RIDICULOUS and as a single mom, my income was usually somewhere from barely getting by to getting by. a lot of programs offer financial aid and i spent huge amounts of time in the spring tracking down which and applying, applying, applying. non-profits like museums and city parks and rec were most likely to have this available, and some of them help out even if you’re not total poverty-line income. major pain in the ass doing all that paperwork but my daughter was able to do some fun stuff i totally wouldn’t have been able to afford otherwise. we have a really good summer camps info day, maybe there is something similar there?

that is really cool that the Dead Sea Scrolls are coming. i am not religious but that stuff is fascinating.

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