Take care of yourself, Consuela! Maybe it's a sign you're fighting something off and need the sleep? Or a sign that you switched to tea instead of coffee because you had a cold and then didn't switch back, that was part of my problem a couple weeks ago...
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Jan 22, 2018 5:39:19 pm PST #21319 of 30002
DavidS - Jan 22, 2018 5:41:22 pm PST #21320 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Matilda came home from school with a letter and a form to attend an Evangelical Christian Camp (Young Life) given to her by one of her teachers, who was also recruiting two of her "worldly" friends.
Steam is coming out of my ears and I will be talking to the school, the school district and the ACLU tomorrow.
Fucking furious.
beth b - Jan 22, 2018 5:44:15 pm PST #21321 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Wow
that's really wrong Go get 'em!
Scrappy - Jan 22, 2018 6:17:16 pm PST #21322 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My spouse is away until Thursday, so I'm rewatching the Lord of the Rings trilogy, or, as I think of it, "Aragorn Doing Lots of Cool Things in the Hottest Way Possible".
DavidS - Jan 22, 2018 6:22:49 pm PST #21323 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've written to a school board member, and other parents who have kids on the soccer team. (The guy recruiting them is the Asst. Soccer Coach.)
Zenkitty - Jan 22, 2018 7:05:02 pm PST #21324 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Take 'em down, Hec. That is absolutely unacceptable.
Burrell - Jan 22, 2018 7:05:09 pm PST #21325 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congratulations Amy on the new job! Time to write sounds like such a gift too.
So my high school student just had to write a paper for class and I am super impressed at the way they just sat down and wrote it, no stress, no fuss, and a pretty good essay too. I have to hand it to the 9th grade English teacher. He has assigned so many papers that they are finally getting down the basic skill of banging out a paper. It's like muscle memory, but for the brain.
DavidS - Jan 22, 2018 7:38:56 pm PST #21326 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've contacted several parents now, and written to the school counselor who is the liaison.
If they don't act on this I will then go to the School District and then the ACLU.
This is a super sketch organization that specializes in getting "wordly" kids away at a camp and converting them, separating them from parental influence and using them to convert more kids.
They, of course, have also had issue with molestation.
They target popular student athletes so it's especially distressing that the main guy here is the Asst. Soccer Coach who will be the Head Soccer Coach next year.
This account from a former insider with Young Life makes my blood boil (Phoenixgirl, second down): [link]
Burrell - Jan 22, 2018 8:01:00 pm PST #21327 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yikes, David! Yeah, that's a hard no, and teachers and coaches shouldn't be recruiting in school
Tom Scola - Jan 23, 2018 2:43:47 am PST #21328 of 30002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Good news, West-Coasters! You don't have to wake up to a tsunami! Hooray!