Redeem the Time

Yet another great TAC mom blog here.

“…it is a lot harder to be a new parent of one, than a parent of 3 or more…”

Heh, heh, heh. This seems to fit with Chim and his wife’s new name for their first child: Punu the Night Terror.

Remember also to visit Studeo, which we introduced below. A recent post worth reading:

“I see that a lot of moms judge themselves rather harshly and assume that their problems are unusual, or greater than anyone else’s – not even counting the extra burdens, stresses, etc. of dealing with homeschooling and a large family.”

I’ve always kind of noticed that, and wondered, especially as regards homeschooling—so many moms get bent out of shape and feel like they are not organized enough, not disciplined enough, or otherwise worry that they aren’t doing a good job. Meanwhile, of course, their kids are really doing great.

Considering what the average school teacher knows (if you’re lucky they have a degree in the ever-changing fads of teaching “theory” itself, rather than any actual body of knowledge), and what the average public and private school is like, and what the Catholic or Christian moms who homeschool are like—I don’t think I’ve ever seen a situation where I have ever said to myself—those kids would be better off learning in school.

Also, scroll down to my “More Math Blogging” post below for an excellent picture from the honeymoon.

It takes all kinds—check THIS out—yet another site soon-to-be filed under the Grads section of my blogroll. Its not a blog, its a collection of close-up photos of minerals. If you want to learn about such things, its a good starting point.

I quote from the “About” section:

For those of you who know sweet nothing about minerals but find my pictures intriguing and want to know more concerning each mineral, I have provided some information beneath. All the information is taken either from my brain or the Smithsonian Handbook: Rocks and Minerals. Both surpass reliable.

www.minerals.cc is designed such that I can upload new photos.

If you have non-constructive criticism regarding my website, please call 867-5309.

If you have positive, self-esteem increasing comments, please email me at djamesbradley at yahoo dot ca

UPDATE
It has not escaped the all-seeing eye of Redeem the Time that this mineral guy’s roommate has put up a post or two recently on his long dormant site here. Would that he would post more often—I mean, who doesn’t love Tony Danza?

NorBlog is back with an excellent quotation against pacifism at its pansy gut-root.

See also his photoblog—I’m really digging this panoramic night-light shot of La-La land. Zoom in and you can make out The Knickerbocker and the Capital Records Building.

Speaking of all this Grad-love-linkage, warm congrats to this guy.

Given a certain dorm I used to be in, I found this part of the interview interesting:

Who is your favorite singer or music group?

My favorite music group might be The Squirrel Nut Zippers.

Staying with the mom/TAC theme, here is the blog of a homeschooling mother of six to be filed under the Grads blogroll: Studeo.

There has got to be more like this out there. I love finding them, as they tend to balance out the more emotionally driven disgruntled single-people blogs—and balance is good.

UPDATE

There is a good profile of her and her family here.

Interesting art group blog—here is the first post by a grad that you just might know. To be filed under “Grads” section of my blogroll.

What would happen if Twaddle

(listen to tracks “Darlings” and “Took A Look Inside“)

got together with this composer

(listen to his new “Journey of the Rings” symphony—check out the Shelob’s Lair sample)

?

Hmmm….the White Stripes/Velvet Underground/justplainweird music and eclectic performance art of Twaddle meets the soundtrack to the non-existent Lord of the Rings movie that was like the book… what happens?

Dunno—although I can say it would probably wouldn’t reach the giddy heights of that Metallica Symphony album—but I link to both of them below under the “Grads blogroll.”

Personally, I’m gonna turn on some Bach.

UPDATE
If they did get together to make an album, “Blogocide” would be a great name for it.