The Coffee House

[limr32 1]

Lions....

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I don't see any lions. I want lions!!!

In other news, one of my credit cards has a negative balance of about $130, so I put that towards a new toy: an Asus Chromebook Flip. To be fair, it's partly a toy and partly teaching supplies. I plan on trying a new way to grade essays electronically so I can avoid printing and wasting paper, while still being able to grade as efficiently as when I'm handwriting my comments (using comments and edit tracking via keyboard is a major PITA and takes twice as long.)

Fingers crossed that it works as well as I hope! If not, well, I get a new toy

 

[JonA_CT]

Lions....

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I don't see any lions. I want lions!!!

In other news, one of my credit cards has a negative balance of about $130, so I put that towards a new toy: an Asus Chromebook Flip. To be fair, it's partly a toy and partly teaching supplies. I plan on trying a new way to grade essays electronically so I can avoid printing and wasting paper, while still being able to grade as efficiently as when I'm handwriting my comments (using comments and edit tracking via keyboard is a major PITA and takes twice as long.)

Fingers crossed that it works as well as I hope! If not, well, I get a new toy

I hope it works out! I'm sure the technology has improved since the last time I tried it. Then again, I think the tablet/pen interface also exacerbated my handwriting issues because it's hard to write small.

I'm reading Romeo and Juliet for the first time in a decade. It's required reading for my 8th graders in the spring. 8th grade hormones cranked to 11 and an iconic love tragedy. I can't wait.

 

[SquarePeg39 1]

I hope it works out! I'm sure the technology has improved since the last time I tried it. Then again, I think the tablet/pen interface also exacerbated my handwriting issues because it's hard to write small.

I'm reading Romeo and Juliet for the first time in a decade. It's required reading for my 8th graders in the spring. 8th grade hormones cranked to 11 and an iconic love tragedy. I can't wait.

My daughter read it this past year. I had to hear all her complaints that she was made to read as Juliet with a boy that she hates (and maybe also likes?) reading Romeo. They were all fascinated when they found out the ages of Romeo and Juliet.

 

[snowbear119 50]

Only pre-season but

 

[Gary A.]

Lions....

View attachment 145114

I don't see any lions. I want lions!!!

In other news, one of my credit cards has a negative balance of about $130, so I put that towards a new toy: an Asus Chromebook Flip. To be fair, it's partly a toy and partly teaching supplies. I plan on trying a new way to grade essays electronically so I can avoid printing and wasting paper, while still being able to grade as efficiently as when I'm handwriting my comments (using comments and edit tracking via keyboard is a major PITA and takes twice as long.)

Fingers crossed that it works as well as I hope! If not, well, I get a new toy

I hope it works out! I'm sure the technology has improved since the last time I tried it. Then again, I think the tablet/pen interface also exacerbated my handwriting issues because it's hard to write small.

I'm reading Romeo and Juliet for the first time in a decade. It's required reading for my 8th graders in the spring. 8th grade hormones cranked to 11 and an iconic love tragedy. I can't wait.

When Gary traveled internationally for work, often he would seek out an English book store and reread the classics. So much better the second time around.

 

[limr32 1]

Lions....

View attachment 145114

I don't see any lions. I want lions!!!

In other news, one of my credit cards has a negative balance of about $130, so I put that towards a new toy: an Asus Chromebook Flip. To be fair, it's partly a toy and partly teaching supplies. I plan on trying a new way to grade essays electronically so I can avoid printing and wasting paper, while still being able to grade as efficiently as when I'm handwriting my comments (using comments and edit tracking via keyboard is a major PITA and takes twice as long.)

Fingers crossed that it works as well as I hope! If not, well, I get a new toy

I hope it works out! I'm sure the technology has improved since the last time I tried it. Then again, I think the tablet/pen interface also exacerbated my handwriting issues because it's hard to write small.

I'm reading Romeo and Juliet for the first time in a decade. It's required reading for my 8th graders in the spring. 8th grade hormones cranked to 11 and an iconic love tragedy. I can't wait.

Yeah, I am sure I'll have to practice, though I've actually done a lot of this in class. I almost always teach in a computer lab with a 'smart' monitor and have been using that to write notes (instead of writing on the whiteboard) and then saving the class notes as a pdf to upload to our online Blackboard shell. As much as I loooooove a good old-fashioned chalkboard, I hate white boards. They're dirty and just not as fun to write on. Plus I've found it very convenient to be able to do, for example, an editing exercise in class and save it for them for future reference. And I've also incorporated a sneaky way to get them to review the class notes I post: after they leave the classroom, I'll upload a silly picture of an animal and ask them about which animal was doing what as extra credit questions on quizzes.

