The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jun 2, 2005 in dish | 0 comments June 1 marks the first day of Gay Pride Month. Central Florida has an interesting relationship with its gay citizens. One one hand, we host one of the biggest gay parties in the country–Gay Days at Disney (not that anyone around here is willing to say so officially). On the other hand, we can’t make up our minds whether to embrace our gay citizens (Orlando does have a lesbian City...
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New Pup!

Posted by on Jun 2, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Jester1 Originally uploaded by invergarry. School’s out, so today we picked up our new baby. It’s been a while since I’ve had a puppy in the house, so the whole housebreaking/crate training thing seems new. So far, so good–he’s been great! The kids–our personal ones and all the neighbors’ critters–are in LOVE. So are we.What’s in a name?...
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SOUTHERN Idol

Posted by on May 25, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Okay, I got sucked in. A group of teachers at my school were addicted to American Idol, so every Tuesday and Wednesday we got the rundown about who was doing what, who got voted off, who should have been voted off, yada yada… Long story sort, I rooted for Bo. As usual, my jinx kicked in. I have a very bad habit of killing the hopes of the Cincinnati Reds, Gator football, and Tarheel...
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Dawn of the Dead

Posted by on May 22, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Yesterday, we said our goodbye to the Class of 2005. They graduated at ten am, and last night at midnight we herded them into Project Graduation. We sprung ’em at five this morning. They were tired. We were tired. We crawled under the covers a little after six and didn’t make a peep until well after noon.I’m a zombie.Of course, it doesn’t help that we’re in the last...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on May 20, 2005 in dish | 0 comments The end of the school year looms, and we teachers are whipped! Here are two men who would freshen things up nicely:BED LIST: ERIC BANAThere’s something about those Australians that really rings my bell. Must be the accent or something. Or how nice they look with their shirts off, like Eric Bana here. Or how they convincingly play the hot smart guy, like he did in Hulk. Or practically steal...
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Crushed

Posted by on May 19, 2005 in dish | 0 comments So my school gets its FCAT scores today. They stink. No surprise there, unfortunately. The strongest correlation between standardized test scores and some other factor is income. The higher the income of the student population, the higher the scores. The lower the income, the lower the scores. Since our school is located in one of the poorest ZIP codes in Central Florida, you get the...
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