I appear to be acquiring the faintest hints of a social life, and I must confess, I'm finding the whole thought rather daunting. After spending what seems like most of my life either at work or at home raising the kid and trying to keep the house from falling down around our ears, I've actually met a guy I like, who likes me back, and am ( Read more... )

and it looks like the kid is going to have a good year in school--making good grades, likes her teachers, loves her classes--the teachers vote to go on strike. Two and a half months into the school year, no less. Because apparently, someone woke up one morning and realized "Oh shit, the teachers' contract expires today." The school board didn't ( Read more... )

Took the kid to the Shakespeare Festival last night to see Much Ado About Nothing.It was a rather...odd production. They chose to relocate the setting to a late 19th century Wild West town. Leonato was a saloon/hotel owner, Beatrice was the hotel manager, Benedick and Claudio were cowboys, Don Pedro was a sort of Buffalo Bill type, with long ( Read more... )

Just received word that a young man I know was killed Saturday in Iraq. Jeremiah was 22 and left behind a four year old daughter. All because of the idiot politicians in Washington dragging us into this senseless bullshit. I am just completely at a loss for words.

...but I really don't understand people some times. I work in a retail establishment. At midnight last night a new video game console was released. All well and good. However, we had people who arrived at the store at 8 am Tuesday and camped out waiting for this game to be released at midnight Friday morning. And it wasn't just at the store I ( Read more... )

After about a dozen people nagged at me to start this thing, I finally did. And doesn't it just figure, now that I'm here, be damned if I know what to write. Oh well, at least this first entry is started. I'm sure I'll come up with something to say sooner or later. I usually do. But now I'm going to enjoy the first weekend I've had off in months