"Oh, yeah, I'm a Wiseass. Reformed. But only partially." (well, I think it's the only spiritual path I've managed to stick to. Either that, or Populist. I've learned a lot about other ones, and liked some of all of them, but I don't think of them as Mine, though I kind of wanted to...part of me really wants a conversion experience.Not the scary Yusuf Islam kind) but I'm afraid I shot my wad with The Wire and Entourage

Baylor hospital is one of the better ones in Dallas. On the one hand when Jon and I were roomates/sorta dating, they wouldn't let us share a room when we both got food poisoning.

On the other hand, when I had a miscarriage back in April, I could not have been more pleased with the way I was treated by the staff.

They have a major disability research center too.

That's a lot more stringent and defined than the Jesuit college where I taught. They asked for my religion ("sarcastic") and how I planned to bring God into the classroom (er, Deus ex Machina was all I had) but didn't fret about the responses. And kept renewing me.

Heh. Jesuits are...not like other Catholic orders.

I also had to take a loyalty oath when I went to work for the U. of California to work there.

so, like if Calfornia seceded from the Union, you'd have to fight on their side?

For my librarians, a cartoon:

Internet v. Library

so, like if Calfornia seceded from the Union, you'd have to fight on their side?

Dude, I'm fighting for CA. Our economy may be kerfucked, but we have awesome wineries and breweries, plus The Mystery Spot. What could go wrong?

What could go wrong?

North Dakota has more nukes?

(Or is it South Dakota?)

I'm not sure where Missouri would come down in such a Civil War. There's a history of swinging both ways when it comes to such matters.

So we just made the decision to pull Nate from middle school and enroll him in Florida Virtual school. With the beginning of the school year just over a week away, he had been getting more and more stressed and fretful and it was manifesting in physical symptoms (stomach aches and throwing up) and emotional outbursts-- like bursting into tears when the doctor innocently asked him about school.

I know that school, in general, can be stressful, and I know the public schools as a whole, have got shit issues with budget cuts, but as a trained teacher, it infuriates me no end that the teachers are so willing to throw a kid like Nate to the wolves rather than try to work with us to figure out what's best for him. I know they've got thirty kids they have to shuffle in every hour, but I really hate them trying to make me feel as if my kid's some kind of spoiled brat because he doesn't fit within the comfy, socionormative parameters that would make life easier for them.

So I guess I'm a homeschooling mom again. Now to talk to Abby and see if she wants to do this or not.