My Twitter account was hacked today. A past student of mine messaged me via twitter, or so I thought, with the exciting news that she lost 20 pounds in 2 weeks and a link. Like a total idiot, I clicked the link. Boom, now I'm messaging my followers that I lost 20 pounds. If only it were true. I got a text message from a current student that I'd been hacked, informing me to change my twitter password. A friend of Jessi's let her know that my account was hacked also. I got back into twitter when I gave up facebook last February. I mostly like reading the crazy stuff my students say, but occassionally I read something inspiring.
New York Times has a great article about our fleeing conversation. I am quite guilty of using electronic media to converse. I now text my kids instead of yelling upstairs. It seems more civil. I email the collegue I share an office with and often facebook message my husband rather than calling. All these "little sips of connection" do not add up to conversation. Luckily for me electronic devises are not allowed in my classroom-- there, I know I have to talk. Believe me, if I could, I'd let all my kids shove plugs into thier ears to listen to their own music and then group message them my instructions!
My husband and I started our morning walking and talking with Balt. It has become a nice weekend ritual for us. We have time to catch up, dream, wonder and converse. It's a rich time. The rest of the day was non-eventful; lots of errands, laundry, a yoga class and family time. For Earth Day, I planted strawberries.
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