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Wooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo!
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/10/obama.energy/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
I am breathless with excitement. Actually hiring a scientist to oversee....science? What a revolutionary concept! -
Snow Days
Why didn't they cancel school today? ::Weeps:: It's still snowing in town, so it's got to be much worse in the mountains. Boo. -
Several Pressing Matters of Fact
Fact One: Tijeras has poor air quality.
A. Montoya has just been ranked in the 7th percentile in a recent USA Today/EPA study of schools with the most toxic air quality across the nation. As on certain days you can actually taste the chemicals that are wafting down the hill from the cement plant, I wasn't surprised. Maybe something will be done ( Read more... ) -
Conferences
Parent teacher conferences are almost over (all mine are over tomorrow, unless any get rescheduled - hope not!), and not a moment too soon. My voice really can't take much more of the hours of constant talking. I'm a quiet person! My vocal chords, I've come to realize, physically can't handle me talking a lot. Which is kind of weird, and a ( Read more... ) -
Pro-cras-tina-tion and bibliophelia.
Today is Memorial Day, which means I didn't have to go to work today. Hurray! I thought, believing I could get a great deal of work done today. And it's true - I could have ( Read more... ) -
OBAMA!!!
Woohoo! Man, 338 electoral votes (so far)? Dear Mr. Bush - that, dear sir, is a mandate ( Read more... ) -
On Patriotism
From the LA Times ( Read more... ) -
Elections
On the eve of our national election, I find that I am calmer and more circumspect than I would have anticipated. Part of it might just be I'm so darn tired, but another part is because of my job. It is certainly challenging all the time, but there's something amazing about the moment that true understanding just clicks with a child. They get it ( Read more... ) -
I am so fantastically awesome!
Or at least, my Halloween costume is. I went to the thrift store, and got almost everything I needed for my Amelia Peabody costume for under 20 bucks. Now I just need a parasol (hidden sword optional but preferred) and my utility belt with excavation tools, pistol, rope, candle, matches, and flask ( Read more... )