Thursday, June 30, 2011

A Haiku for June

the clear skies of june
they remind me of someone
that someone is you 

(source unknown)

Katie, Indonesia
2011.06.30

Caroline, England
30th June

1st July

Lola, Utah
June 30

Buckeroomama, Hong Kong
6.30

Maddy, New Jersey/NYC
6.30.11

7.1.11

Wanda, Canada
6.30.11

7.1.11

Enjoy the long holiday weekend! 

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Today 6.29.11

"When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile." - Unknown

Caroline, England
29th June

Wanda, Canada
6.29.11

Lola, Utah
June 29

Buckeroomama, Hong Kong
6.29

Salma, Canada
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Maddy, New Jersey/ NYC
6.29.11

Katie, Indonesia
2011.06.29


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Today 6.28.11

A Spanish Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, 
nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

May, Germany
28.06

'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'
'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'

Buckeroomama, Hong Kong
6.28
A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male 
and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer' should be 
a masculine or a feminine noun. 
Each group was asked to give four reasons for 
its recommendation.

Becky, Philadelphia
June 28
The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine 
gender ('la computadora'), because:

Caroline, England
28th June
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2.The native language they use to communicate with other computers is 
incomprehensible to everyone else;

Wanda, Canada
6.28.11
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later 
retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your 
paycheck on accessories for it.

Lola, Utah
June 28
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine ('el computador'), because:

Salma, Canada
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1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;

Maddy, New Jersey/ NYC
6.28.11
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

Katie, Indonesia
2011.06.28
The women won.


Sunday, June 26, 2011

Too Short...

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." - John Burroughs

Becky, Philadelphia
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Sonya, The Netherlands
27.6

Caroline, England
27th June

Wanda, Canada
6.27.11

Lola, Utah
June 27

Rikako, Japan
6.27 TODAY

Salma, Canada
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Maddy, New Jersey/ NYC
6/27/11

Katie, Indonesia
2011.06.27

Buckeroomama, Hong Kong
6.27

We hope you're making the most of these "too short" summer days! 

Thursday, June 23, 2011

We're Enjoying Summer


...so much that, oops, we've missed a few posts! So here is a smorgasbord of photos to make up for the silence this week.
 

BUCKEROOMAMA, HONG KONG
6.22.2011

6.23.2011


BECKY, PHILADELPHIA
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MADDY, NEW JERSEY/NYC
4/28/11

3/7/11


RIKAKO, JAPAN
6.23 TODAY

6.24 TODAY

6.27 TODAY


SALMA, CANADA
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WANDA, MONTREAL
6.15.2011

6.17.2011


KATIE, INDONESIA
2011.06.21

2011.06.22

2011.06.23


LOLA, UTAH
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CAROLINE, ENGLAND
16th June

15th June

17th June
Have a lovely weekend!