Even More on the SG Front
From the Suicide Girls FAQ: 1.06 The staff wasn’t fair to me, who can I make an appeal to? No one. Whining about things not being fair is for grade school kids and college professors. Those of us who live in the real world think you should shut up and move on. Things are becoming [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten, 2nd ed.
John Coltrane – Stardust Tom Waits – Jersey Girl Rolling Stones – Not Fade Away Portishead – It Could Be Sweet Ani Difranco – Out of Habit Indigo Girls – Closer to Fine (live) Nick Drake – Time of No Reply Kanye West – Gold Digger (I know…) The Clash – Janie Jones Bob Dylan [...]
...read moreIn Memory: Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley, the first black woman to be a federal judge, the first female Manhattan borough president, and the first black woman to serve in the New York State Senate died two days ago, at 84. Judge Motley was at the center of the firestorm that raged through the South in the two decades [...]
...read moreAt the Vatican, Exceptions Make the Rule
An interesting take on the Vatican through the lens of Italian law. Although this is a difficult point for many Anglo-Saxons to grasp, when the Vatican makes statements like “no gays in the priesthood,” it doesn’t actually mean “no gays in the priesthood.” It means, “As a general rule, this is not a good idea, [...]
...read moreAfter the Love is Gone
I can totally relate.
...read moreMore on the Suicide Girls
Another article that covers the details of grievances aired by the departed/fired models included this bit of chat: Nexi: they havent just lost 30 models nexi: they lost 30 models this month LAist: Do models sign contracts with SG? nexi: yes nexi: its standard contract. LAist: what would be the ideal situation for models at [...]
...read moreHelp Your Desperate Blogger
I need your help for my upcoming teaching practicum. Please bear with me while I explain. Instruction on grammar and usage has become a requirement for all English classrooms K-12 through NCLB, instruction that was often avoided by many Language Arts teachers before it was nationally mandated. Even after the mandate, teachers remain intimidated by [...]
...read moreWhy Make the Bed?
Before I grabbed the camera, I caught Doug licking Pablo again. By the time I got back to my room they were pretending to sleep. Sneaky little dudes. As much as Pablo protests, he likes teh gay off-camera. In other news we got to visit three-week-old kittens on Ethan’s birthday. They were so cute even [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – The Back 2 High School Edition
1) Melt Banana – Showroom Dummies 2) The Unicorns – Sea Ghost 3) French Disco – Collapse on Sound 4) Queen – Bicycle Race (don’t ask) 5) The Marine Girls – On My Mind 6) Al Green – I’m Glad You’re Mine 7) Jeff Buckley – Forget Her 8) Nina Simone – I Put a [...]
...read moreFour Days
Roughly four days and you may never see me again (to answer some readers’ hopes and prayers). I’ll be student teaching. I imagine it will appear something like this: Hellfire, caffeine, and books. Sort of like college. Or high school. I have no idea how much free time this experience will leave me, but I [...]
...read morePraise the Lord!
Well, folks, I’ve had a change of heart. Forget all that nonsense about not imposing my religious beliefs on others. Let’s just say it all together: Praise the Lord NOW!
...read moreArchives
I love it when we have a dust-up over the blog, in part because it reminds me to reconfigure the archives. Forty-four is no longer the magic number.
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