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February 26, 2006
crudely scrawled, mispunctuated handwritten message
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/music/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002074816
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http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/
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February 20, 2006
see, school can be fun
It's hard to get kids to come to school on half-days. I'll be honest; as a teacher, it's hard for me to see the point myself. As motivation to come on in on our most recent half-day, the faculty got together & offered several different activities in which students could participate. My friend & co-worker, Elisa, and I agreed to sponser a knitting class. We taught them to cast on & to knit. Maybe we'll get to purl on our next half-day! I think that the day was a huge success. It gave us a chance to just "hang out" with our kids, and they really seemed to enjoy learning something new--something that won't show up on the almighty T-CAP tests.
Mrs. Loftin offering "casting on" advice
working out a knot
serious concentration
ladies love a man who knits
me helping out Taniqua
my girls (the one on the far left is the gifted poet featured in an earlier post..."I am black with big, shiney cheeks")
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February 13, 2006
what my heart says
just so you know..
Your Candy Heart Says "Get Real" |
 You're a bit of a cynic when it comes to love. You don't lose your head, and hardly anyone penetrates your heart. Your ideal Valentine's Day date: is all about the person you're seeing (with no mentions of v-day!) Your flirting style: honest and even slightly sarcastic What turns you off: romantic expectations and "greeting card" holidays Why you're hot: you don't just play hard to get - you are hard to get |
How lucky was I to find someone just as much a "cynic when it comes to love" (and everything else) as I? Speaking of my wonderful husband & Valentine's Day...we're getting take out sushi & having dinner at home tomorrow night. I have parent conferences tomorrow from 4:30-7:30, so I'll just barely make it home in time to see Molly before she goes to bed. Lots of the folks I work with are pissed about being at school until 7:30 on V-day, but, since it's a stupid holiday anyway, I don't really care.
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February 12, 2006
the BTB gets even bigger!
the BTB recently enjoyed her very first tea party courtesy of her friend Finny...
she's really into picking out her own outfits these days--as evidenced by her Halloween shirt (in February! she'll probably want to start wearing white before Easter, too!) and the oh-so-sassy Jackie O.-ish hat...
she may be growing up quickly, but here's hoping she never gets too big for some good, old-fashioned tickle time!
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snowy BTB
Molly really enjoyed her first snow...
later bitches!
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church bulletin humor
our friend Jill passsed this along this morning...
Church Bulletin Humor
Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Memorial Church in Racine. Come tonight & hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.
Announcement in the church bulletin for a National Prayer & Fasting Conference: "The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer Conference includes meals."
Miss Charlene Mason sang, "I Will Not Pass This Way Again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
Ladies, don't forget the rumamge sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands.
Next Sunday is the family hayride and bonfire at the Fowlers'. Bring your own hot dogs and guns. Friends are welcome! Everyone come for a fun time.
The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to conflict.
The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water"
The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus"
Next Thursday will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.
Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.
The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing "Break Forth into Joy."
Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you.
Don't let worry kill you - let the Church help.
Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24th in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.
At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?"
Come early and listen to our choir practice.
Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
The senior choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.
Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
The Lutheran men's group will meet at6 PM. Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread and dessert will be served for a nominal feel.
For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person(s) you want remembered.
Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch.
The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility.
Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 P.M. - prayer and medication to follow.
The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
This evening at 7 P.M.there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.
The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday morning.
Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.
The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The Congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
Mrs. Johnson will be entering the hospital this week for testes.
The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours."
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February 09, 2006
cast is big time, y'all
check out the latest critical acclaim for Cast King...
http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Arts/Music/The_Spin/2006/02/09/The_Spin/index.shtml
http://indieworkshop.com/music/2216/
If you haven't seen Cast & my brother play live, you're missing something. I hope they'll be playing a local show soon. I'll certainly keep you posted!
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February 06, 2006
open web letter
This is brilliant--I especially like the letter to Graydon Carter.
