Ms. Preble is an award-winning teacher, a jazz singer and pianist, and the author of The Queen Geek Social Club and its just-published sequel Queen Geeks In Love (both available from Penguin Books). A self-admitted geek, Laura is a science fiction fan and currently lives in the San Diego area with her husband, jazz saxophonist Chris Klich and her sons Austin and Noel.
A Geek Groundswell
One day when I had nothing to do (well, actually, I had a lot to do, but I didn’t want to do any of it), I decided to play the Google game. This is the one where you input your own name or something else into the field in quotes to see how many search results you get. Because my most recent book, Queen Geeks in Love, was coming out soon, I decided to search the term “geek.” What I found astounded me.
A Moving Experience
Ah, the joys of sending your child out to his or her own apartment. This scenario will be a humorous reminder to a few of you.
A Moving Experience
Ah, the joys of sending your child out to his or her own apartment. This scenario will be a humorous reminder to a few of you.
Electo-Isolation At Issue For Generation Online
When the computers at a school in Lake Oswego, Oregon, had to be turned off for four days because of a virus, students were bewildered about how to address a snail mail envelope. These tech-savvy students could email, text, web browse, MySpace, and Google with great skill, but when the system went down, both students and teachers realized that technology is no longer a luxury, but a necessityperhaps a necessity that serves to separate us rather than bring us together.
Social Networking On Myspace And Friendster
If by now you have not heard of Mspace or Friendster then maybe the world is moving too slowly for you. Young adults (teens and college age adults) are using the world of the internet to communicate in ways we had no inkling of a few years ago.
Social networking is booming as young adults find one another online to chat, post comments, post photos, and share info about the latest happenings in their world to their Myspace pages and Friendster networking sites. It is not al…
A Moving Experience
Ah, the joys of sending your child out to his or her own apartment. This scenario will be a humorous reminder to a few of you.
Drug Legalization: The Beginning of the End
The hidden consequences of drug legalization.
A Look into Cool
Some people will buy a Corvette, and another a Harley Davidson, but does that make either one of them cool. Read about what people buy to be cool and what others think of those things.
A Moving Experience
Ah, the joys of sending your child out to his or her own apartment. This scenario will be a humorous reminder to a few of you.
Teen Online Dating: Is it Safe?
Online dating services offer a lot to adults and allow them to connect with other people looking for that special someone. Now, when you think of teen dating you may realize all the dangers that are involved. Although you think of all the dangers, there are also some good things that can come out of teen dating online.
I Don’t Even Know Your Last Name, But Let’s Hook Up! : Teen Relationships
The times are changing. I have come to the conclusion that old fashioned dating is a thing of the past; todays youth have turned to casual and random hook ups.
Teens are in such a hurry to grow up. As the mother of a teen daughter, I have seen this first hand and it is frightening. Parents want the best for their children, but how do we protect them from the unhealthy consequences associated with random hook ups.
Excuse me, but ladies you need to have a little self-r…