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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

McLuhan Cautions Bloggers From Beyond the Global Village...

Marshall McLuhan stated that children who watch a lot of television, are subjected to thousands of acts of violence by the age of twelve. Many more adultlike scenarios play out before their view on news channels, daytime TV, and movies. He calls this "information glut". Students who are well-cared... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 30, 2007

BLOGGER'S SLAVERY TO IDEALS GOES FOR CREDIT...

You know of course of my commitment to sobriety, my aversion to any addictions and incumbent behaviors that signal trouble. I've consistently stressed to my girls and classes that sobriety is the one sure way to get a square deal, and the lack of it is the one sure way of having prpblems achieving... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

BLOGGER SEES HOW SICK PEOPLE ARE FUN TO CARE FOR...

I told about my older, my hotter water daughter, quitting the nursing home job and hiring on at the Texas Steak House. Her job, since all the patients are brain-damaged in some way, was lifting from bed to chair and back. She knows that a hospital job, or even a geriatric nursing home, will provide... Sign in to see full entry.

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BLOGGER FINDS A NEW HOBBY AND IS HAPPY

Yesterday while I was writing the first blog, or one of the only blogs I'd written in the last six months, I was driving my younger daughter from the high school to Ear May to Walmart to Target. She was getting the supplies she needs to resurrect the flower garden. It has lain dormant for at least... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 28, 2007

I guess I can talk about it now, although I feel unsettled still. Last year I saw the movie the "Constant Gardener". I wrote about it. I thought it was an important piece, however it pales in comparison to the LeCarre of the Berlin Wall Era. There are plenty of globalist facts of life, paradoxes as... Sign in to see full entry.

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CUBS GO 4 SWEEP IN St. Louis & A-ROD CAN'T BUY 1

Derrick Lee could sue Tom Brenneman, sportscaster, or just chalk it up to unrecognized and unappreciated genius. The Cubs have won three in a row now after amassing the worst record in MLB: 04 for 12! Today in the top of the 5th, Cubbie offense was coming to life and it was three zip, Cubs. Derrick... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 27, 2007

HOW CHILD BLOGGERS TEACH US ABOUT THE WORLD...

I was in the library with my big class after lunch, and while they were picking out books to read a girl said to me: "in Spanish the first Harry Potter book is called the PHILOSOPHER'S STONE; not the SORCEROR's STONE as it is in English. Think about it!" I can't get it. Can you? Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Pico Iyers, My Favorite New Author: ABANDON

After completely enjoying W.E.B. Griffen's last trilogy, EXECUTIVE ORDERS, The HOSTAGE & THE HUNTERS, I was desperate for a good book. I picked up one sliding around in my trunk since Christmas. It is by far the best prose I have seen in years! Pico Iyer's ABANDON, 2005, is a work about a grad... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 16, 2007

THESE BLOGGERS GOT BUSTED

I want to report about my kids and how we survived "prom weekend". My senior daughter had all the school spirit. She shopped for her dress over spring break, and took baby sister shopping for hers. She pitched in with a big group of seniors to get a limo-bus. Evidently, while my kids were out to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 23, 2007

I'm at the airpprt waiting lounge. The Fire alarm has been going off non-

Stop since I got here. Very reassuring. My daughter is flying in tonight, the last leg from Paris. If you have concerns about whether your kids have a low threshold for stress, the sure recipe for treatment is to send them to Europe for spring break. In just a few minutes she will stroll down the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Traditonal life in American mainstream education. Area of concentration -- English as a Second Language. My take on the issues and "what really works" (when my kids let me log on).

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