We just had to get a video clip of our dog, Nute, with his teeth chattering. He started doing this a few months ago, while watching us eat our dinner. Last night he did it again, and I grabbed my camera. My husband took a small clip of him chattering away, while watching me eat my steak. Such an amusing dog. :)
Two links:
"Meep" Banned at High School
and a related link:
Meep by Theodora Michaels, attorney at law
Apparently this happened last November, and I only just came across it in a FB link from a friend. I'll have to look into it later and see what ended up happening.
"You know it's weird, when you wake up that morning and realize that your entire adult life was based on a decision made by a teenager . . . A stoned teenager." ~Stew
From Los Angeles to Amsterdam to Berlin and back, Passing Strange takes musical theater on a whole new trip. From singer-songwriter and performance artist Stew comes Passing Strange, a daring new musical that takes you on a journey across boundaries of place, identity and theatrical convention. Stew, a popular performer at Joe's Pub, was commissioned by The Public Theater of New York to develop this heartfelt and hilarious story of a young bohemian who charts a course for “the real” through sex, drugs and rock and roll. Loaded with soulful lyrics and overflowing with passion, the show takes us from black, middle-class America to Amsterdam, Berlin and beyond on a journey towards personal and artistic authenticity.It's hard to describe, but great to watch. Some refrains keep passing through my head like earworms. Especially, "What's inside is just a lie!" And, "Culture is cosmetic." You'll just have to watch the movie now, or you can download the music at iTunes.
We started up our Netflix service again back in December. We're on the 1-DVD-at-a-time plan, but we've managed to see quite a few already. The shipping times have improved greatly since we last used Netflix about a year before.
Here's the list of what we've seen so far:
I just read this great blog article at Swiss Army Wife and wanted to repost it here: Did You Use Your Manners? Just a teaser from the article:
Consider this, a child says “Mom, can I have some milk?”. Like a broken record in my mind I can hear a parent saying, “What’s the magic word?”. The child says “pweeeeez” and he gets some milk. Please is *not* a magic word. It’s no more a magic word than Abracadabra or A La Peanut Butter Sandwiches. (I know some might disagree, but stick with me here) Eventually, they will know it’s not magic and that it’s a lie. It’s not going to get them what they want every time no matter how sweetly they say it. It’s a lie, children know it, and they are going to get out of saying please whenever they can.
See the "Evolved Homeschooing" and "Homeschoolers on the Web" rings at the bottom of the page.
