• I finally heard someone in the local political race say exactly what I wanted to hear on education on yesterday's morning news. Basically when asked about what he wanted to change he said what almost everyone says: more hours in the classroom. BUT THEN added, as part of the 'after school' program he wants to initiate parents will have to show a ( Read more... )

So I've been having issues with Comcast, as you may have noticed ( Read more... )

Okay, they've been having service outages for the past 36 hours. I keep calling and saying, "You losers have issues" and they keep crediting my account. This is to the good... for measures of good that equal 'yeah, our service SUCKS but we won't charge you for that ( Read more... )

So my phone rings ( Read more... )

• Machine #1: The Phone.  If I have to tell one more call center and/or the college they put me in touch with that AT THE END OF A MASTERS PROGRAM IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, I ACTUALLY EXPECT TO, YOU KNOW, BE CERTIFIED BY MY STATE TO TEACH HIGH INCIDENCE SPECIAL ED there will be blood.  I have to keep telling these info-farm centers that there is NO POINT ( Read more... )

Got a call this morning. "You won a Caribbean cruise ( Read more... )