Oh. I was misled by him quoting me just above.
Sorry.No, it caught me off guard at first, too. I took it that way, after I went over it and saw he was quoting you.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 14, 2005 11:19:44 am PST #7141 of 10002
What is even happening?
Fred Pete - Mar 14, 2005 11:21:05 am PST #7142 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Pulling your kids out of a school is denying your everyday neighborhood reality
I'm not sure how well this connects with the idea generally, but when I was a kid there was a family in the neighborhood who sent their kids to a private school for religious reasons. Actually, several related families, all of whom lived near each other.
The separation extended to social events as well. They were as isolated from the neighborhood as it was possible to be. And I can't even remember their names, unlike the other families in the neighborhood of the time (or certainly the ones who had kids anywhere near my age).
DavidS - Mar 14, 2005 11:22:29 am PST #7143 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh. I was misled by him quoting me just above.
I'm oh so misleading. Actually, it was me tweaking my own generalizing tendencies by deferring to somebody I knew didn't have children. (Sort of an interior conversation I'm having with my own tone.)
Lee - Mar 14, 2005 11:24:42 am PST #7144 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
People here are 1) suprised when a 6-8 hour project they didn't tell me was a rush until after 5:00 on Friday isn't done yet, and 2) expecting me to care.
There are several flaws in their logic.
Burrell - Mar 14, 2005 11:25:29 am PST #7145 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Not going to enter into the home school vs public school debate here just because I see it as primarily a pragmatic issue, not a moral one. But I do find the discussion interesting because now that we've bought the house I've begun thinking about Franny's education. The local elemetary school sucks. It sucked when I went there, and it hasn't gotten any better over the years, so I know that I don't want her to go there.
shrift - Mar 14, 2005 11:29:11 am PST #7146 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've discovered an inherent flaw in my cunning plan to catch up on my work e-mail: people keep replying.
If only I had a magic clicky thing what puts the rest of the universe on pause.
Gudanov - Mar 14, 2005 11:29:47 am PST #7147 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
"The Battle of Teaching Evolution Sharpens." Scary stuff.
Yep, scary stuff. The jury isn't out on evolution, the evidence is overwhelming. There might be tweaks here and there but evolution is pretty darn solid. What bothers me the most is that the "alternatives" are just religion masqurading as science.
Burrell - Mar 14, 2005 11:31:39 am PST #7148 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
What bothers me the most is that the "alternatives" are just religion masqurading as science.
What bothers me the most is knowing, from discussions with my students, how many future health practioners don't believe in evolution.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 14, 2005 11:33:09 am PST #7149 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
People here are 1) suprised when a 6-8 hour project they didn't tell me was a rush until after 5:00 on Friday isn't done yet, and 2) expecting me to care.
Did you laugh at them, Lee?
lori - Mar 14, 2005 11:33:31 am PST #7150 of 10002
ignoring all the homeschooly talk to post a random link
Have y'all seen this? It's work-safe and damn funny. And has the most perfectly descriptive title ever - Kung-fool.
