Monthly Archives: February 2008
When I win the lotto…
25 Feb 2008
Big lottery news in the U.S. over the weekend – a couple walked away with a jackpot of $164 million, the 5th largest ever I believe.
This couple had been living in a trailer, the husband had been working a couple states away for the last 20 years so they only saw each other for maybe one weekend every few months. For them the biggest changes will be to their immediate circumstances – he quit his job, they want to buy a piece of land and build a house and they will each get a car (him a GMC truck, her a Mercedes). After that they talked about helping their kids and grandkids, and their church.
Posted in I See People
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My Secret
19 Feb 2008
Having woken up to yet another Monday with a crappy week ahead, not helped by having to drag on a … uggh, shudder, subduing the waves of disgust… a uniform, I was presented with a f***ing condescending lecture on not bringing my mood to work. I was then subjected to a helpful dose of “if you read The Secret…”.
Posted in Inside My Madness
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Uniformity sucks
19 Feb 2008
They say that the clothes make the man. So what happens when you are given no choice about what to wear?
Schools often have a grand debate if they are attempting to make the transition from no uniforms to wearing uniforms. The common argument is about taking away the individuality of the children, especially if it involves teenagers. The teen years are an important time in identity definition, but there is something to be said, I suppose, for removing the focus from the “superficial” to facilitate better focus on education.
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