Archive for April, 2006
Saturday, April 29th, 2006
This Week’s Sign of the Impending Apocalypse (#26)
A carpenter in Oakland has been arrested after a startled homeowner discovered him working in the nude.
Percy Honniball, 50, claimed that he works with his clothes off at times to keep them from getting dirty. He has been charged with misdemeanor indecent exposure this week for the October incident.
According to police reports, Honniball was caught [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in crime, the Apocalypse by ME
Friday, April 28th, 2006
Church Songs
If you read this blog occasionally, there is a pretty good chance that you grew up in the Church of Christ tradition.
What I mean by that is that your parents took you to church three times a week and you spent a lot of time listening to sermons. When you weren’t listening to sermons, you [...]
41 Comments » - Posted in Church of Christ, mansions, music, religion by ME
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
Important Announcement from ASI
Just received from the Harding ASI. Apparently, Zell Miller (D/R, Ga.) is going to be on campus tonight…
Don’t forget Zell Miller is our final Distinguished Speaker for the American Studies Institute tonight at 7:30 in the Benson Auditorium!!Zell Miller is the only person ever to have been the keynote speaker in both the Republican and [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in ASI, college, politics by ME
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
Snow Daze
I think I’m going to like this Tony Snow guy from FoxNews working as the president’s press secretary.
He certainly seems to have a feel for who he’s going to be working for…
“The newly passive George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.” [townhall.com 11/11/05]
“No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in George Bush, media, politics by ME
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Fathers and Sons
“Alan thinks you hate him…”
I think that was about the worst thing I’ve ever heard but it got my attention yesterday when Tish was trying to talk to me about Alan. The details aren’t important but Alan had gotten himself into some trouble at school and created a situation that’s going to take some time [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in fathers by ME
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
Breakfast With a Fast-Food Mascot in Your Bed
I went public with my disdain for the “Wake Up With the King” advertising campaign by Burger King at GKB’s blog last night.
I was under the mistaken impression that BK was no longer running these ads featuring a man waking up with a freakish Burger King mascot in bed next to him but they are.
And [...]
15 Comments » - Posted in commercials, fast food, royalty by ME
Monday, April 24th, 2006
NYC
I’ve got to make it quick today because I slept in this morning and now I’ve got classes to teach. Here are the seven best things about our trip to New York:
Seeing my mom and dad in Delaware. I took dad to his cardiologist on Friday and he said that dad is in great shape [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in New York, music, travel by ME
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
This Week’s Sign of the Impending Apocalypse (#25)
A retirement brochure sent to 50,000 Arkansas public school teachers describing the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System includes a toll-free number that connects the caller to a phone sex line.
The brochures were sent to retirees and active teachers explaining how to name beneficiaries in the event of their death, said David Malone, the association’s executive director.
Some [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Arkansas, education, the Apocalypse by ME
Friday, April 21st, 2006
Our Delaware
I think I’ve only actually heard someone sing the Delaware state song once but I remember that it has an awkward melody and nice lyrics.
It also mentions the name of my home county (New Castle) in first the stanza and I think that’s pretty cool. Delaware may be the only state with the courage to [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Delaware, travel by ME
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
The Reading List
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read” - Groucho Marx
Ray Muncy, my first department chair, once encouraged me to read a book a week. I’m sure he thought that this was a reasonable suggestion for a first-year teacher who was supposed to [...]
