Up on my soapbox
TheIowaChannel.com reports that there is a PUBLIC school in Marshalltown, Iowa that is part of a ‘pilot program’ that teaches children in English for half the day and Spanish the Continue Reading →
Month: August 2004
…and I’ll ramble on…
So the job search continues on, with little sign of any interest on any of the thirteen-some-odd fronts I have been searching. There’s a job fair up at the zoo Continue Reading →
Invitations
I realized the other day that I have a number of Gmail accounts to give away – anyone wanting one should email me. We’re talking a whole gigabyte of storage Continue Reading →
A bit of shopping
As you know, my backpack was stolen from my car a few weeks ago, and I’ve been travelling a bit light without it. Since the back-to-school sales are in full Continue Reading →
Here’s a wonderful idea
ISPs gang up on spammer-run websites | The Register Here’s the short version: send out spam with a website link, and the ISP shuts down your website, thus removing the Continue Reading →
Soldier sues over extension of combat tour
The Oregonian has this story about what is being called by some a “back-door draft”. Here’s a snippet: The soldier’s lawsuit contests an increasingly controversial tool used by the Army Continue Reading →
The politics of Star Trek
I was reading this over at Frizzen Sparks, and one of the comments got me to thinking. The commentor stated that ants, bees and the Borg are socialist, but this Continue Reading →
Fiction
I have been doing some more writing lately, one of the reasons I haven’t been blathering on about other things. I expanded the original story some, and have a cast Continue Reading →
I hate Mondays
Well, I talked to the EMC’s husband today, and they are seriously considering moving out of the area soon, due to the rising cost of housing here in the Rose Continue Reading →
Unlucky 13?
Today happens to be Friday the 13th, what many people refer to as an unlucky day. This has rarely been the case in my family. Today, my son proved that Continue Reading →