I'm in Austin until Wednesday for a conference sponsored by TEA and the Texas Assessment Professionals Association.  Learning all about TAKS and how to be a successful district testing coordinator.  The content of the work sessions is most likely going to be pretty dull, but the Texas assessment program is HUGE, and I do have a lot to learn, so ( Read more... )

1. If you could, would you be a movie star or a rock star? Which one, and why?
A movie star.  I can't sing, and I like acting, so it's a natural fit.  I don't think I'd like the media/paparazzi aspect of it, though.

2. Have you ever been in the media (TV, radio, papers)?
I was in the paper a lot when I was in high school.  In college I was in the ( Read more... )

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Check it out and go vote for this kid's video. He's from my hometown and gives me hope for the future of homophobic Venango County ( Read more... )

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1) If you had to move 100 miles or more to the north, east, west, or south, which would you choose, where would you end up, and what's so great about there?
Well, let's see....100 miles due east puts me in the Gulf of Mexico.  100 miles due south or due west puts me in Mexico, and as fun as it is to visit, I really don't want to live there.  And 100 ( Read more... )

OMFG...it's about time!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/rumsfeld.ap/index.html

Way to make me proud, Pennsylvania!
Go, Bob Casey, go!

1) What was the first CD/Record/Album/Artist you ever bought and what format was it in? (Vinyl/Cassette/CD/MP3 Download)?
I don't remember exactly the first CD I bought, but some of them were: Alanis Morrissette "Jagged Little Pill,"  TLC "Crazysexycool," The Friends soundtrack and a Celine Dion CD (but I don't remember which one...).  I was ( Read more... )