School started on the 22nd, and I haven’t been able to get a good grip on my schedule.
So far, I get up, have something like a breakfast, feed the dog, get dressed and ready, walk the dog, leave for class. Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays I sit in class, then come home. Let the dog out, [...]

I took leave from this site with the hopes of switching over to WordPress during that (which was supposed to be short) time, but it didn’t happen. Redesigning and learning a whole new code is more time-consuming than I first reckoned. Then, life got in the way and the semester started. I’m trying to be [...]

I picked up this little toy, a “Bissell Perfect Sweep Cordless Sweeper”, for The Partner. When he came home during lunch, his eyes grew wide and he spent five minutes sweeping the kitchen floor. “Man, I’m going to sweep when I get home!” I never thought a person would be so happy to clean.
I, on [...]

The other week, I went through what my university calls a “scheduling run”, meaning something happened and I was bumped out of a class and put into a different section. My schedule, as I had it originally, was not the best, but I didn’t have a class any earlier than 10:30 and didn’t have any [...]

Bible Course Becomes a Test for Public Schools in Texas
When the school board in Odessa, the West Texas oil town, voted unanimously in April to add an elective Bible study course to the 2006 high school curriculum, some parents dropped to their knees in prayerful thanks that God would be returned to the classroom, while [...]