Signal 46

I was answering Patrick’s Saturday Six and one of the questions was regarding the most text messages you’ve used. So I went to my Verizon account online and pulled the bills. I stuck all the numbers in a spreadsheet just so I could see which number was higher. I also stuck the number of minutes [...]

It’s sad that it even had to go as high as a federal district court, but thankfully common sense and reason prevailed  – where such common sense is often absent from people when religion is involved – and found that the religiously centered ‘I Believe’ plate violated the separation of church and state provided by [...]

A California teen (I like CA, but am not surprised at all the origin of this story) got stopped by a police officer for doing 62 in a 40. Mommy and stepdaddy went to fight it in court because of the GPS unit they installed in their kid’s car stated he was going 45 in [...]

So Jamie and I got two kittens from the Charleston Animal Society last weekend. It was the weekend they were waiving the adoption fee for adult cats. We didn’t go until Sunday, and there was only one adult left. The staff there was most helpful and very kind. We fell in love with two kittens [...]

At least that is likely the case with the talk of SC changing the way it grades the achievement tests administered statewide (link here). Ahh, another byproduct of NCLB.