Last night I watched "Dances with Wolves" and "Arachnophobia" and, today, I watched "Homeroom." At the end of each, I felt like I had a profound thought. As if I finally understood what those movies were about, got the message, and applied the knowledge internally. Weird.

On Wednesday I got a question from a student that I'd never thought I'd get. "What's an X-rated movie?" @_@ WTF? It was from a Catholic High School Entrance Exam booklet that *we* have in the center. It tells a story about this teacher that shows his students a bunch of films of different types and finds that a majority likes them all. The one ( Read more... )

As I was leaving for work today, I rushed out to get the mail and was startled by not one, not two, not three but four police cruisers parked across the street at my new neighbors house. There was a woman cuffed sitting on the hood of one of the cruisers talking with one officer and two more were headed into the backyard to check something out. ( Read more... )

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Had to put this here for posterity. We not only seem to be getting lazier, but, for some reason, we don't want to interact with other humans as well.

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