he is trailing in a totally dull campaign It's so dull, they're not even putting party affiliation on most of their signs. It's so dull, my wife had to ask (at the State Fair last weekend), "Khaine? Is he the Republican candidate or the Democratic candidate?" Sheesh. Neither one
That computer is definitely more than enough. My work computers (until the last 2 or 3 months) have been considerably slower/less powerful than that. And that's my official development computer. Fortunately, my home computer is a lot more powerful. Good luck wit
They finally got around to mailing out my code (from yesterday morning) last night, so they should be available. Took 'em about 12 hours to do it, though. Kinda backlogged, maybe?
Karen, My wife is adopted, as well. She's went through all kinds of inner turmoil about family health problems and such. Very similar to what you've gone through. She put off trying to find her birth mother for several years. She felt like she would be betraying the folks that she knows are her parents. She finally started seriously looking, through various online services, and located her ... oh, about a year and a half ago. Other than
YOU ARE A WEREWOLF You love the moon, you love the night, you love the forest. During most of the month you're able to present yourself as a normal part of society, dealing with the boring things that go on daily. But when that full moon begins to rise, you throw off those shackles and run wild, enjoying the rush of freedom, the wilderness and wind and fierce joy. You jump over boulders, splash through lakes. and sure, if someone gets in your
I'll defend her ... Donna Brazille. That is a woman who goes a long way (in this statement, at least) of displaying how an American should respond. I did not vote for George W. Bush--in fact, I worked pretty hard against him in 2000 and 2004. But on Thursday night, after watching him speak from the heart, I co
Careful! Stevens is not a spring chicken any more! Hehe. Just another slot for Dubya to fill. Just the thought will send a bunch of Congressional Democrats into apocolyptic fits.
The first step? Get him programming. For a younger kid, LOGO works well. Then try him on something simple, like Visual Basic. Then ... try C, C++, and/or C#. As Zoomba said, most (vast majority) games today are written in C/C++. There are several books (Amazon.com can help or various brick-and-mortar stores) that deal specifically with game programming. I know I've seen a bunch over the years. Can't remember a single title, though. S
Hmmm... top dog choices... 3. German Shepard (or mix) 2. Dachshund 1. Cat
Instead of 6 hours a day in class, he spent about 3! No, he spent more but then he was a grade ahead at the end! In actual lessons, ours spend about an hour a day, for the 2 that are doing Kindergarten stuff. Our daughter so wants to do what her brothers are doing, so we went ahead and started her. N
I don't blame ya for feeling that way. As much as I want a daughter, I can't imagine how difficult it must be to raise a girl up to be modest and respectful of herself with all the influences girls have tugging on them nowadays. Speaking from experience (now), it can be rather ... trying. Of course, my
We must start with what we agree we will spend and then design a tax system that collects that amount of revenue. That's the easy part (determining budget and the designing the tax system). The difficult part? Getting every single politician to keep their grubby fingers out of the cookie jar.<
Think it's Google's birthday ... wasn't it this time last year that they did the initial IPO? Er, nope. Googled it ( ) and that was back the middle of August ... birthday of one of the officers in Google? Dunno.
Dr. Guy, That's precisely how my wife and I handle it. She does the creative stuff (English, handwriting, art, music) and the social sciences/studies type stuff. I, in turn, do the math and science. We cover everything that the VA legislature has decided is necessary to pass the SOL. And my oldest has to take it this year ... As for curriculum ... we use a mixture of stuff - different text books and prewritt
Those are good. Thanks. I needed that laugh. Reminds me of the dachshund we when I was growing up. He would alternate between being a coward (deathly afraid of the vacuum cleaner) and protective hound (attacking the vacuum to "defend us"). It made us laugh really hard, sometimes. I miss him.
Got one thing to say, Gideon! AMEN!!!! There's also the fact that, according to the Commonwealth of Virginia, my wife and I are both recognized educators. FORMALLY recognized as educators, that is. With all responsibilities that entails (including the legal responsibility to report suspected abuse in children around us, much as I disagree with that). We even had someone ask us, outright, at the State Fair this past Friday
No tax allowances, just the same rate for all. Never has there been a more elitist, socially unjust idea. You want a progressive tax? Fine. I'll give you a progressive tax. As your income goes up, you'll owe the government more money. As your income goes down, you'll owe less money. It will still be a f
I've read the article, and the phrase that comes to mind is "Of all the unmitigated gall ..." You know what's so sad, though? If a Republican had made the EXACT. SAME. BILL., they would've been tossed out of session as a thief and a liar. Just 'cause they dared to air it.
She has me trumped...when it comes to being a parent. I have her trumped when it comes to being a teacher. You know something? It's arrogant, know-it-all bigots (see below for the definition used here) that made my decision to homeschool a lot easier. I've seen bigots like you over the last 25 ye
He gets 'em from his daddy, unfortunately. Hehe. I'm dying to have a daughter with eyelashes like that. Why is it guys always have the lashes that the ladies would kill for? And why is it the ladies are constantly trying to add curl to their hair and I'm trying to get rid of them? (My hair is just a b
That sounds best. In kids, Pink Eye is not something to play around with. And the school is likely to start hollering if he even walks in the door with something that LOOKS like pink eye. Funny story. When my oldest was in 1st grade (2nd of 2 years that he attended public school), he had a sty in his eye. Just a clogged tear duct that was being cared for with saline drops. He'd even been seen by the doctor and pronounced good to go for school. No dice. I got a call at the office
COL Gene Look at who did best during the 1990's. In fact the wealthy NEVER did better then during that 10 year period PAYING THE TAX RATES IN EFFECT BEFORE THE BUSH CUTS. How were the wealthy over taxed and manage to added to their AFTER TAX wealth to the extent they did during the 1990's? To say the wealthy were over ta
Let's see ... you're asking about the left eye? (the one on the right in the pic). If so, there's not really enough detail (too dark) to differentiate between normal and "pink". It does look a little more swollen and puffy (like pink eye does) than the other eye. Wouldn't hurt to get him checked out. How hard is it to get a pediatric appointment there at the clinic o
Another way to avoid this whole deal is to kill the Federal Income tax entirely. Move to a national sales tax. You aren't actually taxed on the money that you earn. You pay an additional fee when you purchase something. This way, you're only hit once for your money - when you use it. If you can only afford the little stuff, that's all you pay taxes on. If you can afford the huge $$ luxery items, then you get taxed on that. And this national sales
Here's the thing, though Gene. There are a lot of folks that don't pay their full amount of taxes due. I know this for a fact. See, I'm a working father of 4. We have only my salary to live on (and subsequently, to be taxed). With everything that's going on (educator's tax credits, educator's expenses tax writeoff's, child tax credits for 4 qualifying children, ... ), I end up not having ANY tax liability. So, here I am, a middle-class w
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