there was a description of waterboarding in Cory Doctorow's Little Brother.

Even before I read it , I had an idea how bad it was. But I have an imagination.

Aww, damn--Stephen Hawking's in the hospital, seriously ill.

A&E just repeated the Crossing Jordan where Bug gets arrested by Homeland Security and waterboarded. Bad times, bad times.

Show cancellation status.

Life! I need Life!

I read that TV article earlier today. Seriously depressing.

AHHHH LIFE!!!! Easily my favorite show in the last 2 years.

Oh, man good luck with all of that. That sounds a bit like Leif, but right now Leif can sort of coast because 2nd grade is so easy for him.

Nate's a classic gifted kid hiding in the shell of the underachiever (his grades are either A or F). I'm not going to have him tested though, because gifted at his school is just more of the same he's doing as a quote/unquote regular student.

He has processing issues and his handwriting is atrocious, further hampering his processing ability. All of his teachers have noticed if he's isolated in the media center, he can actually get his work done in a more timely fashion.

That's it-- I've come to the conclusion that the child was born in the wrong era-- he needed to be a wealthy Victorian child, educated by governesses or young, pale Divinity graduates from Oxford, looking to earn money until they secured a parish of their own.

In more cheering news, here's an article about how the president gets ten letters a day from the public to read and respond to -- the sidebar has three of the letters, and his three responses. [link]

That handwiriting thing doesn't get better on its own. Yesterday a minion asked me to fill out a letter of recommendation that had to be hand written. I wrote very slowly and in all caps. I hope your supervisor's penmanship is not a factor in the application review process.

That's it-- I've come to the conclusion that the child was born in the wrong era-- he needed to be a wealthy Victorian child, educated by governesses or young, pale Divinity graduates from Oxford, looking to earn money until they secured a parish of their own.

Aw! It's so hard to know what to do. Do you think maybe he'll do better in high school, when he can do more of his work indpendently?

I go to physical therapy once a week. And every single time, they have to send me a paper acknowledging that I went. Then another one that says "Explanation of Benefits -- This is Not a Bill!" Then, finally, a bill. So, three separate mailings a week, just from physical therapy stuff.

I'm getting all of Dad's medical paperwork as I'm the executor. Lots of "This is not a bill," stuff, which is good as the numbers involved would make me faint if they had a "pay by" date next to them. I got one that asked if I'd talk to Medicare to see why they aren't paying things faster. Um, no, I don't believe I will.

he needed to be a wealthy Victorian child, educated by governesses or young, pale Divinity graduates from Oxford, looking to earn money until they secured a parish of their own.

As did I. Especially the wealthy part. Although I'd probably lose everything in the buggy whip futures crash of 1903.