Well I've been on Facebook long enough now to regret Friending at least one person, who changes his pic constantly and updates about 50X a day in a desparate bid for attention....today he posted about how shallow the Academy Awards were and how fake actors and actresses are although it's clear he watched it from beginning to end ( Read more... )

Well I have joined Facebook...something I said I'd never do....sigh. Mostly because hubby did. It'll be really nice if he agrees to friend me, haha. I'll have to keep it really clean, of course, because my students know my name and I wouldnt' put it past them to look me up. But I would have to friend them for them to see my page, correct? (still ( Read more... )

One of my New Year's resolutions is to stop reading the online version of our local paper, the Times-Dispatch. The main reason behind this is their obsession with allowing comments on almost all stories. Well, people being people, the comments are often vitriolic and often contain thinly-veiled racism, mostly when people post things like "that's ( Read more... )

Recently my dog ruptured a salivary gland and it encysted, leading to surgery to the tune of $1800.00...still waiting to see what the insurance company will reimburse me. What shocked me was not the price of the treatment but the reaction of some of my acquaintances and co-workers who expressed shock that I was paying out this kind of money for a ( Read more... )

I swear I'm seriously starting to think that when I get the proper number of grad bio credits I'm going to go teach at the community college level. The older I get, the more tired I get with all the fucking drama that comes with teaching high school teens gets. It seems to get worse every year (it's probably me). Sometimes I suspect horrible " ( Read more... )

I'm worried about this election. I'm really worried a lot of young adults (18-29) won't show up on Election Day, and it'll slip away from us again.

So Kathy Griffin was in town Tuesday night and sold out. I was lucky enough to snag tickets. And when I say lucky, I mean lucky. She was so fucking hilarious I really thought I might have an accident. I love her (as much as I can "love" somebody I've never met).
$$$$ well spent in this shitty economy.

If you've become addicted to Chipotle, here's a useful site ( Read more... )

Just discovered that the four columns on the front porch need to be replaced...even DIYing it, it won't be cheap ( Read more... )

Won an Ipod shuffle through answering a teacher survey!
I'm sure it's the smallest one, but it's my favorite kind of technology- FREE.. :-D