I see. When schools are held accountable for what they’re doing, instead of improving the education they provide they kick out students who probably won’t do well on the tests being used to measure their performance. Makes perfect sense to…
Top 100 Movies Meme
JupiterCornwall’s Birthday
Happy Birthday jupitercornwall!
Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval Britain
Posted so I can read more of it later: Time traveller’s guide to Medieval Britain
Our DFCS Experience
You know, I kept meaning to write about this and forgetting to actually do it. Way back on May 7 of 2003, I was very surprised to get a call from a social worker at the Department of Family &…
Whiskers!
Look, look! I got my whiskers!
Grow Up!
This has absolutely nothing to do with anybody who reads my journal (as far as I know, anyway), or anyone in my household or circle of friends/family. It is a general rant against an attitude I’ve seen too damned many…
Gay Marriage in Boondocks
Gay marriage?
Nuts (& Bolts)
Another nuisance: the baby bed has four bolts and nuts. We found three of the bolts last week—they’d been in G’s jewelry box, of all places. No nuts. Now I have the fourth bolt and all four nuts, but I…
My Queendom for a Hammer!
Grrr. I can’t finish my to-do list without finding the hammer. A hammer. Any hammer! But we still can’t either of the danged things. I may have to venture out to the storage area to see if I can find…