TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE HAVING FUN
Welcome to my blog. This blog is dedicated to homeschooling and other education articles that I find interesting. It may also include some Delaware-specific “edustuff”. Forewarned and all that.
Of course, when that post was published comments were an only to-be-wished-for feature at blogspot. Perma-links hadn’t even been invented. Yeah, we’re older than dirt.
Over the years the blog “theme” has certainly drifted away from being a strictly homeschool edublog. That’s partially because I started blogging around the same time we started homeschooling, so I was still a newbie and very much radicalized. But also, I think, homeschooling itself in the last six years has become so mainstream and we’ve won all of the legal battles that this blog was designed to chronicle. That’s a good thing.
So the blog has morphed from being a somewhat DE-centric edu-blog to whatever it is today. Along the way the name has changed twice. The original thoroughly boring name that I literally came up with during the blogspot registration, Homeschool & Other Education Stuff, was pretty accurate. During the cyber charter wars (CCANHS!) I got frustrated with the continual misuse of the word “homeschool” and changed it to Home Education & Other Stuff. The tagline was still “A libertarian leaning edu-blog.” Sometime a couple of years ago, I switched the “official” name to HE&OS and put “Home Education & Other Stuff” in front of the tagline. Finally, in response to a flaming email that my support for universal health coverage was anti-libertarian, the tagline was changed to what it is today.
The stats from those early days are funny, too. There are more than a few days with zero page views.
And, finally, a shout out to the longest-time participant here at Homeschool & Other Education Stuff Home Education & Other Stuff HE&OS. Traci’s been here since before the start, when this was an email distribution list of a dozen homeschoolers in DE. Hi, Traci! Thanks for hanging with me.
And thanks to the rest of you HE&OSers. Without your comments and participation, this blog would have died an uncommented-upon death long ago.
UPDATE: Based on Don’s comment, I’ve changed the name and tagline once again.
25 Responses to “TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE HAVING FUN”
 Comment by Andrea_R May 9th, 2008 at 7:54 am |
well it certainly has been entertaining. 🙂 |
 Comment by Nance Confer May 9th, 2008 at 7:59 am |
Definitely! 🙂 Nance |
 Comment by COD May 9th, 2008 at 8:39 am |
So your blog has outlasted a lot of marriages 🙂 |
 Comment by Darren May 9th, 2008 at 9:20 am |
I’ve certainly enjoyed reading it, and I hope you continue on! My wife and I have only been homeschooling “officially” for 2 years now, so I always like to see what the veterans have to say. God (or the FSM) bless 😉 Darren |
 Comment by don May 9th, 2008 at 9:21 am |
I think with the current focus of the blog you should change the name again. I propose Home Education, Religion, Politics & Eclectic Stuff (HERP&ES) |
 Comment by Daryl Cobranchi May 9th, 2008 at 9:44 am |
LOL! Would that make the folks who endure my daily blather here HERP&ES sufferers? |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi May 9th, 2008 at 9:50 am |
Done! 🙂 |
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Comment by don May 9th, 2008 at 10:33 am |
Oh my God! I didn’t think you’d actually put that up there. |
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Comment by COD May 9th, 2008 at 10:43 am |
The incoming Google hits should get a lot more interesting. |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi May 9th, 2008 at 11:03 am |
I didn’t think you’d actually put that up there. How could I not? It’s the perfect acronym for what we’ve been talking about. And funny as hell. |
 Comment by April May 9th, 2008 at 11:41 am |
That’s the first time a bloglines header has made me snort my coffee. Thanks! |
 Comment by Rob May 9th, 2008 at 12:08 pm |
Yay! |
 Comment by Lisa Giebitz May 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pm |
*snort* *giggle* Congrats! |
 Comment by Traci May 9th, 2008 at 12:52 pm |
Oh Dear! You do know that I am convinced that all my personal emails/websurfing are being scanned by the government because I am a frequent reader of your blog and as you noted I date to the beginnings of it all. hahaha I think that every time I log on the computer & it takes forever for something to load, open or generally gets hung up in cyberspace. Peace & Blessings to you Friend & your Dear Family ! |
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Comment by Andrea_R May 9th, 2008 at 12:55 pm |
Uh, I think I’ll have some ‘splainin to do later… 😀 |
 Comment by Bonnie May 9th, 2008 at 1:32 pm |
I always knew I’d catch the “bad disease” hanging out with you liberals! 🙂 Personally…I liked the old name when we were all H&OES. |
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Comment by Nance Confer May 9th, 2008 at 2:20 pm |
Who knew? I thought it was only toilet seats I had to worry about. . . 🙂 Nance |
 Comment by Not June Cleaver May 9th, 2008 at 3:07 pm |
Share the love, baby! Great new name. |
 Comment by Carole in DE May 9th, 2008 at 11:13 pm |
Hey from Delaware! Great new name, and thanks for bringing all that edustuff and other stuff to our attention. |
 Comment by Andrea May 10th, 2008 at 2:09 pm |
Am I the only one who looks at the blog name and sees “HERPES”… Just wondering! |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi May 10th, 2008 at 2:40 pm |
That’s the joke, Andrea. Read through the comments above. |
 Comment by sam May 11th, 2008 at 1:16 pm |
well look at you go |
 Comment by Terri May 11th, 2008 at 11:40 pm |
Definitely digging the name change. 😉 |
 Comment by Jay May 13th, 2008 at 7:33 am |
I like it! |
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