Category: Culture
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Camp every day! Camp all year round!
This is my seven-year-old’s mantra this summer: Camp every day! Camp all year round! That girl is just so darn happy. And no wonder: In school, you have to conform. Camp is about expressing yourself. In school, they try to get rid of your bad habits. In camp, they put up with them or turn…
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My edit for the day
The thing about print media is that it’s absolute. This is something that I had trouble explaining to my clients in the early days of web design. “Print is static,” I’d explain. “The web is dynamic.” They’d want to get their website “perfect” before it “went live.” I knew they’d be shocked at how often…
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Making a greener home
At some event we went to within the last few months, my husband noticed a booth sponsored by PG&E and AMBAG — The Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments. They had a program called Energy Watch, which has funding from PG&E to do free home energy audits. We’re always interested in figuring out what we…
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The big stink
If a desperate family of four comes knocking on your door in the next day or two, consider giving them a break. They might be running from the stench. The stench of what, you might ask? Well, as they say, whaddya got? It starts like this: The husband gets up in the middle of the…
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Talking the talk, clicking the click
So another day in my life: I was interested in getting a book for my kids. OK, if you must know, the Manga Guide to Electricity. My 7-year-old will read anything that has bubbles coming out of mouths, so I figure she might as well be learning about electricity while she’s doing it! I did…