Does Aimee know you were there last night?

I did, and am accepting donations to fund my NYC Stalking Trip.

Fund a criminal! Send me to NYC!

Speaking of, Emily, do you need me to chat with your student?

Only if you're willing for your head to explode. This is the same one that thought illegal immigrants should be shot as terrorists.

You know, it makes me feel anachronistic, but I really appreciate it.

Erin, me too. Some of the kids here say "ma'am," and it always makes me a little more kindly inclined toward them. It may not actually denote respect, but it sure feels like it.

I used to think -- before I taught high school -- that this was perfectly right and reasonable, but I have completely changed my mind.

WORD. And I DID call my teachers by their first name, all the way from third grade through college. But I let students call me by my first name when I was doing my classroom assisting, and I will never make that mistake again.

Fund a criminal!

I thought that's what the bailout plan was for.

That's what I'm talking about. Bailing me out!

oh, jeez, Aims ... what've you done now?

It's what I *could* do if I get to NYC.

My political f-you moment this morning was when I heard on NPR that McCain had written off all of Republican Palin's critics as "Georgetown cocktail party people."

You know what, FUCKO? All those "regular Americans" you keep talking about? Some of them have opinions, too. And yes, sometimes those opinions are not favorable. Seriously, dude. STFU.

My political f-you moment this morning was when I heard on NPR that McCain had written off all of Republican Palin's critics as "Georgetown cocktail party people."

It's like he's TRYING to alienate his guaranteed voters. I say go ahead, old man. Go ahead.

Stephanie, what I'm talking about was a while ago and I'm fuzzy on the details. There was an Obama ad, I believe, about McCain being out of touch with the world we live in now and finished up with a line, "why, he's never even sent an e-mail". A McCain spokesman said that McCain could not use a computer because of a war wound. I can't remember when, who, etc. - I remember being surprised no one here commented on it, but I've been swamped with work and skipping and skimming a lot.

McCain campaign did claim his war wound prevents him using computers. But there are photo's of him using a Blackberry. (He does not own one, but borrow's his kids.) He has admitted in interviews that he just never learned about browsing, and modern email. (Interesting that the Blackberry is intuitive enough that he can use one if he is as computer ignorant as he claims.) He said that Cindy and the kids are slowly easing him into using computers. So the whole war injury excuse is bullshit. (And if it were true there is all sorts of adaptive technology out there that would let him use the computer. Heck, I wrote a book during a period when I was using one hand. And no one says he has to spend hours per day. Spend 15 minutes a day sorting through email your staff has pre-checked so you are only dealing with the emails you need to. Or heck, if you already know how to use a Blackberry, buy yourself one. Go ahead, as a multi-millionaire you can afford one.