Last week I got the bright idea that I’m tired of paying $200 to board the dogs for 4 days every time we want to take a short weekend trip. We have a large fenced yard, and they are after all, dogs. It would be cheaper to leave them in the yard and pay a […]

A reader supplied this link. The post, written by the Superintendent of Schools for Dinwiddie County, Virginia, exhibits the usual myopic viewpoint of somebody so ingrained in the system that they simply can not see the truth around them.
The commenters at the original post have already covered all the rebuttals, so there is no need […]

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Fred First’s 2nd book, What We Hold In Our Hands, reads much like how I imagine a conversation with him over an iced tea would proceed. A wide range of topics, all approached with a naturalist’s eye and the gentle yet wry humor of a southern gentleman. Fred has a level of contentment with his […]

As I sit here listening to Butch Walker, a guy who can actually write a damn good song, I’m trying to process just how much suck is contained in this year’s Idol ballad. And to think it took 3 co-writers to produce that level of suck. I just don’t get how Hollywood works.
That said, Kris […]

Health Alliance on Alcohol – Tips for Parents During Prom/Graduation Season. Live chat Thursday at 12:30 PM EST.

I have to admit to never hearing of this book prior to 5 minutes ago. However, Cory Doctorow makes it sound like something every homeschooler / unschooler will enjoy.
The first half of Robert Nifkin is your everyday Pinkwater: convulsively funny, zany, biting. There’s plenty of biting, zany and funny in the second half, too, […]

I was planning on adding a better picture or video to this, but I can’t find anything online. Half the audience had iPhones – where are all those videos and pictures? There is nothing on YouTube or Flickr. So we’ll have to make do with this cell phone picture I took while Tonic was on […]

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