http://www.trekkychick.com Bridging the Planetary Gap Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:31:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [ad#ad-1] Dear Reader, You may have recently heard that words only comprise 7% of communication. You must be worrying about what we do to communicate the other 93% of what we want to say. As a speech-language pathologist, or as I call myself, "Communication Expert," I am delighted to ... http://www.trekkychick.com/communication-or-something-like-it/ [ad#ad-1] Dear Readers of my Blog, We all know the importance of getting an education, and furthering our academic knowledge throughout the entirety of our lives. That's why, upon receiving a recent community college brochure, I dedicated myself to carefully studying each page to identify those academic subjects in which ... http://www.trekkychick.com/got-education/ [ad#ad-1] Dear Readers, Have you ever been given bad advice? For example, when you had the hiccups, somebody advised you to hold your breath until they stopped, and you passed out? And then, when you came to, you were STILL hiccuping?? (Um, me neither. That never happened to ... http://www.trekkychick.com/sound-advice-sounds-like-this/ [ad#ad-1] I recently arrived at work and was met by a disconcerting site: all of the fourth-grade girls were dressed in long, flowing dresses and wearing bonnets. I have been dabbling in time travel as of late, so as you can imagine, I came to the obvious conclusion that ... http://www.trekkychick.com/it-sure-is-great-in-2008/ Dear Loyal Readers, Speaking of laffy taffy jokes (Funny? Or Just Dumb?), you may find yourself spending endless hours wondering just where these jokes originated. I know I do. I decided to set off to investigate into the laffy taffy industry to discover just how this comical candy ... http://www.trekkychick.com/origins/ I have a longstanding reputation among my friends. No, I’m not talking about the way I dissect my food while I eat it, nor my phobia of eating red meat and riding on an airplane (or the worst, eating red meat WHILE on an airplane). No, I am ... http://www.trekkychick.com/funny-or-just-dumb/ [ad#ad-1] Dear Loyal Blog Readers, It is most unfortunate that it has recently come to light that upon our breakup, The Ex missed my blogs so much that he hired a private investigator to seek out my new site. The private investigator, backed by years of training at private investigator ... http://www.trekkychick.com/ive-been-discovered/ [ad#ad-1] Dear Readers, I regret to inform you that the UV germ light (UV Rays: Not Just for Skin Cancer Anymore!) did not solve all of the cold and flu woes I have experienced since working with the multiple-germ infested larvae, or what the other teachers refer to as "students." The ... http://www.trekkychick.com/use-protection/ Insects. That's right, you heard me. It turns out the smartest lifeform is the Australian Walking Stick, a truly ingenious insect. How did I stumble upon the Australian Walking Stick, you ask? Well, last year I had the pleasure of doing my speech practicum in an elementary school, and ... http://www.trekkychick.com/more-advanced-lifeforms-than-humans/ Now you have a new reason to drag your kids kicking and screaming away from their perch in front of the X-Box. A recent study correlates endless hours of mind-numbing computer gaming with, can you believe it, three personality traits associated with Aspergers syndrome, a type of high-functioning autism. ... http://www.trekkychick.com/so-you-think-you-have-aspergers/