Cybersecurity Awareness

school bus

The Wheels on the Bus

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Chromebooks. Canvas. SIS. Syllabi disseminated via Google (and other) forms asking for parent review verification. Yep, another school year. Please be extra vigilant evaluating those back-to-school requests that may or may not come from teachers. Be a good opportunity for a phishing campaign from, say, your child’s “Spanish teacher” – click here to see and sign off on our syllabus. You’re not that hard to demographically identify, parents. One of our local news sites showed […]

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Geometry in school

The Times, They Are A-Changin’ (Prepare)

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It’s in a week that everything changes. School starts around here. Stores are filled with supplies in preparation. Kids are forced into stores to be reclothed. For many, though, the preparation starts much soon. The fall athletes. The summer schoolers. Yes, there are breaks, and the pacing’s different, but their work continues while others rest or work on other endeavors. The seasonal feel will change, too, while, in much of the country, temperatures will cool.

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Two young black cats who are ALMOST mirror images of each other

Cats, Books, Gardens

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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” – Cicero🌺📚 Indeed. The best “things” of life, not to be confused with experiences and people. Or cats. 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 Cicero didn’t envision computers. Devices. Hacker cats. 🖥️🖥️💻💻🐱‍💻🐱‍💻 Insurers will tell you to protect your things and the future for the people you love (life insurance). Insurance is a great start. Your behaviors are better. Tend garden, mind, body, and Internet use. “Let

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Thunderstorm

They Thought They Had Time

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They thought they had time. So they met at 6:30 a.m. today with plans to get the run in early before it got hot. Even though weather forecasted likely thunderstorms. (They didn’t have time.) Booming sky cacophany hit right at the time they were likely 1.5 miles from the starting point. So, of course, how high school cross country practice go/no go is like cybersecurity strategy. ⚡We think we can predict safety; however, there remain

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Books and globe

Conjunctive Adverbs

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Connection. Commonality. Links. A conjunctive adverb ties related thoughts together as a link between two sentences by combining them into one. While retaining them as separate thoughts. The two most commonly written and spoken conjunctive adverbs are therefore and however. “I was aiming to achieve world domination; however, I instead found a good book to read.” “Cyber attacks are increasing in volume and effectiveness; therefore, organizations must intentionally combat cybercriminals.” Remember and implement the rules of semicolon

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cashews

Cashews Are For Rich People (And Other Fallacies)

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“Cashews are for rich people.” That’s a fallacy from my youth, along with thinking quicksand, snakebites, scorpions, and black widow spiders are actual daily perils. 🐍🕷️ 🦂 On the flip side – due to my father’s job, certain months of the year, we ate bucketsful of morel mushrooms many nights for dinner. So that seemed a given for adulthood.🍄 Our perspectives shift as we experience and learn more as to what’s real and where to

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