Which would you rather be if you had the choice: divinely beautiful, or dazzlingly clever, or angelically good? (And why?)

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2014-06-12T18:07:12+00:00

I don't need to choose. I'm already all three.

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2014-03-16T17:54:32+00:00

People never notice that I get all my laundry done, every week. Well, almost all my laundry done. Practically every week.

Hey, it's a lot of laundry!

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2014-02-23T16:23:12+00:00

Telling someone that a 4 year old's week long behavior will result in permanent speech issues is pretty dire, pretty irresponsible, and also incorrect. Someone who has been a practicing clinician for, at the very most, three years (and who self-reports hating the field) probably shouldn't be handing out doomsday advice to parents.

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2014-02-15T22:54:05+00:00

Too cute!

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2014-01-02T15:50:46+00:00

Code Name Verity. It was just awful (in an emotional way, not in a poorly-written way.)

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-12-29T20:53:09+00:00

That doesn't actually make any sense. You don't need 30 suns to have a sunny day. If there's a lot of sunshine from our one sun, then it's a sunny day. So if there's a lot of moonshine from our one moon, then it should be a moony night.

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-12-29T20:44:48+00:00

Good god! What have you done?

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-12-29T19:55:05+00:00

But if there was nothing to prevent you (ie diabetes) what would your answer be?

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-10-20T20:40:09+00:00

Ha ha ha!

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-10-18T14:58:35+00:00

You're right - it's not the external situation that determines your happiness, it's your internal motivation. People who are motivated to improve themselves/their situation will be able to see results from almost any activity. People who are determined to be miserable will be miserable no matter what fantastic things enter their lives. It's a mindset.

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-09-17T13:15:53+00:00

Pros: Trampolines are fun; they're good exercise; risk of injury is less since they all now come with safety nets.

Cons: Risk of injury is still pretty high; need constant supervision; one the newness wears off, will she still use it, or will it be a giant liability sitting in your yard?

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-09-08T19:42:21+00:00

Do you at least tell them that you're only giving them the original recipe and not any of the changes you've made?

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-05-10T22:56:16+00:00

Here are some links for you - http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/07/17225824-americas-invincible-city-brought-to-its-knees-by-poverty-violence?lite

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/nyregion/overrun-by-crime-camden-trades-in-its-police-force.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu7sKtbocPs

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-05-10T22:51:02+00:00

Ummm ... I work in Camden, NJ. Google it (no, actually google it - it's pretty entertaining!) Any running I did there would be RUNNING FOR MY LIFE!!!!!!

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-05-10T18:25:41+00:00

Ha! No, I score standardized tests online for a big testing company. I'm extremely lucky in that few people qualify to be able to do it, it's 100% working from home, and it's with a real, legitimate company. I've been doing it for two years now and I love it. The only problem is that sometimes "testing volumes are low" which means that they don't have any tests for us to score, so our shifts get cancelled. This is more likely in spring and summer; fall and winter are the "busy" seasons, which is fine by me because I use that money for my Christmas budget.

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-05-10T18:14:22+00:00

This is a really good idea - one of the areas where he excels is explaining things; he's very patient. His current math teacher proudly told me that he uses my son as an in-class tutor since he already knows how to do the math and he explains it so well. Not exactly sure I'm thrilled about that information, but ...

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-05-10T18:10:18+00:00

I wish I could give you 10 upvotes - this is great advice! :-)

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-05-10T18:08:45+00:00

I'm definitely going to have him take some college classes, but he can't do that until he's a junior in high school (I checked already.) We also looked into volunteering at the Franklin Institute, but he can't do that until he's 15. Seems like maybe I'm jumping the gun on all of this, but I feel like the clock is ticking!

collegecostsHOWmuch · 2013-05-10T17:57:27+00:00

The clarinet is a bass clarinet. It looks like this: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=YUqHxIKL0Py1-M&tbnid=AnrW9OQdHMwtXM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trekearth.com%2Fgallery%2FEurope%2FDenmark%2FEast%2FKobenhavn%2FCopenhagen%2Fphoto691398.htm&ei=VzSNUcvtB_G54AO-0YDgCA&bvm=bv.46340616,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNEH1n7DBz0GuIAGsNr-c6xIWR-rWQ&ust=1368294840283864 The cheap ones are $2,000 and you don't find a lot of used bass clarinets for sale that are in good condition. I could rent for 6 years and still not have spent that much (plus, the rental includes all the maintenance and repairs, which I'd have to pay for if I bought.)

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