The following is an article I recieve from an educator...Steven Simpson. He writes an article and you can find it at: http://www.edbriefs.com/ He used to write about education news. Now he writes his own commentary on education topics. As some of you know...my girlfriend Marcie wrote an article talking about her dealings with parents, both the good and the bad. From there it turned into a flame fest until she was confined for defending her point of view on her own blog. Anyways...
I guess this is going to be a short blog...more less a rant. Last November, I purchased a brand new motorcycle from a Honda Dealership in Las Vegas. I ended up paying wayyy too much for the bike as I realized after the fact. Rather infuriated when I found out how much dealers in other states were selling them for...I went back and talked to the dealer and showed them what other people have paid for the same bike. The dealers response was "guys like to lie about what they spent on thei...
FYI...this is long. Well, we finally made it. Marcie and I moved up to Austin, MN as she got hired as a first grade teacher. Myself, I dont have a job yet, but according to her and the some people at the personell office, I can substitute every day if I want...so I will be doing that. I was hoping to have some time to look for any late minute openings up here for regular positions, but I havent had the time as Ive been unpacking boxes and bags...trying to get things squirt away. Only...
Many people know that my girlfriend Marcie (JU: MarcieHelen) is headed up to MN as we are moving up there. She left early Tuesday with my car hauling my bike behind it in a Uhaul trailer. Well...I figured I could make this a daily blog of how she is doing to keep everyone up to date because there seems to be some interest in how she is doing. Instead of making a new blog entry every day...I will just write replies to this particular blog article itself. Tuesday... She left around...
Marcie (JU...Marciehelen) left this morning around 7 am or so. She woke up, I think at 5:30. But knowing her, she could have been up before and I just didnt know it. I was dead to the world...despite my alarm. I went back to bed and she finally got me up when she was getting ready to finish loading up the car. She called me a little while ago as she was in AZ by now....230 miles from here. She called to say the car was overheating and here I am feeling dumb because its my car. App...
I dont write that many blogs. I try not to write something unless its something that I myself can create on my own. Meaning...its not something Im taking from the news or from someone elses blog..although Ihave done that in the past. Other bloggers on here just try to accumulate as many points as possible and blog so many times each day....it makes you wonder what, if anything, that they do for a living that lets them spend so much time writing about the junk going on in their life...or w...
So I just read on a forum that I belong to that a fellow biker was clocked at going 82 in a 65. I was surprised by his later reply and some replies on the board. Hmm...maybe I should make a blog post on how people really dont face up to the choices that they make and they trie to swindle their way out of the stupid ones they did make. Later on...after some replies...this guy said that maybe he will get one of his police friends to make some calls for him so he can get it wiped off....
Ok...well myself being a government employee (professional educator), this doesnt apply to all that work for the government. I dont know what it is that drives people to sit down and look at a computer all day and call that a career. But, these people sometimes do that. Maybe its lack of a decent education, no desire to succeed, who knows. Let me clarify...this article is specifically directed with the DMV in mind. There are many many people who work for Uncle Sam and for that, I app...
Well today, I managed to get my big ol room all cleaned up and checked out. I handed in the keys to the office staff; checked off everything I could. I had various support staff check off requirements, saying I was ok to leave. And then I left. Felt weird. It felt weird looking in my room, nothing like what it did a week earlier. It felt weird when I went to bed and already couldnt immediately pull up an image of the classroom. Felt weird knowing I wouldnt see my kids again for a l...
Ill admit...Im the kind of person who really doesnt want to tick off his boss. There are some people who probably have no prob with telling their boss off...Im just not that kind of person. Im also not the kind, however, that wants to get his boss mad...so Ill do a small amount of kissing butt to make sure I stay on the good side. Today, I was called in for a meeting...Im not going to go into details about what the meeting was about...but it was a result of a surprise walk through my pri...
Ok well I said back a few months ago that I was going to the Cardiologist...but I never really mentioned what happened from those tests. I did the echocardiogram and the stress test as well as wearing a halter monitor for a day. The stress test...I didnt really care for that. Not as bad as I thought...but it wasnt what I was expecting either. Wasnt expecting an incline and my mouth was so dry...it was driving me nuts...she didnt really seem to get my hints that Id like some water and Id b...
Well two posts ago...I wondered what was wrong with me...couldnt figure it out...had panic attacks and the like and it just was a thing that constantly bothered me. After going to the Cardiologist and doing some tests...he said I was fine... Stress test: I completed 10 minutes of that...90% of the test...he said this was good and he was very happy I got that done. Echocardiogram: This turned out fine too...cept my heart is a little thicker than normal...should be 1cm thick at the wall...
For most of us...those who are dating, or married (or whatever else turns your crank)...we do something that really ticks the significant other off. Some people take a hour and a day in the shower...some take just as long getting ready...some people get pissed because the other person doesnt put the cap back on the toothpaste. For me...its tickling. I dont know why. Its not that I hate to be tickled...but Marcie hates it...drives her nuts...pissed her off, makes her mad...annoys the h...
About a year ago...I had some dinner and after a while...i got dizzy for a couple seconds and my heart rate just shot through the roof like crazy. After about a half hour or so...I told marcie we needed to go to the clinic. On the way there, we called, and they said to go to the Emergency room. So we did, turned around and headed right there. I felt like I was going to throw up...just felt weird. I checked in and was surpirsed that I had to wait...but after a while...I went in and t...
Well Im listening to some Switchfoot on my headset, and Im thinking back...to how I have a whole bunch of songs on my old computers hard drive...which I have yet to move over and how I miss those songs. Im in one of those moods now while listening that I feel somewhat invincable...like the best mood ever. When I listen to Christian Rock radio...I am brought back to my one main passion in my life, outside of Marcie. I dont mean Praise and worship stuff, which although I love...Im not tot...