Paging Barb: Noah loved the dolls enough that he didn't want to stop playing: [link]

Oh. My. God.

That is just the cutest thing ever! Abby is absolutely squealing with delight.

I didn't see that before! That's so funny (from a distance.)

I think I'm really going to like the Y. There are all sorts of classes free to members, trainers, the whole bit. For $50/month.5 minute walk away. My life is changing so much. Who thought Miss Sloth'd ever say that?

spider

Kat, I think that might be a brown widow: [link]

Jilli, don't look.

Not looking, but I vote KILL IT. Just to be safe.

then Jilli and I are attending a biiiiiiiig industry bash thrown by CCP/White Wolf. It's a themed vampire ball. Woot!

I CAN'T DECIDE WHAT TO WEAR!! Auugh!

Per the Palm Beach County School Board website:

President Barack Obama’s message to students

The United States Department of Education has notified all schools of President Barack Obama’s message to students to be broadcasted at 12 noon, September 8th, 2009.

1. Accordingly, the Palm Beach County School District will air and record the President’s message.
2. Teachers are encouraged to use this broadcast to reinforce existing lessons where possible.
3. All school personnel are reminded not to inject political comments and/or political opinions to students in light of Palm Beach School District policy prohibiting “political” messaging to students.
4. Parents, who object to this broadcast for personal reasons, may submit a written request to the school to excuse their student(s) from this broadcast.

Thank you for your attention and support in this matter.

This was copy and paste. The good: My kids will see the broadcast. The bad: broadcasted? That just doesn't seem right to me.

This is the St. Johns County School District:

We will be making President Obama’s address available for students at 12:00. Knowing that timing and logistics will make this difficult in some circumstances, we will make a concerted effort to provide access as requested. This message is scheduled to last 15 minutes. Tuesday is a regular school day and will be treated as such.

It is our understanding that a transcript of the speech will be released on Monday. If so, it will be posted immediately on the district web site. We are not recommending that our teachers use the DOE-provided materials as we have not had the chance to review them properly.

Parents who do not wish for their children to participate may write a note to their 4th period teacher excusing them from the presentation. These students will be relocated to the gymnasium for the duration of the speech.

Frankly, I'm shocked they're broadcasting it and being supportive about it.

This is the fucking President of the United States of America? Why is this even an issue here??? Have people lost their fucking minds?

Yes.

That's encouraging. With the news showing so many places not broadcasting it, I was all ready to go get pushy and stuff. Obama is very popular with the students in our HS.

I'm pretty sure that we watched President Bush make a speech on TV in school when I was in sixth grade. My parents disagreed with him on practically everything, but they didn't object to me watching him make a speech because, well, he was the president. Presidents do things like make speeches. And pretty much all he was saying is America is great, stay in school, users are losers. Possibly not exactly in those words. I also remember Nancy Reagan on an episode of Diff'rent Strokes telling kids to Just Say No To Drugs.