Song by John Ciardi The bells of Sunday rang us down And flowers were blowing across the town Through faucets of the sun turned on. For Mary’s giggle and Martha’s glance The bankrolls flashed from pants to pants, The Captain…
Community Icons Instead of User Pics?
I know that at one time I had things set up so that I saw the community user icon on my friends’ page when someone posted in the community, instead of seeing the individual poster’s icon. It isn’t like that…
New Descendant of Dot_Cattiness
The latest descendant of dot_cattiness: dot_gimp_snark. dot_gimp_snark is a place for people with chronic health problems to bitch about people who refuse to “get it,” or annoying doctors, insurance company snafus, disability claims, etc. The posts should be specifically about…
A Rare Friends-Only Post
I have incredibly vivid dreams. I haven’t normally written them down or talked about them much. I’ll occasionally mention something that I just can’t get out of my head to Sam, or share something particularly funny with him and Katie,…
Trying to Be More Positive
Things I can do today that don’t involve being on my feet: 1) Getting caught up on my lit class again. 2) Doing some of the work on my fall courses that I need to complete 3) Packaging some of…
Miscellany
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. –Elbert Hubbard No wonder Bill Cosby didn’t want to sit next to her Goliath demands slingshots be confiscated
The “Constitution Restoration Act”
Their Will Be Done: Creating a theocracy in America In a time when a clearcutting proposal is named the “Healthy Forests Initiative” and the “Clean Air Act” allows for more rather than less air pollution, “Constitution Restoration Act” is a…
No, I Shouldn’t be Home at All
I should be at the Castle, painting. The damned ankle thing has triggered a flare. I was really, really trying to get through this move without one. Dammit. I wasn’t able to get to sleep last night because I was…
School in Oklahoma City Suspends 6th-Graders (Almost All of Them)
School in Okla. City Suspends 6th-Graders OKLAHOMA CITY – A public school suspended nearly all of its sixth-graders for class disruptions and a cafeteria ruckus this week, though many of the students were allowed to return after their parents met…
Good News from a Public School
I have to provide some balance on occasion, right? I’m posting the whole article, because I don’t have a web link—I got it on the UU homeschooling list. Oh—I believe Sedalia is in North Carolina.