Contrary to assertions made in newspaper reports this morning, Department of Education officials say there is NOT a problem with school grades in Manatee County or anywhere else in the state. "Absolutely, definitively not," DOE spokesman Tom Butler told The...
It's been a "Twilight Zone" kinda few days.Firstly, T and I got into it yesterday. Mostly because I can't convince her to take school seriously. All I requested was that she hand over her cell phone for the few hours of the day that she should be focusing on school. She dug in her heels and refused, stating that she could do both. Well, the past several months proves otherwise. I hate the tension
Lets be honest here. I don’t know of any songwriter that likes the thought of re-writing their work.
You hear stories of songs that “almost wrote themselves”. Hit songs that were written in ten minutes, in one sitting. I wonder how many times it actually happens that way?
Imagine being an author for a moment.
The average word-count [...]
I believe that even after two or three dirty bombs go off, the US will survive just fine - we are a strong country. As to why we will be attacked? What do you think Islamic terrorists will do after Obama yanks our troops out of Iraq? Retire?
Hijab-a-scooterOriginally uploaded by aymanshamma.I am using the free WiFi at the JetBlue terminal in JFK. Laptops outnumber passengers without them. I should be in Las Vegas shortly after midnight EST. So I decided to dash off this post before my plane departs; I can't wait for Internet in the Sky.
If this country asked Muslims to eat pork - I would stand up for their rights because it is compulsory in Islam to avoid the eating of pork. If this country asked Muslims to drink alcohol - I would stand up for their rights because it is compulsory in Islam to avoid the drinking of alcohol. If we asked Muslims to pray to Jesus - I would stand up for their rights because it is compulsory in Islam to pray only to Allah because God does not beget nor is he begotten.
But all Muslims tell you that wearing of the hijab is voluntary, that Muslim women LOVE wearing the veil and there is no compulsion to its use. So if it is truly a matter of choice, and the lifting of the veil is no impe
Speaking to entrepreneurs everyday has lead me to believe that most entrepreneurs really like to build a Life Style business and are not in tune with what motivates Venture Capital firms or Angels to invest.So what the heck is a Life business?1. You build it to operate for many years to come2. It will generate good income for you and you absolutely love doing the job3. you want to be in control – who needs a boss!4. This would be a great business for my children to get involved withIf your answer to any of the above questions is yes … well you are on your way to build a Life Style business. Where you do not need a very very large market sizes, you do not need disturbing technology, you do not need a proven management team from Ivy league schools, you do not have to report to a board who is pushing for faster and more aggressive results all the time, and most importantly you do not need to exit (sell out).So what is wrong with starting a Life Style business – well absolutely nothi
I notice there has been many cases of confrontations with the authorities and MOE, like Mr Alfian Sa’at’s relief teaching case, police confronting a group of runners during Pink Run, and now this case of a RI teacher, Mr Otto Fong apparently being told to delete his blogpost on his ‘coming out’ by the school or maybe the MOE. This incident has become a fiasco on the blogosphere. You can read some of the articles on theonlinecitizen The issue with homosexuality is always a sensitive one but in my opinion, all homosexuals should not be stopped from doing anything that is lawful. In Mr Otto Fong’s situation, if he is a good teacher, what’s wrong with declaring himself as a gay if he does not perform lewd acts in front of the students? I do know of ‘normal’ friends who are teachers and like to go clubbing with their skimpily dressed female clubbing friends. If Mr Otto Fong gets dismissed because of this blogpost, all heterosexual male teachers should be dismissed too by
Many people might think because I call my work “Literary Erotica” that I think porn is bad, or inferior.
There is nothing wrong with porn. I myself read stories posted on web sites and news groups all the time. And when I first got board band Internet access I subscribed to a couple of Internet porn [...]
Well, here are some of the headlines that you might not catch when scouring the net for sports news, that’s why we tell you to check here first because we got it for you.
Seems like ole Plax according to Page Six of the NYPost visited a night spot where he was seen insulting a female patron and “Walked It Out” like UNK on a $2000 bill. If this is true, I hope this does not get thrown all with the media for Goodell to do some kind of discipline for it.
Sources say New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress insulted female patrons there and “left the club without paying his $2,000 tab.”
It seemed that Burress was upset Wednesday night because “no women were paying any attention to him.”
Step your game up man. You are a millionaire and you still can’t pull any chicks? We know Plaxico has not had the cleanest of pasts, but this can’t look good for the Giants this year because Burress had a rotten attitude last year when balls were no
I was sitting on my bed reading when Lillian, age 4, came into the room and sat down beside me."Mom, will you play a game with me?""Um, yea," I said with my eyes glued to the book and my mouth doing the talking without much thought, "what do you want to play?""A game like Chutes and Ladders or Memory."I hate Chutes and Ladders. It's like being caught in an eternal space-time continuum disaster that wraps you in its vortex, sucking you farther and farther downward, never to escape. NEVER! It's the game that will not end. Just as you think you're about to break free you hit that last chute and *wham!* you're back to square one.Besides, Lillian can never keep our pieces straight (not that she lets me choose which one I'm going to be anyway). She moves whichever marker catches her eye first and then always goes the wrong direction. Forget that there are arrows to guide you, forget that the spaces are numbered sequentially, it doesn't matter which way she's supposed to go, she a
The election of Stéphane Dion as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) certainly left me with a frosty feeling not because I disagree with most of his political point of view. On the contrary, Stéphane Dion, as a politician, possesses great management skills, but unfortunately, he’s not endowed with the character of a leader. After all, let’s grant him the benefit of doubt. Now, many Quebeckers see Stéphane Dion as the creator of the Clarity Act, but whether you like to hear it or not, most people are uselessly making a fuss over it.Many public separatist figures in Quebec, such as Jean Dorion (the president of the Société Saint-Jean Baptiste of Montreal) said that the delegates of the LPC elected the candidate who is the most “intransigent towards the national aspirations of Quebec”. How true is this statement, eh? Stéphane Dion is highly attached to Canada, but nonetheless, Dorion is confusing for no reason the interests of Quebec’s separatists and those
