Archive for July, 2006

School Boards

July 5, 2006

“In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.” – Mark Twain Just got our school tax bill – over $500 We wouldn’t mind it so much if it weren’t for the fact that my daughter and the other students in her school hardly get any textbooks at all. And [...]

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Idiot deficit disorder – Opus and Dr. Medwell

July 3, 2006

Found these comics a while back in the Montreal Gazette. I love Opus, the satirical weekly comic strip by Berkeley Breathed.  Guess I’m one of his ’imperfect, seriously flawed fans’. Did you know that Berkeley Breathed won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1987 with the strip Bloom County? Hope you enjoy Click to see the whole comic   Click to see [...]

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Hello world!

July 1, 2006

Blogging. I’ve been yearning to do it for some time. Primarily to post and archive information about issues that matter a great deal to me. So I have all that info in one convenient place, to turn to and reflect on. And also to share that information and my thoughts with whoever is interested, whoever would like to comment. Issues that matter [...]

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