thing #9

I set up a Merlin account and here it is. Now that I know what the feed icon looks like, I am noticing it all the time. It is a great filter!

about bloglines

Bloglines are interesting but a little complex. It is basically a good service.

Thing #8

Now this RSS feeder thing is really practical. I can set up my own commercial-free web notebook.

thing number 7 looney lunar tides

Why do we have to have tides?
Why are some tides longer and higher than others and why is this related to the phase of the moon?
I find this particularly challenging because it directly affects when I can get on my boat. If only the tide would stay up (high)...

thing #6 Flicker Trading Card

Thanks to Megan, I think I have completed thing no. 6! I have my very own Dickens trading card--wouldn't he have loved it!

Thing #2

Well, I did the second thing--I think! I read the 7 1/2 learning habits and can say that the most difficult habit for me on the list is the ability to view problems as challenges. But I am getting over this, as more and more I see that why kill yourself over worrying about things--this is just a chance to have a new adventure. ha! (like what the heck am I going to do with a 27 foot sailboat in the winter?)



The easiest learning habit for me is probably creating my own learning toolbox, though this is kind of euphemistic language! I have no problem gathering books and materials needed to study. I am the ultimate packrat and that extends to STUFF.



So there, I think by writing this I am completing thing no. 2, though my biggest gripe is that the directions for this are extremely muddled. Just venting haha.

exploring flicker with sailboat

This is not me sailing as I am still on the dock, the same way I am still on the dock with 23 things, but thanks to Megan, I am trying to do flicker!