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SHARKS! SHARKS! SHARKS! SHARKS! SHARKS! Mark my words, we are gonna take the cup this year! It's our year! Nabby's unbeatable...he stands on his head every night. Joe and Paddy are gonna run their lines to the goal, and Campbell and Mitchell will check the baddies to the ice. GO SHARKS!!!

I'm gonna have to agree with GPM...cider good, black pudding bad. It's 9:33am for me, so I'm not being naughty...yet. It's supposed to get to 86'F today, so by the afternoon the beer will be tapped.

I had peanuts...but no beer. Trying to make amends for last night

Woke up...got out of bed...dragged a come across my head... Oops, sorry, was inhabited by Sir Paul.

Or I could just go to work... In truth, my gymnastic ability leaves much to be desired, so that swings more into the Elwood realm. Is it possible to have 2 fathers?

I don't know what laws are like in NZ, but here in the States, in such situations the two parents can go to court (or arbitration) to work things out. It's meant so that the kids aren't unnecessarily deprived of one parent or another. Actually, in many divorce settlements that I know of, the parents agree that they won't live more than a certain distance from each other, basically to prevent this. Perhaps this is something that you can re-negotiate with your ex? Regardless, I wish you and your family nothing but luck. This will be rough.

I agree. I find myself watching more History International (which is a digital cable channel), but still. Terry Jones is great, I think, more because he's knowledgeable enough and he knows how to present something to a mass audience. The best at that, though, is Peter Weller, who we've talked about on here; he's a true academian and a long-time actor. Simcha Jacobovici is, well, different. I do enjoy watching 'The Naked Archeologist' simply because he's not afraid to show many sides and theories of the same problem. However, once I learned that he's not really an archeologist but a producer who is much in the same mold as James Cameron (using the media to explore his interests), it made more sense. He has a tendency to interview and include people who are controversial, and often notes the main arguments...it's certainly a refreshing change. This new season is quite interesting to me; he's moving away from such major Hebrew/Judean topics and getting into early Christian and contemporary topics. Admittedly, he's got me hooked!

I'm definitely more of a 4 whole fried chickens than a dry white toast girl...so I'm Joliet Jake's daughter?

First, if you've never heard of the Blues Brothers, educate yourself. Well, for many years now I've been convinced that I'm a/the lost long Blues Sister. Yes, true, I never was an orphan growing up in a convent; true enough, Curtis and the Penguin were never my mentors in life. But the blues live within me. As does Rhythm and Blues. It moves my soul, makes me sway to the beat, and makes me want dress in black suit, white shirt, black tie, and Raybans. Ok, so I was born in the year that SNL came to being, which is the beginning of the Blues Brothers. Still..."Blues Sister" sounds better than "Blues Daughter"...and on that note, whose daughter would I be? Jake's? Elwood's? Curtis'? So here I sit, Friday night, after a long week. Ok, so I'm drinking Sapphire and mineral waters (which, by the by, is an outstanding drink...it'll kick your habit of tonic water all together...get that nasty high-fructose corn syrup outta our system. And for those who are calorie conscience...there are none in this drink! Amen!), listening to R&B, Blues, and anything else which tickles my fancy. My landlord has FUBAR'd the cable (aka he forgot to pay the bill...again), so I can't watch TV. So, my friends, this means a night with Jake, Elwood, Curtis, the Penguin, Mac, the Louisiana Gator Boys, and the whole bunch. We will shake our tailfeather, look for someone to love, relive both Rawhide and Riders in the Sky, ask Matt "Guitar" Murphy to think and then ask him then for R-E-S-P-E-C-T, call Ed's Love Exchange, go down to Funky Nassau, and turn on my love light. Bella and I will dance (well, she doesn't know this yet...), we will enjoy the night, and we will be proud members of the Blues Kingdom!

*stands up and applauses loudly*

Out fricking standing. Kiwis 1, Baddies 0. I do hope that those tourists don't think poorly of NZ.

I thought that was ManU?

AMEN!!!

