For my librarians, a cartoon:
Kaylee: Can I? Zoe: Sure. He's out, though. Kaylee: He did this for me, once.
'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Vortex - Aug 14, 2009 5:30:09 am PDT #19672 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
juliana - Aug 14, 2009 5:33:45 am PDT #19673 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
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?
tommyrot - Aug 14, 2009 5:35:00 am PDT #19674 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What could go wrong?
North Dakota has more nukes?
(Or is it South Dakota?)
Gudanov - Aug 14, 2009 5:38:35 am PDT #19675 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
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.
Barb - Aug 14, 2009 5:50:32 am PDT #19676 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
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.
Gudanov - Aug 14, 2009 5:59:24 am PDT #19677 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
That sounds stressful. I hope it goes well. Being a trained teacher has to help. We've been lucky so far with a principal who has been willing to work with us.
Connie Neil - Aug 14, 2009 5:59:42 am PDT #19678 of 30000
brillig
There's a history of swinging both ways when it comes to such matters.
I've been trying to come up with something to respond to this properly, but I'm too asleep.
Sparky1 - Aug 14, 2009 6:17:39 am PDT #19679 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Poor Nate with the stress. Lucky Nate with the mom that is Barb!
sj - Aug 14, 2009 6:18:51 am PDT #19680 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
(((DJ))) I didn't know about the miscarriage. I'm so sorry.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Aug 14, 2009 6:33:19 am PDT #19681 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
You have to wonder what you're doing wrong when half of your candidates, who had all seemed really keen on the job, don't turn up for interview at all...
Otherwise, pretty good set of people. Now I need to choose. I always get this part wrong.
Barb - I'm so impressed with parents who homeschool when schools won't include their kids properly. It's terrible that some schools can't be more inclusive of young people who don't fit their standard molds. (I was one of those kids. I eventually ended up in private school. Homeschooling isn't done much here, but I would have preferred it!)
Yay for kicking firsts!