DJ, I'm so sorry. What a terrible, terrible thing.
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
smonster - Jan 22, 2010 9:07:29 am PST #7601 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
DavidS - Jan 22, 2010 9:08:46 am PST #7602 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's fucking awful, DJ. I'm sorry.
well... i might have gone to wikipedia for that definition. still, it's not contradicted by the other things I'm finding.
I didn't realize the word was one researcher's coinage, so didn't get the negative aspects emphasized in wikipedia.
Then again, I'm not a prescriptionist and I think the word has taken on a shade closer to what I emphasized which is the giddy, "falling in love" feeling.
In any event, I didn't mean to ascribe any of that negative hoo haw to you, mein smonster.
JZ - Jan 22, 2010 9:11:12 am PST #7603 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Daisy, I'm so sorry. That poor boy and his family, and you, and everyone who loves them and him and remembers the sweet-faced twelve-year-old.
All possible peace and strength to his family.
All this, yes.
sumi - Jan 22, 2010 9:12:42 am PST #7604 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Daisy, I'm so sorry. Much ~ma to you and to your friends.
Barb - Jan 22, 2010 9:15:25 am PST #7605 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Oh DJ-- so much ~ma to your friends and you.
Fred Pete - Jan 22, 2010 9:30:07 am PST #7606 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
((((Daisy and Daisy's people))))
Maybe you could call tomorrow (after the first flurry of activity subsides) to offer babysitting, or doing something with parents while someone else babysits?
javachik - Jan 22, 2010 10:15:57 am PST #7607 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Daisy, what terrible news. I am sorry.
Gudanov - Jan 22, 2010 10:21:03 am PST #7608 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
So sorry, DJ and DJ friends.
Lee - Jan 22, 2010 10:42:36 am PST #7609 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am so sorry, DJ. How horrible.
ChiKat - Jan 22, 2010 10:46:07 am PST #7610 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
{{{Daisy}}} That so sucks. All kinds of peace and ~ma to you and the boy's family.
At least 95% keep saying that teachers make more money than private sector
I will say that the teacher's salaries in the high school districts around here are pretty decent. The elementary districts? NSM.
In the Chicago suburbs, there are elementary districts (K-8) and HS districts (9-12). I work at an elementary district and make roughly 60% what I made working in the private sector 4 years ago. If I were working at the HS district in my area, I would be making roughly 90% of what I made in the private sector. Better, but still not what I made working in corporate America.
Teachers with tons of years (20+) and extracurricular stipends can and do make very low six figures ($100-120K) around here. Principals all make low six figures. Superintendents make more like $250-500K.