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Meaningless Rant

In the grand scheme of things, it’s really not a big deal.ย  But it’s something that has bothered me on and off for years, and I’m going to complain now. When you watched Sister Act (come on, you know you saw it) whose voice caught your attention?ย  Was it Whoopi?ย  Was it the whole choir? […]

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NCLB = A Tale Told By an Idiot

You know the end of that, right?ย  “Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”ย  Except for the factย  that over-worked, under-funded, highly devoted, under-paid people have to try to fulfill the idiocy.ย  Or be penalized.ย  Quoting from this site: Not a single state will have a highly qualified teacher in every core class this school

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A Day Off

I had group tonight.ย  So I gave myself the night off, and didn’t write.ย  Somehow it bothers me less to say it that way, than when I say I didn’t have any time to write.ย  Which is the truth of the matter.ย  *sigh* It should not be so hard to maintain a decent writing pace,

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Censorship?

My Microsoft Encarta COLLEGE THESAURUS does not contain “gay” or “homesexuality.”ย  Under “sexuality” it has neither homo- or hetero-, so it’s not as bad as it could be, but–excuse me?ย  Exactly what are we afraid of college students learning from a thesaurus? grrr…

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Too Hot…

Yes, it is Arizona.ย  It’s also an air-conditioned building.ย  So who can tell me why it was 84 degrees in my office at 9 a.m.?ย  No, I don’t want to hear the babble about how it’s the contractor’s job, it’s still under warranty, or it’s the district’s job, it’s the building, not the AC that’s

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Horrid, Hideous, and Never-Ending…

If I only had me to support, I’d have quit today.ย  If I had a publishing contract, I might have taken a chance, jumped off the “security” cliff and bet on growing wings on the way down.ย  If I’d already bought the new-to-me car I’m going to have to have… Usually I’m not the complaining

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Back-Door Draft?

That’s what Senator Kerry called it, and that’s what it looks like. Quoting from this site: The U.S. Army has forced about 50,000 soldiers to continue serving after their voluntary stints ended under a policy called “stop-loss,” but while some dispute its fairness, court challenges have fallen flat. The policy applies to soldiers in units

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