Fun, Steph! And pics of the outfit, pleez. It's going to be superhot, I can tell.

Wow, apparently 500 kids at my lil sis's school are on "in school suspension" for a facebook-organised protest against the school's tardy policy (anyone who is late has to go to the "tardy table" in the cafeteria to get a note...so a ringleader got 500 students to all be late to the same class. instead of getting tardy slips when the swamped the tardy table...they got suspended. Lil sis did not participate and is not suspended, but of course knows plenty of ppl who are. In a small town, 500 ppl is most of the school.) School officials traced the initial poster via facebook and he got 90 days out of school suspension which lost him his scholarship and college acceptance. In response to this news, dad told a story about how he got into college by launching a band revolution. He and other band members didn't like that they were having to play a certain song really slow...so he started an alternative band playing the same song fast and everyone defected (or mutinied, depending on how you look at it) to play the song fast. His leadership role got him into college.

lil sis got yet another strong message about being careful about what you document on facebook. I was pleased this morning to see her prodding a friend to delete a few comments that could come back to bite him in the ass later in life. I'm also kinda thrilled her parents are supportive of certain varieties of subversiveness,and i never thought of my prepster Dad as any kind of revolutionary...he wore ties and blazers to college classes!

Also horrified that her (public) school won't teach evolution or genetics (because it's based on evolution.) Horrified.

I'm too lazy to scroll back, but antibiotics shouldn't affect a flu shot, since influenza is a virus.

I have lettuce topped with potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, cucumber, and chickpea salad, with miso-garlic-tahini-chive-yum dressing.

Ooh, that sounds good. Say, you might know this - how long does miso last in the fridge? I have yet to find a brand that's sold in non-industrial sizes, and I hate throwing it away. My gut says that since it's fermented, it should basically last forever, right?

As far as I know, miso lasts forever in the fridge. I've had tubs that I kept for probably two years, and they've been fine.

I've had tubs that I kept for probably two years, and they've been fine.

Ok, cool. I don't think mine is quite that old. Yet.

Stilltasty says miso should keep for 18 months in the fridge, opened or not.

School officials traced the initial poster via facebook and he got 90 days out of school suspension which lost him his scholarship and college acceptance.

That is freaking ridiculous.

I'm not sure I get what the big issues is with tardy slips though.

not entirely sure, of course all the documentation is gone gone gone and lil sis wasn't part of the leadup, just the fallout.

The Fat Nutritionist [link] has a recent entry on being unable to eat in front of people, with a side note on being uneasy about grocery shopping because of being afraid of what people will think about your purchases. I'm finding it rather boggling. I despise acting less than competent in front of strangers--being lost, having trouble parking, and such--but I wasn't aware that eating in public--or just buying your groceries!--could be a fraught issue. Apparently a lot of blameless people are surrounded by jackasses who feel compelled to comment on people's food in public. I'm feeling very grateful not to have been exposed to such people--and for my (possibly inflated) sense of self-worth that is apparently keeping them away from me now.

I'm appalled with Brenda. What the everliving fuck?