| Be Productively Unproductive Online. Without Guilt.
Remember when it was okay to waste time online without being social? Remember what it was like before the web started paying the bills? When you're stressed, a complete disconnect from work and the world for a short amount of time can recharge your batteries and get you back on track. Usually, "taking a break" means standing up and walking away from the computer. That's always a good thing to do. But every once in a while, give yourself permission to take a break without walking away from the computer. Some tips to make the most of being useless and solo online. Rule #1: No guilt allowed. Web 2.0 is all about connecting with other people and their preferences through the social web. Sometimes all this effort to push what everyone else is thinking and doing into our faces can be overwhelming.
Teachers try to offset CATS stress
Dressed in a black trench coat, sunglasses and a plaid snap-brim hat, 11-year-old Jerry Corder sat on the floor of his classroom, trying to solve the next big crime. Only instead of cracking the case, Jerry and about 60 of his fifth-grade classmates at John F. Kennedy Montessori Elementary School were tackling multiple-choice and open-ended practice questions similar to those they will encounter on state tests, which will begin today for more than 60,000 students in Jefferson County and 400,000 more across Kentucky. .
Your 3-day calendar
Disabled Veterans Turkey Hunt, Camp Ripley, near Little Falls. The third annual event is held by the St. Cloud VA Medical Center, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota National Guard and Camp Ripley. It's open to disabled veterans currently receiving outpatient treatment at the VA Medical Center, or those disabled vets eligible for care who can't hunt during the regular season. Call 252-1670. Stearns County WIC/Immunization Clinics, Room 307, Public Health Division, Stearns County Administration Center, downtown St. Cloud. Hours may vary, so appointments are required. Call 656-6000 or 800-450-3663. St. Cloud school board negotiations committee, 7 a.m., District Administration Office, Apollo High School, 1000-44th Ave. N. Negotiations for 2007-2009 contracts will be discussed.
Wake Forest's spring football game set for Saturday
Winston-Salem, N.C. — A full Saturday of Deacon sports is planned for Saturday, April 14 including the annual Spring Football Game and the baseball team's contest against Clemson at Hooks Stadium. Admission to the Spring Game is free. In addition to the scrimmage, there will be a full array of interactive activities designed to give Wake Forest fans an up-close look at the Demon Deacon football program. Fans will be able to hear the team, hear the coaches and get a true feeling of the game with this unique experience that fans can't get anywhere else. It will be a whole afternoon of kid-friendly fun with inflatable games, food, games and meeting with friends. At 11:00 a.m., a tour of Wake Forest's academic services will be held at the Miller Center. Simultaneously, a strength and conditioning exhibition will be led by Ethan Reeve, Wake Forest football's strength and conditioning coach.
Kobe Bryant: View Askew
And when I write 'here' I mean that in the most literal sense possible. Granted, 'here' for you most likely means where ever you may be sitting as you read this column, fair enough. But in the context of the internet, 'here' means right here, on this web page, in this column, in this article, talking about Kobe Bryant. That's where the problem is. I cite a place and not a person as the origin of this problem because no one and everyone is really guilty of it. Whenever we enter this place, or anyone like it, we all become insanely guilty of this flaw, and once we leave we generally regain our wits. What's wrong is hard to put into words, it's not so simple as to summarize it with the space of a few sentences. Perhaps what's wrong is best captured in the title of this piece: View Askew.
Lincecum a most unlikely phenom
You've heard, of course, about Tim Lincecum's arm. The right one. How he doesn't ice it, ever, not even after complete games.You've heard how it never hurts, even though he has a curveball on a string and once threw fastballs at the University of Washington clocked doing 101.Then again, icing one's arm might be one of those baseball traditions that everyone follows because that's what everyone's always done, and might have the medicinal effect as, say, dipping your elbow in chocolate.Baseball is full of truths that don't always turn out that way. Michael Lewis' bestseller "Moneyball" was full of them. Like the one that says good pitchers have to be tall.Lincecum asked the San Francisco Giants organization to list him at 6 feet this season, which might be an exaggeration of an exaggeration. The 170 pounds is a stretch, too.
Reunion attendance a tough decision
Saying that I have a hard time making decisions is like saying - well I can't decide what it's like, but whatever it is - it's an understatement. I have trouble deciding what to wear in the morning, if I want regular or decaf, if I should take streets or freeway and don't even get me started on choosing a parking space. When I go out with the girls for dinner, I'm the wishy-washy one in the back seat. "Where ya wanna eat?" my Brooklyn friend will ask. It's always the same, my taste buds are screaming "barbecue," but out of my mouth comes: "Oh, it doesn't matter to me, wherever." And with that I'm in another Mexican restaurant pretending salsa is barbecue sauce and liking it. So when I do make a decision, it's a big deal. And - I'd made one. After playing the yo-yo game with my weight - or as my son would say, and more accurately too - the yo-yo-yo diet game, I'd decided to give in.
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