Randomly Posting Stuff Cause You Feel Like It

[dixie]

[moxie]

Today's top news story in my new town as of next week is about a black bear that goes dumpster diving in town.

I'm never going outside. Ever.

[dixie]

Originally Posted by puregrrl

Today's top news story in my new town as of next week is about a black bear that goes dumpster diving in town.

I'm never going outside. Ever.

We had a large black bear cruising around the parking lot of the local grocery store the other day. It tried to come in the automatic doors but an employee noticed and hit the door latch in time.

[BoDy*ShOt]

my Alpha son graduates Navy bootcamp on Friday!!!
~one damn proud momma

[tapu]

Originally Posted by dixielady

We had a large black bear cruising around the parking lot of the local grocery store the other day. It tried to come in the automatic doors but an employee noticed and hit the door latch in time.

You were hallucinating.

[tapu]

Hey, how come the controls for fans always go Off, High, Medium, Low? Why wouldn't they go the other direction?? This has bothered me for years. (Off and on.)

[dixie]

Originally Posted by tapu

You were hallucinating.

Nope. There was photographic evidence. I even posted it on the facebook. :stickingmytongueoutatyou:

[dixie]

Originally Posted by tapu

Hey, how come the controls for fans always go Off, High, Medium, Low? Why wouldn't they go the other direction?? This has bothered me for years. (Off and on.)

I've wondered this myself. At the moment, however, I'm wondering why the fan at the end of my bed started making an unbelievably obnoxious squeaking sound about ten minutes ago.

[tapu]

I can fix that. I'm handy that way.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by dixielady

Nope. There was photographic evidence. I even posted it on the facebook. :stickingmytongueoutatyou:

Photoshop. I bet in the original it was a dark-haired hobo hanging out by the store, minding his own business.

[dixie]

Originally Posted by tapu

Photoshop. I bet in the original it was a dark-haired hobo hanging out by the store, minding his own business.

We don't have hobos who hang out by our stores. Come to think of it, I've never seen a "hobo" in my town at all.

[tapu]

No wonder you thought he was a bear.


(Sorry--that was just too easy.)

[dixie]

Originally Posted by tapu

No wonder you thought he was a bear.


(Sorry--that was just too easy.)

[Ms. Meander]

Your Sixth Card
Higher Power: Queen of Swords

As core truths emerge, accept their influence and allow your life to be changed.

The card in the Higher Power position reflects the broader perspective and influence of your conscience, Guardian Angel, inner wisdom.

When the Queen of Swords comes up in this position, your inner grandmother is taking her throne. Male or female, we all have living within us a wise crone or powerful Queen of Heaven figure, a mature mother archetype. She is stepping forward now in your own psyche. Her higher reasoning is flowing into your consciousness, helping you see things in a broader way.

This involves a peeling away of appearances to yield a clearer disclosure of core issues. She is trying to remind you about what is true, what works and what you can do to positively affect your situation. Don't resist her; accept her influence.

[tapu]

Asa and I were playing around with making up our own rap lyrics, and he said mine sound like nursery rhymes. <steam> ~>:-I

[Rook]

{{Has a sudden Headache from the way they 'explain' things...Already knew it, but I was still asked to watch it & maybe have a chuckle @ how they explain....Soooooo }}


-=shares painkillers=-

[Kobi]

There was a story on the news last night that teaching cursive writing in schools has now become optional and keyboarding is now mandatory. I dont know if it was a local thing or a national thing.

Seems weird to me. Bad enough kids today cant spell, or construct sentences to say what they mean, or conjugate verbs properly. Now we wont teach them how to write? And this helps them compete in a world economy how?

[ScandalAndy]

Originally Posted by Kobi

There was a story on the news last night that teaching cursive writing in schools has now become optional and keyboarding is now mandatory. I dont know if it was a local thing or a national thing.

Seems weird to me. Bad enough kids today cant spell, or construct sentences to say what they mean, or conjugate verbs properly. Now we wont teach them how to write? And this helps them compete in a world economy how?

I saw that, too, and it bothered me. I can't quite put my finger on the reason why, but it probably has something to do with the fact that I still hand write (in cursive) letters to my grandmother and mail them to her. She treasures them and keeps them on the table to proudly show off when friends come to visit.

I write and receive letters from military friends, and it touches my heart that they took the time out of their day to write me. I think writing (especially in cursive) shows a dedication and commitment to thinking about someone long enough to compose a letter. Mandatory keyboarding means they spent 10 seconds responding and won't give you another thought.






Oh, and here's my random: I woke up this morning with "I am a pirate king" from Pirates of Penzance stuck in my head.

[dixie]

Originally Posted by Kobi

There was a story on the news last night that teaching cursive writing in schools has now become optional and keyboarding is now mandatory. I dont know if it was a local thing or a national thing.

Seems weird to me. Bad enough kids today cant spell, or construct sentences to say what they mean, or conjugate verbs properly. Now we wont teach them how to write? And this helps them compete in a world economy how?

I thought the same thing. My son is 13. Pretty much the only cursive writing he has learned has been from me. His schools did not teach him one single aspect of it. The majority of all classwork though is done on computers. It does seem weird.

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by dixielady

I thought the same thing. My son is 13. Pretty much the only cursive writing he has learned has been from me. His schools did not teach him one single aspect of it. The majority of all classwork though is done on computers. It does seem weird.

I'm with all of you....my son is 13 also and his writing (cursive and printing) is horrific. The teachers in NY just accepted it and shrugged it off ....and taught him cursive incorrectly so that he was writing as if he was left-handed (which he isn't).

Luckily, his teachers here in FL took one look at his writing and said "we need to work on that" and it's much better. Still bad, but better.

I'm hoping the high school continues the work, and I need to work with him more myself, too.

I think both keyboarding and writing by hand are important....why in the world would the schools seem to feel that they're mutually exclusive?