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.)
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
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."
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.
Aims - Mar 14, 2005 11:34:05 am PST #7151 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The state of the LAUSD is the reason Joe and I have The Five Year Plan. As soon as Emeline is old enough to be in a public school, we are heading back to Michigan. I plan on being a very involved parent in the school district, but feel that, for me, the LAUSD is just too big to make change in any time frame that would benefit my child. She's covered at the Montessori School through kidnergarten, so I have 5 more years to think about it. But I'd rather move than homeschool her. I feel that I would be not motivated enough and the Joe might push her too hard for it to be beneficial to her.
Besides, if we home schooled her, who would I blame for screwing up her education?? ;)
Lee - Mar 14, 2005 11:37:04 am PST #7152 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.
Did you laugh at them, Lee?
Yes, but since I am also hiding in my office pretending they don't exist, there may be a flaw in my logic as well.
Oh well.