My first garden attempt was destroyed by the tornado last month. The plants were crushed, ripped and in some cases, vanished without a trace. The pots that held them were completely shattered. As gardens go, it was an utter failure. I started over with garden attempt number two. This time, I scavenged old flowerpots and […]
girl teen: “Google it.” boy teen: “My teacher says Yahoo is better.” girl teen: “It’s 2011. Use Google.”
“How do they ship ladybugs?” “Frozen, I think.” “Cryogenic aphid management system?” “No. High tech pest control.” “I dont think you can get more low tech than ladybugs. Especially if they are frozen and dead.”
Takei Merchandiseikoni
Please do not pass legislation mandating school calendars. Leave that decision in the capable hands of local school boards. You already know how low ACT scores, graduation rates and subject area benchmarks are for Tennessee’s children. You have seen the reports from Tennessee universities that most incoming freshmen need remedial coursework before they can begin […]
When you cease to investigate and report facts so that you can focus on repeating opinions found on social media sites, you are an opinion aggregator and not news. When your economic model is HuffPo’s make money off free submissions from users, you do not have reporters and are not news. User submitted pictures of […]
via sms: “I can’t talk right now. I’m working on three stars.”
Maybe I wasn’t paying attention, but I don’t think anyone warned me that aging: shows up first in your hands. As children, we must spend large quantities of time staring at our parents’ hands, because every so often I find myself staring at my hand in amazement at how much it looks like my mother’s. […]
When the southern strategy was cleverly played to use fear and ignorance for political gain, did people know it was happening the way we are currently aware of the religion strategy being used for the same political game?
Me: “What’s in your mouth?” Evan: “Gum.” Me: “Where did you get gum?” Evan: “I scraped it off the street.” – – – – – – – Amy: “Are nuns real or pretend?” – – – – – – – Me: “Call me when the banquet is finished.” Noah: “Okay. Bye.” an hour later Evan: […]