Things related to that reality thing people are always going on about.
Okay, when I watched it, it was Battle of the Planets. And when I see it now, I wince. How could I have loved it so? But there was a time when 7 a.m. every Sunday, found me creeping downstairs to beat the tv into submission, trying valiantly to capture that channel that could be […]
It’s good to have a place I can go and say, “I hate the entire world. Yes, that includes you. I wish everyone would go away.” It doesn’t happen, but it’s good to be able to say it. And to know that everyone I say it to, knows EXACTLY what I mean.
Like-Minded People Read More ยป
I started on a Suicide Survivors’ group, but I’m not done whining, and I don’t want to bore them. So I’ll continue here. But before I do, these are the rules: anyone wishing to comment may contribute their own complaints, or express sympathy with mine, but do not, under any circumstances, offer encouragement or advice!
Whine Night, Extended Read More ยป
Finally, SOMETHING seems to be working for Miss Center of the Known Universe. Today in her karate lesson, her teacher asked her to practice her kicks, while she helped someone else. The teacher told her to do ten. Hope did ten, and then, when the teacher was still busy, went on to twenty. Then thirty,
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I need to learn to snarl. I’ve tried polite requests, I’ve tried leaving my piles of work in plain sight, and I’ve tried plain old “no.” Nothing works. Every single teacher, administrator, counselor and librarian is absolutely convinced I am the only person who can look up student’s schedules and phone numbers, as well as
This world can be really depressing, you know? A woman came to register her thirteen-year-old daughter for school today. School started two weeks ago. While I looked over the paperwork, she and her oldest daughter discussed the relative values of prescription painkillers. When I informed the woman that she did not live in an area
Have you ever wondered, the sort of things people call schools about? (Of course you have!) Conversation yesterday : ::Ring!:: “__________ Middle School Attendance.” “Hi, I registered my daughter this week, and I want to know why no one told me I have to call you when she’s not going to be there.” Long silence.
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