There’s TV before 11 pm?

I never saw a single episode of Friends when it was a popular series. After the series ended, I watched every single episode on late night television. The same for Frasier, Will & Grace and a dozen other television programs. Who has time to sit and stare at the television when there’s homework to print, […]

getting in the holiday mood

Nothing like a week of horror movie quality nosebleeds to get you in the mood for Halloween. Noah’s clothes, sheets and towels look like they were used to clean up a crime scene.

blogging rule #253

Read other blogs daily. I may have a “to do” list that would require cloning and a riff in the time/space continuum to complete, but I always start my day by reading other blogs. It might be after bedtime before I get to make a post of my own, but that’s okay. Just like listening […]

Want a new kitten?

Call your local trash service and ask if they have any kittens available. Apparently, pet population control is just a matter of tossing litters of tiny kittens into dumpsters and trash cans, with and without plastic bags to suffocate them quicker. Under appreciated trash collectors are compassionately sifting through foul smelling waste to rescue the […]

romanticizing the past and ignoring the future

A recurring theme at School Matters is the rose colored glasses view of the past. “We never had problems like that when I was in school.” Yet, nobody recognizes that past generations failed to learn their duty as American citizens to VOTE. Should we blame the schools or the parents for politicians who don’t know […]

Have you entered Problogger’s 4th giveaway?

Problogger‘s Birthday Bash has announced its fourth prize. You could win TWO 20-inch FlatronWide L206WU USB-based monitors provided by DisplayLink by creating a post and linking back to the kickoff post then going to the DisplayLink post and adding a comment with your link and the word DisplayLink below it (case is important!). http://domesticpsychology.com/blog/2007/10/03/probloggers-4th-giveaway-is-listed/ DisplayLink […]

Sunshine guessing

I will go on record with my guess on the outcome of the Sunshine trial as “not guilty”. Of course I know that what happened was completely unethical. Almost all of the local bloggers will agree on that. Bloggers are a very vocal minority in Knoxville, but most Knoxvillians don’t ever bother to vote in […]

recruiters of every kind

While the calls to Tommy from military recruiters seem to have vanished, one small college has gone into recruitment overdrive. They call multiple times each day, especially during school hours. Are they that desperate for students? Are they trying to reach a quota of special needs students? I’m a bit confused. I thought Tennessee had […]

free people read freely

Pause for a moment from your busy week and read this. I’ll wait. Hmmmm . . . Did you read it? Really? Good. Then you’ve read a banned book. Now, go read another one.

give one, get one

Wouldn’t it be great to give one to a child in a developing nation and get one for a child in rural Appalachia?