Archives: 2006   July

School Boards

“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 [...]

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Posted in public education on Jul 5th, 2006, 5:36 am by centaur     

Idiot deficit disorder – Opus and Dr. Medwell

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

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Posted in humour, psychiatry and labels on Jul 3rd, 2006, 4:06 pm by centaur     

Hello world!

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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