 

[limr32 1]

 

[snowbear119 50]

As much as I loooooove a good old-fashioned chalkboard, I hate white boards. They're dirty and just not as fun to write on.

They can be hard to read, as well.

 

[Frank F.]

I do not sing praise. I share what I see and feel.

So it's okay for you, but not for others to do so - especially when it's directed at one of your photos?

When people learn to just thank others for commenting/critiquing, regardless of what they perceive as the person's level of competence, the forum would be a lot more enjoyable.

Maybe. I wish people would be more able to speak their heart. My experience is: they are not. Instead they try to be polite which is not helpful.

I am interested in what my customers think, I want to make them happy, make them pay my bills with a good feeling and make them order again. The competence level of my customers is not important in that sense.

I am really interested in what people think who are competent not necessarily in the domain of photography but in the domain of looking at a picture and telling me what they see.

Politeness is not the only trouble, also many people try to impress others with their utterings. I am not born to impress anyone. I am who I am whether you like it or not. I simply do not care enough. It is my image in the mirror I look at in the morning and my answer to the image should be a good feeling. Why should I try to impress anyone? Makes no sense for me. Playing games for ranks like goats in a stable? Ridiculous!

 

[Overread19 7]

Regardless of your personal quirks you've been told to post your photos in the galleries; that's what we have them for. You've got just for fun and topic specific.

You'll just have to be friendly when you share your photos and get comments from those you don't agree with. It's part of growing up and being mature in being able to respect a person taking their free time to comment on your creation even if you don't agree with the commentary. You are not required to agree with them, only to conduct yourself in a polite and respectful manner.

You might also want to have an attitude change in how you address and describe people you don't agree with. Continually regarding them as morons or people trying to score points or whatever else is silly. Most are just eager photographers who enjoy their hobby trying to help others. They are taking their free time to chat about photos and share their viewpoints and opinions; that is what a forum or club or group or gathering is about.

You are also fully free to start your own "coffee house" type thread where you can post your own photos in series if you so choose.

 

[Frank F.]

You remember I go through this Microbiome Diet? Currently I try to compose tasty food from the allowed ingredients.

My first recipe is chick pea soup with veggies and lamb. You need roughly one pound of lamb goulash meat cut to finger tip size. Two medium size red onions. One big can of chick peas or roughly one good pound after washing and peeling. Two handful of celery root. Three big tomatoes and two peppers of different colour.

Fry the meat in hot ghee. Add the washed and peeled chick peas. If you have enough time take dried ones and soak them in water over night. They will start to stick after a few minutes. Add water. Add cut veggies and stir cook until the soup is creamy soft after 15 or 20 minutes. Add salt and black pepper to your taste and the sap of a whole lemon to round it up.

Taste is comparable to the Northern African famous lentil soup called Taboulee

 

[Frank F.]

These are the allowed ingredients for the toughest part, the first three weeks, of the diet. I feel every halfway ambitious cook will be able to create wonderful dishes from these ingredients. No need to starve, more of a feast I think.

Plus the book features a lot of recipes

 

[limr32 1]

You remember I go through this Microbiome Diet? Currently I try to compose tasty food from the allowed ingredients.

My first recipe is chick pea soup with veggies and lamb. You need roughly one pound of lamb goulash meat cut to finger tip size. Two medium size red onions. One big can of chick peas or roughly one good pound after washing and peeling. Two handful of celery root. Three big tomatoes and two peppers of different colour.

Fry the meat in hot ghee. Add the washed and peeled chick peas. If you have enough time take dried ones and soak them in water over night. They will start to stick after a few minutes. Add water. Add cut veggies and stir cook until the soup is creamy soft after 15 or 20 minutes. Add salt and black pepper to your taste and the sap of a whole lemon to round it up.

Taste is comparable to the Northern African famous lentil soup called Taboulee

I think you're getting your foods mixed up. Tabouleh is a vegetarian salad made with bulgur (or cous cous) and tomatoes, onions, and herbs (mainly parsley) and spices. Not a lentil soup.

 

[jcdeboever]

I like tabouleh

 

[limr32 1]

I like tabouleh

Me, too. I can make a mean tabouleh