I Read Banned Books

I love going to see a sappy movie by myself, telling my husband about how great it was later, and attempting to guilt him into seeing it again with me “like all the other men in the theater.” I went to see Must Love Dogs today after depositing Monkey Boy and a friend in [...]

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“Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?”- Umm-dumb
I found this Bushism and couldn’t resist making it the caption for this picture. I think I’ll do this on a regular basis with the school year beginning in only 29 more days.

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Today was Pamper Me Day 1. I hate it when I hear certain ethnicities say, “I gots my nails did,” but today I gots my nails did. Both sets that is. For someone who hates to show her feet to others, I do love pedicures. However, it had been so long since my last one [...]

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This Forbes article should really keep your blog addiction (I mean, fascination) going.

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This news report is just what all teachers want to see on the 11 o’clock broadcast. She is a former student who was in an elective class I taught to at-risk middle schoolers with truancy issues several years ago at an inner-city school. I guess I did not have the impact I had hoped for [...]

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Anonymity is nearly impossible on the Internet in this day and age. It was one of the reasons that I waited a long time before starting a blog. I have never been one to reveal my innermost thoughts and feelings, but lately I have revealed much more about myself in this blog than I do [...]

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Crawford, Texas (not AP) - A tragic fire this morning destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. The fire began in the presidential bathroom where both of the books were kept. Both have been lost.
A presidential spokesman said the president was devastated, as he had almost finished coloring the [...]

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