You know, there is still the whole innocent until proven guilty thing going on in this country. No, really. Granted, the guy's got some major issues, but I'm still not sold on the molestation issue.

That's where I am too, Connie.

Lee, stop thwumping. Smack someone. And, insent.

buy in a grocery store? I need to find a good grocery store brand.

8 O'Clock Columbian whole bean

Lee, why the thwumping?

"In our little community, word travels fast." But I think I've forgotten how to make mainstream chit-chat on the internets. Although, you're right askye, for a fandom whose top 10 moments include a scene entirely composed of "Fuck" and "Motherfucker." it does seem an odd situation. That scene was moving because those actors were so able to make those words carry all the emotional freight of a woman's murder and putting it down.

Lee, why the thwumping?

[edited work thwump]

There's no possibility of an earlier backup, Lee?

[and again here]

How be peeps?

vw, good on you!

Lee, sounds like a real PITA. I'm hoping for backups somewhere.

AmyLiz, it's been so long since I've been in school or my kids, I can't say what's "normal" homework for a seventh grader. It varies so much from school system to school system. One thing I'd like to put forward for consideration in the seeming lack of homework for a poetry unit is that a lot of the work may be getting done in class in a way where you, as a parent, are not going to see tangible results. I know in ninth grade I had very little take home work during those portions of the curriculum. We wrote extemporaneous poems during class that were read aloud as soon as we were done or handed in right then and there. We read famous poems aloud and discussed them. We were put into group sessions to write things that may or may not have been handed in, but we were actively doing something with the skills. But that wouldn't have been evident at home. Did you get a copy of the syllabus when your son started the year/semester? Perhaps having a look at it would give you a better idea if the amount of homework is appropriate for the unit.

This article is making me hyperventilate:

Jan. 31, 2005 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The way many high school students see it, government censorship of newspapers may not be a bad thing, and flag burning is hardly protected free speech.

It turns out the First Amendment is a second-rate issue to many of those nearing their own adult independence, according to a study of high school attitudes released Monday.

The original amendment to the Constitution is the cornerstone of the way of life in the United States, promising citizens the freedoms of religion, speech, press and assembly.

Yet, when told of the exact text of the First Amendment, more than one in three high school students said it goes "too far" in the rights it guarantees. Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories.

Yet, when told of the exact text of the First Amendment, more than one in three high school students said it goes "too far" in the rights it guarantees. Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories

Right. I'll just be hiding under this rock, then. Someone wake me when the world is sane again?