One of the greatest things about having my own blog is that I can give mad props to my friends in bands. This is my friend Greg Hassett doing an amazing cover of Elvis Costello’s “Oliver’s Army.”
As a history teacher, I should have figured out after twenty or more years of listening [...]
Filed under: General Observations on November 26th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
Wednesday November 28 at 3:00 PM
Rally and Press Conference Scheduled at 2:00 PM at Bath Town Hall
Danny Burns, Mark Scibilia-Carver, Ellen Grady, Todd Saddler, and Chris Tate are scheduled to appear for sentencing before Judge Chauncy Watches this Wednesday November 28th. The five were convicted of Criminal Trespass in the third degree, a misdemeanor, [...]
Filed under: General Observations on November 26th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
I wasn’t sure what I was expecting from the Eagles’ new release “Long Road Out of Eden.” I was reasonably sure from the title that I would get a good dose of anti-imperialism from Don Henley, my favorite angry white California Muslim. I wanted at least a glimpse of greatness that is “Hotel [...]
Filed under: Music, Politics, Reviews on November 23rd, 2007 | Add Comment! »
My atheist friends are lucky. They get to watch the Christian right with a degree of detached amusement.
Those of us who have some degree of spirituality get a heavenly buzz kill every time we hear about the doings of the Christian right. I’m not even Christian, but just knowing that I share [...]
Filed under: Politics on November 22nd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I recently went to my first Silpada Jewelry party. My friends Kate and Jimmy were hosting a Silpada “Couples” party, which meant the women would all ooh and ahhh over the jewelry while the men paid partial attention and it ordered it from the omnipresent and slightly scary Silpada corporate rep. Or, [...]
Filed under: General Observations on November 21st, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Our house was built in the early 1960’s and was remodeled in the 1970’s with the worst decorations in the world. We’ve spent months stripping away layer after layer of hideous wall paper throughout the house. Our kitchen cabinets couldn’t ever have been considered attractive, even in the 70’s. Most of our [...]
Filed under: General Observations on November 18th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
At the beginning of most of my American History lessons I play a song to get my students thinking about the lesson. Friday I was teaching about Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan and so I wanted to use the Pink Floyd song “Money.” My kids are high school juniors, and I’ve been teaching long [...]
Filed under: Teaching on November 17th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
Last week I gave a lesson in my US History classes that I give every year, and my kids’ reactions always surprise me and them. I give them a quiz I made up a few years ago that gives a pretty crude picture of what political party they most closely identify [...]
Filed under: Politics on November 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Hey you! Dude in front of me driving 61 miles an hour right now. This is a freaking country road. If you’re going to speed show some chutzpah and push it up to 65 or 70.
61 is just not acceptable on these roads. If you don’t want to drive fast that’s [...]
Filed under: General Observations on November 13th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This has been the deadliest month of fighting thus far in the war in Afghanistan. Usually Iraq gets the dub’yus (new spelling of dubious) honor, but apparently the Ol’ Taliban is kicking it up a notch. It’s been a pretty deadly month in Iraq too, but we’re used to hearing that. It’s [...]
Filed under: Politics on November 12th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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