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  • MIA: Thursday Thirteen

    August 8th, 2007 she Posted in Popularity Contests 2 Comments »

    No time for Thursday Thirteen again this week but if all goes well and I stay on schedule, I should be back posting a T13 again next week.

    Leave your link in the Mr. Linky widget and I’ll check out your T13 as I find some free time during the next few days.

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    Bah!

    August 2nd, 2007 she Posted in Popularity Contests 2 Comments »

    I know, it’s Thursday. No T13 today though. Work. Swamped. School’s back in a few weeks…

    You know the drill.

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    Thursday Thirteen: Deadlines

    July 26th, 2007 she Posted in Popularity Contests 5 Comments »

    Welcome to the 33rd edition of the screaming pages Thursday Thirteen. The school year is quickly approaching and with it all the summer project deadlines.

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    Thirteen deadlines I have to meet…
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    1. I need to finish formatting my help files so I can load them into WebCT by the end of the day (EOD) today.
    2. Custom tool icons need to be completed and uploaded into WebCT by EOD today.
    3. I need to gather up all of the resource documentation my co-workers developed for instructors and students and upload it into WebCT by EOD today.
    4. My course site templates have to be finished by 8:00 am Friday, July 27 (*gulp* tomorrow).
    5. Which is necessary because we’re replicating the templates and building 7 separate course sites with a shared look and feel. That, of course, happens at 8:00 am on Friday.
    6. Testing on the replicated course sites has to be completed by EOD Friday, July 27th so I have sufficient time to work on the customer materials for each individual course.
    7. I have to track down a librarian to review the individual course annotated bibliographies with me. I’ll need to know which of the books and resources requested by the course development SME’s and instructors are available and which are on back-order or won’t be ordered. This information has to go into the individual course sites.
    8. Course specific assignments and assessments (where available) need to be added into the individual course sites. Oh, and I can’t forget the individual course outlines need to be loaded and course schedules have to be coded.
    9. And those 7 individual course sites? They need need to be finished by Friday, August 10.
    10. Instructors have until Friday, August 17th to review their courses and request changes and modifications.
    11. While Instructors are reviewing their courses, I’ll be building my Second Life avatar and learning how to move around in the system. I figure if the boys can spend weeks playing with it as I’m building course sites, then I can have a week to help with the *ahem* research process. Or so it goes in my grand plan / fantasy life.
    12. Courses (if necessary) are revised. All revisions need to be completed by Friday, August 24 because school starts on August 27.
    13. Once this batch of sites are up, the real work begins – all those course sites, and a dozen or so other courses, need to be redeveloped for complete online delivery.

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    The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

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    Thursday Thirteen: Happy Birthday Drew

    July 19th, 2007 she Posted in Popularity Contests 8 Comments »

    Welcome to the 32nd edition of the screaming pages Thursday Thirteen. Today is the hubby’s birthday so this week’s list is all about him…

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    Thirteen Things about the hubby.
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    1. He’s the oldest of 3 boys – and in big brother fashion was the reason why his younger brothers had some bumps, bruises and broken bones as kids.
    2. Most of his wardrobe is navy blue. Pants…shirts…shoes. This is a big switch from a decade ago when all he owned was black clothes.
    3. He was raised in Southern Ontario, but we try not to hold that against him.
    4. Minus the grey hairs on his head, he looks exactly the same now as he did a decade ago.
    5. He prefers dogs to cats, but pretends to like Thanatos (oldest cat) to keep me happy.
    6. He’s an avionics technician (glorified electrician) in the Canadian military.
    7. He spent 3 years as an infanteer in the Canadian Army before remustering to the Air Force.
    8. He’s been known to exaggerate when telling a story.
    9. He’s got the day off today, so he’s helping our neighbour (the contractor) lay a floor and put up walls…
    10. He doesn’t snore, but he does eat (well, he makes chewing noises) in his sleep. I think the mouthguard the dentist gave him is the only reason he still has teeth.
    11. We joke that he’s cold blooded. He’s always cold and loves the heat. He can wander around dressed in a black t-shirt, leather jacket, jeans, and boots at 30C and complain of being cold…
    12. He once raised a turkey named Gobble that he insisted become Thanksgiving dinner.
    13. He’s exactly 1 month and 1 day older than I am.

    Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

    The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

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    Rockin’ Girl Blogger

    July 15th, 2007 she Posted in Popularity Contests 7 Comments »

    Joy, over at A Spot of T, decided to award me with the Rockin’ Girl Blogger award on the day I shamlessly blogged about dropping my cell phone in the toilet. Psychologists will be debating for years about who’s psychosis this indicates more about.

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    Rockin’ Girl Blogger AND the Awesome Guy Blogger were started by a lady by the name of Roberta Ferguson. Rockin’ Girl Blogger came first and then she came out with the Awesome Guy Blogger.

    The problem is I don’t think there’s a single blogger left that I read who *hasn’t* received this award. Ergo, I’m just going to award it to whomever I feel like – whether or not they’ve already received one in the past. It goes without saying that I think Joy deserves one.

    • The crew at Dust My Broom deserve both a Rocking Girl Blogger (for Lisa) and a bunch of Awesome Guy Bloggers.
    • Cammi of Written Inc. fame tops my individual Awesome Guy Blogger list for his thought provoking posts, “Caption This” contests, and for always allowing me to post days late in his comments.
    • Sirdar of Sirdar Inc. has already received the Awesome Guy Blogger award from Joy, but I’m reissuing a commemortative issue to him for making me feel like less of a freakish clutz. I may have broken a foot when I get up off of a couch, but at least my leg wasn’t hairy *grin*Sidebar your Honour? What’s with all these Inc.’s in male blogger’s blog titles? Is that a sign that the content is going to be great? The secret to success? Do we women need to follow this trend?
    • Laughing Muse at Title Deleted for Security Reasons gets a Rocking’ Girl Blogger award.. She makes me laugh, she makes me cry, she gives awesome advice to the unemployed and generally puts up with my crankiness. Oh, and she’s not afraid to go on a short unexplained hiatus. I like that it a blogger – possibly because I’ve been known to do it before? – keeps me on my toes.
    • Haley-O at The Cheaty Monkey deserves a crayon bucket full of Rocking Girl Blogger awards. She makes me laugh, she’s a mommy blogger I’m perfectly happy to read, and she’s worth her (considerably expanding as the pregnancy reaches it’s end) weight in gold!
    • Susan Helen of West of Mars and Erica of Writing Aspirations (please let it be spelt with a “c” and not a “k”) earned their Rockin’ Girl Blogger awards through blood (blisters on typing fingers), sweat (does this plot element fit with the rest of the book) and tears (joy and pain, I’m sure). Both are extremely talented writers in their own right, but I smooshed them together so I’d have room to add
    • Rhian of From My Brain to Yours also gets to raise high the female version of the award. I did debate long and hard on this one because I’m not sure you can top an Uber-Dork award
    • Oh, who am I kidding, I’ll never keep the list it down to 5 female bloggers – Christine d’Abo deserves one too! Skip the fact that we attended the same university (not at the same time) and worked in the same fields (before I jumped ship), she’s always a refreshing reminder of home. I love the mountains, but Christine always reminds me that sometimes you gotta play in the water.
    • Uisce at Whiskey Talking gets an Awesome Guy Blogger award. If I have to explain it…

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