Tag: procrastination

• Read ‘Em or Weep: A Cautionary Tale

  All over the country grade school, middle school, and high school students are scrambling to finish their summer reading assignments and projects. Some have put off reading a 300-page book to the very last minute and now finishing it in time to complete the assignment seems a daunting task. In the coming week, which is…

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  August 23, 2015

  Essay

  Agatha Christie, Aristotle, Catherine Called Birdy, Catholic, Cuba, England, foreign language, French, Gary Schmidt, Hemingway, Hercule Poirot, Karen Cushman, library, Louisiana, Mary Poppins, Maryland, Medieval era, Montgomery County, Murder on the Orient Express, Port Sulphur, procrastination, Shakespeare, Spanish, sports, sports camp, Steinbeck, summer reading, summer slump, terrazzo, The Old Man and the Sea, The Pearl, The Wednesday Wars, vacation

• Clicking My Way through the Bermuda Triangle

  First, let me just state for the record: I love the internet. I do, really. I also love beignets hot from the bubbling deep fryer, covered in an avalanche of powdered sugar. And, taking long naps. And, a really dry, really cold, slightly dirty, gin martini, straight up, like Ian Fleming’s superhero, James Bond (more…

  michardillo

  January 4, 2015

  Essay

  facebook, google, internet, pinterest, procrastination, twitter