Online headline/story: "Police take on rising wave of Tide detergent theft * Theft of Tide detergent has become so rampant that some cities are setting up special task forces to stop it and retailers like CVS are taking special security precautions to lock down the liquid." -- There must be an 'orange & blue' or 'Harvey Updike' joke in here, or perhaps the CAA wants Saban to 'come clean'.
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Another School Superintendent retiring before any programs can be evaluated for effectiveness, and a new one will be brought in, set up new programs while abandoning the incomplete ones. Is there any wonder why 'what progress has preserved' is taking 2 steps back for every on forward. The MCSD needs to concentrate on bring in someone who's too young to look at retirement in 4 years or less.
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Online story: "Lori Anne Madison (aged 6), of Woodbridge, Va., beat out 21 of the best spellers from elementary and middle schools in Prince William County, Va., during the competition Friday at Mills E. Godwin Middle School in Dale City. * Lori, who is home-schooled, will travel with her parents to Washington, D.C., for the May 29 to June 1 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee." -- A 6 year old (kindergarten aged) home schooled child beat the best early teens from the Prince William County public school system. My observation above is quite justified.
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That Noon Saturday test blast of the Emergency Warning sirens.. doesn't bother me except that you cannot set/check your watch by. Seldom does it sound when the long & short hands of my watch are pointing at theb '12' on any clock/watch I own.
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Rented "Moneyball" Sunday night. It was somewhat slow as Brad Pitts recreated his emotionless role of "Meet Joe Black", but there was unexpected bright spot. During game 20 of the Athletics phenomenal 20 game winning streak of 2002, we get a glimpse of our own Tim Hudson on the mound for Oakland. He wasn't mentioned by name, but he was part of history.
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GE's new slogan... "GE Works" Hmmm, now if GE only paid taxes.
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Yesterday, driving my daughter's car, I noticed she needed gasoline, pronto. Dropped her off at school, and purposely drove down Macon Rd to get gas. Stopped at a Chevron, inserted my debit card (I love my debit card.. it's better than cash because it doesn't take much wallet space, and I still don't get a bill at the end of the month, either), and got a message to "see the attendant inside". That's exactly why I use my debit card, so I don't have to see the attendant inside!. Pulled out and went to the Shell Station... same story; I left again. Went to another Shell Station down Wynnton Road, Same thing only this time I went in and told the attendant I wasn't going to buy any gas because I use my debit card so I don't have to come in!. Continued east to a Texaco, and they accepted unfettered use of my debit card. I'll probably go out of my way to go back there next time I'm on that side of town and need gasoline.
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Online story: "An unlikely hero, the Jet Strip Cabaret strip club in Lennox, Calif., has saved the day (or rather, the season) by donating $1,200 to the struggling Lennox Little League, the Daily Breeze reports. * The league's season was delayed by three weeks because of new regulations and fees imposed by the K-8 Lennox School District, ABC reports. The largest problem is that the district, citing public health concerns, banned the league from selling hamburgers and hot dogs, which accounted for a large part of the league's budget." -- I first thought there was going to be a "Little League" or "only in California" joke in here, but what's important is that the local School District (and who knows by what authority) has further intruded in its control of parents and children. Even if the Little League is using school playgrounds as its venue, forbidding hot dogs at Little League games is as un-American as it gets. School grounds are OWNED by the taxpayers. Wait a minute! I just read that the low income Lennox Little League won its Region championship last year, and maybe the School Board is wanting to punish them for keeping score in a competitive sport!
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L-E's "Thought for Today": “If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.” — Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (born 1857, died this date in 1938). -- This is exactly the reason political correctness makes progress unattainable. The politically correct advoctes cannot laugh at themselves, and no one else can take them seriously.
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L-E story: "LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court on Monday overturned a 22-year prison sentenced for convicted “millennium bomber” Ahmed Ressam, calling it unreasonably lenient. * In a 7-4 split decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the government’s appeal and sent the case back to a federal judge for resentencing. " -- As Redd Foxx might say, "Elizabeth, I think this is the big one", as he clutched his chest imitating a heart attack. The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals, the liberals of California's best friend, just stuck up for the rest of us!!!
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