Oh, you wicked world. It's only Tuesday and I desperately want it to be Friday.

What is new with my LJ amigos? It seems like there was a pick-up in entries from various people over the last few weeks and now there is a bit of a lull. I really should add here that I don't comment as much as I should but I do read a lot. Oh well... people update at ( Read more... )

You may have caught the story involving a Facebook flame war between Willow and Bristol Palin and their "friends" in regards to one friend's post about Sarah Palin's Alaska, the new highly rated TLC cable program, being a "fail".

The gist of it boils down to this: A "friend" of 16 year-old Willow posted an opinion on his Facebook status. Willow ( Read more... )

I visited with my parents over the weekend and somehow we got on the subject of public schools and the challenges many school districts across the country are facing when it comes to budget cuts, teacher layoffs, and eliminating programs and classes, ranging from theater and music to physical education ( Read more... )

Let me open this on an important premise: Despite what you may think or what some politicians may say, we (that being the United States of America) do not have the best health care in the free world. We have a profitable health care system and we may very well be the most innovative when it comes to medical research, but in terms of delivery basic ( Read more... )

A small request for my LJ amigos and peeps today ( Read more... )

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Had a wonderful holiday... lots of yummy food... lots of family... lots of smiles on the faces of my two wonderful little monkeys and my amazingly awesome wife who always makes everything beautiful ( Read more... )

Networks have to be cautious.

Bloggers don't.

Obama has just been projected to win Ohio.

It's over. He's going to win the election.

J

I had a nice Facebook chat exchange with a friend this morning about the election ( Read more... )

I'm a political junkie. It is part of my profession to be that to some egree but it's also in my bloodstream. I was raised to be an informed citizen; a character trait instilled by both my parents and also by a number of very good educators ( Read more... )