July 2011

The Wages of Weak Education

July 7, 2011

Lordie! Have you seen Free Money Finance’s gasp of astonishment at the latest revelation of Americans’ stunning ignorance of things financial? Really, it’s just a hint: three surprisingly simple questions that require one to think logically, in a very vague way, about interest, inflation, and investing. Only 30 percent of 1,488 adults could answer all [...]

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Clean-up Day

July 6, 2011

The late great dust storm left an astonishing mess. And nice timing: The day I bring home 150 student papers to grade (yes!), I get distracted by a good four hours of shoveling mud out of the pool, two trips to the pool shop to keep Harvey the Hayward Pool Cleaner staggering along (to the [...]

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More freakish weather

July 6, 2011

Incredible dust storm whipped through here last night. If it were sand and not fine, sifting dust, hot and not cool, I’d say it was  just like the shamals we used to get in the Saudi Arabian desert. The heat dropped a good 20 degrees as the dust moved through. It’s down to 80 right [...]

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First Day of Class

July 5, 2011

Four and a half straight hours on my feet entertaining 50+ freshman students is…a lot. One class is overenrolled, so the total number of classmates is, at this time, well over 50. Some will drop, no doubt, but I don’t entertain much hope that the total will fall far. Fortunately, the 101 course is a [...]

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Hot Cat at the Firehouse

July 5, 2011

KJG’s husband, a firefighter, sends these photos of a bobcat that came in out of the heat at Firehouse 49:

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Independence Day Totally Money Blog Carnival!

July 4, 2011

Happy Fourth of July! Today we’re celebrating with a fine new Totally Money Blog Carnival. It’s not a totally Yankee carnival—great bloggers from Canada and Australia are joining the party. We’re happy to spread the fun. Editor’s Choice: Suba Wealth Informatics Why You Should Not Use Your 401k This is big: You need to take [...]

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