Courtesy of the Houston Chronicle, the latest craziness in our area schools? It seems that a teacher took 22 days off back in February, 10 of them unpaid, to tape “The Bachelor”. Now? Because two parents complained, they are reassigning the Principal for letting her take the time off. The parents [...]
There will be no knitting photos tonight. I forgot when I wrote that that I still needed to go and vote. I got to the polls late, so the line was long. Of course, I had a sock to knit in my bag, and I worked almost a whole repeat while I [...]
I missed the news yesterday: Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin killed by stingray. How sad. I always enjoyed watching his shows, and I think he did a lot to teach about the importance of conservation.
DeLay Announces Resignation From House
Succumbing to scandal, former Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday he is resigning from Congress, a move that closes out a career that blended unflinching conservatism with a bare-knuckled political style.
I’m stunned. Speechless. Overjoyed? Is that too strong? Nah, probably not. Every time I see Tom [...]
Just how terrible would you feel if you tripped on your shoelace and broke centuries-old vases? And why were they on the windowsill?
[via Cluttered Loft's Geeknotes.]
A collection of random thoughts because I’ll forget to blog about it all later:
- I had a Chemistry quiz yesterday, and she had the answer key on the desk for us to view when we turned it in. I might have made a 99 because I keep getting my significant figures jacked up on [...]
Why did Ashton Kutcher wear what appears to be a pimp hat for their wedding? It is just horrible!
On a separate note, I still cringe every time I see a photo of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Ewww.
Nuns suspended for going on wild Club 18-30 holiday - it seems that 12 nuns from the U.S. (supposedly) went on a trip and had sex with 43 men in 2 weeks. Because they wanted to experience sin.
Now if 12 nuns each had sex with one man, that is one thing. But 43 [...]
Hurricane Ivan has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression, but it’s out in the Gulf of Mexico again and is gaining speed - it will probably be upgraded to a Tropical Storm by the time it hits the Texas coast. It’s expected to hit Galveston Island by tomorrow night.
I had a feeling before that [...]
Since I made my love of Tom DeLay known yesterday (*cough, cough*), I think I should take a moment to point people to Texas Tuesdays and the informative posts about Richard Morrison, the man who is challenging House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and giving him a run for his money. You can read more [...]
I have a confession. I had no clue that Hurricane Charley was even out there until I heard some people at a restaurant talking about a Category 4 hurricane hitting Florida. Yeah, I get out of touch with the news sometimes. Oops.
With the hurricane season that we have had this year, I [...]
Tom DeLay’s latest comment about the assault weapons on the news? “It’s a feel-good piece of legistlation, and all it does is punish those people that live by the law, and it does nothing to keep assault weapons out of the hands of criminals.”
Thanks Tom; personally I would like to feel good.
If the law [...]
I just heard on the news that the Assault weapons ban expires today. Why? Really, WHO needs assault weapons? Are you going deer hunting with an assault weapon? Need a “street sweeper” to make sure you get the doves while you’re out hunting? Really?
I am even more disappointed in the [...]
Man Gets Jail Time For Playing Porn In Car
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — A New York judge is putting the brakes on one man’s porn-to-go.
Andre Gainey has been ordered to spend three weekends in jail. He was busted in February after police noticed there was a porno movie playing on the DVD system in his Mercedes.
Officers say [...]
Remember how I said yesterday that it was wicked hot here in Houston? Yeah, let me clarify that. It was a record breaking 104 degrees. 104. Ugh.
In other news, “Texans used a record 60,157 megawatts of power at Thursday’s peak hour, breaking the previous high of 59,098 set Wednesday.” You [...]
Hurricane Claudette sweeps ashore, but worst yet to come.
I wish I had a video camera this morning so I could record just how fast the clouds are moving. It’s just raining here, but we are under tornado watch advisory and flash flood warnings. It’s very wet and very gray outside - and windy!
If [...]
I’ve seen all over the place the news that Orrin Hatch wants to trash illegal downloaders’ PCs by blowing them up. (Michael Buffington’s being the most recent.) I haven’t seen as many people take note of the majorly ironic twist. The fact that, as Laurence Simon has pointed out, Senator Hatch’s site uses [...]
Channel 11 News is on. They just finished a segment about the fact that Canada is considering laws that will make same-sex marriages legal. Next up? A blurb about the Southern Baptist Convention. The Baptist are out with a new initiative tonight.
“It’s aimed at convincing gays that they CAN [...]
It seems that even though our government can’t give us proof of those weapons of mass distruction that we told the rest of the world that Iraq definitely had, we should just take their word for it. Powell has slammed the media for their Iraq WMD reports.
Powell said there was “no doubt whatsoever” that [...]
The economy is in a slump. Everyone is in a funk. I know! Let’s try A New Remedy for the Economic Blues — Hugging! There simply is “a lack of love in the modern world.” [via Kevin]
Speaking of spreading the love - I’m sending out some Happy Birthday hugs and [...]
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