Why is it that most brides turn into bridezilla? In a word: stress Those who want (or, who are told by their mothers and/or mothers-in-law that they way) a big or medium sized wedding sit there and freak out over every minute detail. Flowers? Dress? Dinner? etc etc As for me, when that day comes for me, it will be simple: either quickie priest-led or judge-led ceremony, and dinner at a restaurant. No more than 50 people. I'd rather spend time on the honeymoon and/or living arrangements Now, the first anniversary? Oh, that'll be a bash. But by that time the pressure will be off, and there might even be a kid running around. But the wedding day isn't quite as special as everyone makes it out to be!

Re the college: When I was working on my bachelor's degree, there were these new plans for a new building on campus. Supposedly they hired this really hip and trendy architect to work with symbolic ideas for the design. By the time I finished my master's, the Social Sciences Building was up...and it is fugly. If you look from a bird's eye view, it's supposed to represent a geographical cross-section of California: mountain range (Coastal Range), valley (Central Valley), mountain range (Sierra Nevada). Whatever...perhaps if you're on acid. But once you see it on campus image 1 image 2, you understand why we the students called it the Death Star. It's hideously fugly. Now, granted UC Davis doesn't have a 'building uniform', where certain elements must be used in all buildings...so there is no congruency among the campus buildings. But still...this things is just wrong. Plain ass wrong.

Get me a full-time teaching position so that I can travel in the summer, then we'll talk! I'll be there in spirit...even if I have to have some Brown Ale during those 3 days to make up for things!

Sounds like a story of a friend of mine, who is mostly Cherokee...the same perception is sadly held about people who are 'natives', regardless of the area. Every time I think we as humans have taken one more evolutionary step, there's more than a few examples of how idiotic we as a group are. Thankfully not all of us have our heads in the sand.

Here here!

*whistles...* *gets her mitt and baseball...*

That's the best way for me, too. Although in a lower-division language class, sometimes that's not always possible. But I was always taught that if you can make your lecture more 'personal'--meaning, if you can make it so that you don't come off as a know-it-all and post open, thought-provoking questions that are relevant--you get the best discussion. Example: I used to hate literature courses, because the professors always seemed to be telling the students what the correct interpretation of a given passage was...instead of everyone bringing their own point of view. The most fun I ever had in a literature course was when I took Don Quixote, because the professor let us say what we saw in the literature. Now, I'm not saying every course can work that way, but certainly there is always room for interpretation.

Same here...have a great day!

Don Tomato's blog just makes me want to return to Dream World Welcome to the blogging community, CS!

Tell me about it...if I don't get any participation, I threaten the students with jumping jacks

And it's well-deserved, dammit. Working primarily at a community college, there's nothing more satisfying than to hear that one of your students is going to go onto a 4-year degree. For the benefit of the non-Americans, our educational system here has the 4-year universities (where one earns a Bachelor's degree, or more) and 'community colleges' or 'junior colleges'. These CCs offer several types of courses, and one can get their Associate's degree so that they can either enter into the workforce more prepared than the average high school graduate, or transfer into a 4-year university to finish their education. Most people who do this either came from poor educational backgrounds, poor socio-economic backgrounds, or both. There are many other roles, too, but that is primarily the central goal. One of my students is a typical transfer student. He's an immigrant from Mexico, whose family has very little in life but places a high value on education. Both he and his twin sister are students at our college, and are highly active in the campus and in the community. They're highly driven students who want to get their Bachelor's degree and help the Hispanic community in various ways. He's a true joy in the classroom, and wants to study communications and film, so that he can go to film school and eventually be a documentary film maker, with is central focus being on immigration and social justice. He just got the news at the end of last week: he's transferring to a very good 4-year public university...and a $20,000 scholarship!!!!!! While it won't give him a cushy life, it will pay for tuition, room and board, books, and pretty much make it so that if he does work, it's because he wants a little extra money. Basically, he doesn't have to worry about his educational costs. To put it mildly, I'm overflowing with pride. I think for me what makes this even better is that I spent the end of my Spring Break reading through applications for our college's scholarship. I don't know how many we'll give out--it depends on how much money we have--but of the 20 applications in my packet, there was only one which didn't describe such situations where students are working full time (or 2 part-time jobs), taking as many courses as they can so that they can finish their degrees, earn their goals, and provide for their family and community. I wanted to give them all money, and was actually getting depressed about it. It really humbles you and makes you realize how good you have things. But the news today just puts everything right...at least one person has been given the chance to fulfill his dreams, and I know with every cell in my body that he will achieve them all.