Scalzi on Homeschooling
One of my favorite authors is writing about home education today. Like most people who aren’t close to the subject, he worries about fundies, and about socialization.
Tagged HomeschoolingMarch 2008
Homeschooled fencer going to Duke
Rebecca Ward is the only person to ever win the junior, cadet, and senior world championships in saber in the same year, and she did it at age 16. She was also the 2006 Women’s world champion is saber. She was homeschooled, and next year she’ll be attending Duke. Oh well, everybody makes a bad [...]
Tagged fencing, HomeschoolingA Note to Dave’s BBQ in Fredericksburg
Hey Dave, $5.99 for a Yuenling Lager draft? WTF are you smoking? Yuenling is cheaper than Bud in the grocery store. Note to self: Never assume the restaurant knows the difference between a domestic, premium domestic, and an import. That ruined an otherwise lovely dinner out with Mrs ODonnellWeb, followed by a trip to Home [...]
Tagged Fredericksburg VAIt’s Earth Hour
I’m online, with the lights on, drinking a beer (Bell’s Amber Ale) that is chilled due to the wonders of modern refrigeration. I choose to celebrate Earth Hour by celebrating the marvels of the electric grid. Anyway, the lights will be off from about 11 PM tonight through 8AM tomorrow. The silly earth hour is [...]
The Big Bang “Theory”
Now this is not a religious column, but when contemplating the Big Bang Theory, the biblical creation seems much more plausible. Apparently, Fredericksburg wants to challenge Fayetteville, NC for the most whacked our creationist newspaper columnist award. Hat tip: In the ‘Burg
Tagged Fredericksburg VA, religion, ScienceAnd people think the Bush administration never has a good idea.
From CNN. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has formally ordered the Air Force, Navy and Defense Logistics Agency to conduct an inventory of all U.S. nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon-related materials to make sure all items are accounted for, according to a Pentagon memo released Thursday. I’ll happily give credit where credit is due. Accounting for [...]
Tagged PoliticsThinking Parents 1: Tax Day!
For those of you not in the US, April 15 is tax day for us. So it only seems natural that we kick off Thinking Parents by writing about taxes. The subject is: Relative to the services that you receive from government, do you think you pay too much in taxes? Explain. Please join in [...]
Tagged Thinking ParentsMaiden, Maiden, Maiden
Why yes, I did just join the Iron Maiden fan club in order to get my concert tickets in advance of the masses on Saturday. We’ll be out at a horse thing so I wasn’t going to be able to be online when tickets go on sale, and they’ve been selling out in minutes. The [...]
Tagged MusicWho cut the cheese?
In this case, cheese is low grade Mexican heroin cut into common sleeping pills, and it’s apparently a growing problem with Hispanic youth in Texas, with kids as young as 9 showing up at the emergency room with heroin withdrawal symptoms. 9 year old heroin addicts? WTF? I’m taking bets on how long it will [...]
Tagged Parenting, tvHomeschooling growing in the Muslim community
Muslims and homeschooling in the New York Times. They could have taken any homeschooling article from the last five years, changed the names, changed Bible to Koran, and done this with no actual reporting. The similarities between conservative Muslim homeschoolers and conservative Christian homeschoolers are striking. That said, I don’t think you’ll ever see them [...]
Tagged Homeschooling, religionWine at the family dinner table
Eric Asimov, the wine columnist at The New York Times, has an interesting article up about the merits (or dangers) of introducing your teenagers to wine as an integral part of the dinner. This is mostly in the context of foodies that always have wine with dinner. The theory is that is lessens the likelihood [...]
Tagged Parenting, wineIdol Blogging – 10 to go
Ramiele – Bottom 3, this is Ramiele, Ramiele, this is the bottom 3. Jason – Simon is right, he doesn’t care if he wins American Idol. That is part of his charm. I was bored by his performance and I bet America was too. He is safe though. Syesha – That was pretty damn good, [...]
Tagged IdolHappy Birthday Bloomin’ Onion
I had no idea that Outback Steakhouse had been around for 20 years, and that the Bloomin’ Onion was the first thing on their menu. I learned this from the 7 pages of PR fluff they sent me, along with a $25 gift card. I’m thinking they might want to cut back in the PR [...]
Tagged corporate shillHeavy Metal Parking Lot
Drunk and stoned metal heads in the parking lot prior to a 1986 Judas Priest concert, plus a sober videographer, equals16 minutes of cringe worthy comedy cold. I categorically deny any allegation that I was at this particular concert. I wasn’t. But I was at plenty of others. (NSFW)
Tagged Music