School Education It’s amazing how out of touch some people can be. Take for example our secretary of education, Mr. Rod Paige. He decides to call the NEA a terrorist organization and now is having to explain himself. His critique is that the NEA goes against the wishes of many teachers when it comes to …
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Link on the War and memory holes
Link on the war and memory holes Molly Ivin’s latest column
Baseball
Baseball If the mere thought of sports turns you off, you can go ahead and skip this article. However, if you’d like to read about local folly, please, allow me to elucidate. Tom Hicks is the owner of the Texas Rangers and the Dallas Stars. He is a very wealthy man who has done lots …
Love, exciting and new
Love, exciting and new… Today marks 10.5 years of marriage for Laureen and me. Yay us! In many ways, I’m the luckiest man alive. Happy V Day.
Birthing Classes, Insurance, and the Meaning Of It All
Birthing Classes, Insurance, and The Meaning Of It All We finished our series of birthing classes yesterday, which means that all of a sudden, I can do things on Wednesday nights again (such as play doubles racquetball, hint, hint). It also means that I have learned a lot about childbirth, the stages of labor, and …
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Insurance woes
Insurance woes It just keeps getting better with our insurance situation. Background: We decided to switch to GISD’s benefits after mine expired thinking that it would be cheaper than COBRA. Well, as it turns out, it is cheaper, but the benefits are really, really bad. So, we decided to try and switch to COBRA so …
Middlekauff Ford – dubious track record
Middlekauff Ford – dubious track record As I mentioned yesterday, we’ve been having some issues with the truck-formerly-driven-by-me (now christened “The Schlomobile” by Laureen–I have never felt a need to anthropomorphize a vehicle, but all of Laureen’s cars have had names. I’m currently driving “Scoupey”). Basically, the right rear wheel was wobbling wildly. We took …
Insurance Follies
Insurance Follies I’ve got so much fun stuff to talk about today, I don’t know where to begin, but I’ll pick something. 1. Work – The adjustment back to being a member of the working class has been somewhat hard. The drive is 22.5 miles each way to and from work, and I have to …
Second Class Citizens and other things
Second Class Citizens and other happy fun stuff Greetings. It’s been awhile, but hey, I’m back. The second class went just fine. No fainting, and they even showed a film on a woman receiving an epidural. I’m glad that we had breathing exercises to do before they showed the film, however. I wasn’t able to …
a first class experience
A First Class Experience Yesterday was the first in a series of prepared childbirth classes that Laureen and I are taking in preparation for Jacob’s arrival. It was in the same building as my doctor’s office is in, which is a Good Thing. The fact that it’s next door to Richardson Regional Memorial Hospital is …