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February 04, 2006
aww junk II: mr. brewer comes alive
Those of you who know Jerad know that he is the mouthpiece for the Brewer family--therefore, I've tried to get him to start contributing to our lushpuppy efforts. I mean, all he has to do is take a break from holding court on the front porch & come in & continue his diatribe of the day on the computer. So far, I haven't had any luck...today I was able to get this much out of him over our lunch of leftover Mr. T's pizza...
4 jobs I've had:
substitute teacher
landscaper
carpenter
English teacher
4 (make that 3) movies I could watch over & over:
Rushmore
Waiting for Guffman
Caddyshack
4 (nope 3) books I could read over & over:
To Kill a Mockingbird-Lee
Love in the Time of Cholera-Garcia Marquez
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea-Mishima
4 places I have lived:
Nashville
Knoxville
Mt. Juliet
Chattanooga
4 TV shows I watch:
Arrested Development
24
CSI
Will & Grace
4 places I've been on vacation:
NC
Japan
LA
NY
4 websites I visit daily:
yahoo
google
washington post
huffington post
4 favorite foods:
pork
mushrooms
gravy
cigarettes
4 places I'd like to be now:
home
Vegas
Vegas
home
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February 03, 2006
aww junk...it's mrs. brewer's four list
just 'cause I love this kind of thing...
four jobs I've had:
purveyor of cute little unnecessay plastic objects at the Hello Kitty shop
bookseller at the much-missed Barrett & Co.
professional essay grader (for reals) at Measurement, Inc.
middle school English teacher
four movies I could watch over & over:
Rushmore
Gone With the Wind
Raising Arizona
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
four books I could read over & over again:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Katzantzakis
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
anything by Truman Capote
four places I have lived:
Virginia Beach, VA
Ider, AL
Mount Juliet, TN
Chattanooga, TN
four TV shows I watch:
24
The Office
Arressted Development
American Idol
four places I have been on vacation:
Banff, Canada
New Orleans, LA
Kagoshima, Japan
Hilton Head, SC
four websites I visit daily:
bankofamerica.com (to make sure nothing's bounced today)
pink is the new blog (to get the lastest goss--total guilty pleasure)
chattablogs
the chattanoogan (love that police blotter)
four favorite foods: (with a couple of drink suggestions,
'cause you know how I roll)
sushi (with unfiltered saki)
fried green tomatoes (with a pale ale, preferably while sitting on the porch)
a nice rare steak (with red wine, of course)
Jerad's cornbread (with sweet tea--the table wine of the South)
four places I'd like to be now:
-school, actually...the BTB is feeling a little puny, so we took another day off to try to get her back to tip-top-Mollyness
-at the beach
-with Jerad (in M'boro having drinks with Emil & Karine after his thesis meeting)
-heading to Nashville to see my brother & Cast King play tonight
I won't be tagging anyone; I know not everyone enjoys random shit like this...but I'd love to read some other folks' four lists...hint...hint...chattagnome,
are you listening?
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February 02, 2006
come one, come all!
Everyone is cordially invited to our Winter Exhibit Opening at Chattanooga Middle Museum Magnet School (1219 W. Mississippi Ave. in North Chattanooga) at 6:00 tonight!
As you can see, we've all been hard at work getting our work ready to display...
I don't know yet if we will get to make it to the opening tonight or not. The BTB started running a high fever after we got home from school yesterday. She was pretty cranky, didn't want to eat, and just wanted to lay around, which are all very un-Beelike traits. We stayed home today as a precaution--there've been a couple of bugs going around--and so far she seems fine--no fever & she has her mighty Kong appetite back. Just in case we aren't able to make it, here's a daily dose of cuteness courtesy of Bee...
she thought that her turkey & avacado sandwich might make a good hair treatment to tame those pesky flyaways
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February 01, 2006
the new la rose young'n
Welcome to the newest member of the LaRose family
Baby Isobelle
The ladies of Casa de La Rose
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broke mac mountain
Just what I needed to cheer me up at the end of a too long day...
http://www.mightymcpilgrim.com/films/brokemac/
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