College Yearbook

Okay, one step further with the yearbook pictures. How is this one from my sorority photo. I was a junior at BU.

Yearbook Pictures

About a week ago, my friend Meredith put a picture up from a web site called yearbookyourself.com. I went to check it out and realized, I don't have to pretend, I can just drag out my yearbook and scan the photo, so I did. It's a little grainy but here it is. Can you guess the era?

Rants and Raves

A few days ago, my husband read a post to me from Craig's List. I went into the list to reread the post a few hours later and actually sited it here on my blog. I spent a good portion of Sunday afternoon looking over the Rants and Raves section of Craig's List. Wow! I've always known that there are bigoted people in our world, but until I read some of these posts, I had no idea how bigoted or to what level the hatred reaches. From the use of gutter language to threats of death and beyond, I was truly shocked.
Being a librarian, I've always had strong feelings against censorship, but I have to wonder how sane it is to have a place where people can publicly vent their anger and vile ideas. I have no problem with people having different political viewpoints, but when they are based on lies, inuendo and unproven allegations, coupled with biased hatred, you really have a breeding ground for a troubled society. I love the Internet for its accessibility, instant access to information and informality. But I am troubled by the cloak of anonymity that allows enraged people to spew hate-laden words cascading on all of us like candy falling from a broken pinata. I don't want this to be the world in which my grandson grows up.

More politics

Eric found something interesting on Craig's List today. I am linking it here. I liked it because it was written by a republican about the republican ticket. His words were thoughtfully chosen and, in my opinion, right on target. Let's hope others agree.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/rnr/831681356.html

A Great Day

The day started with getting to Dylan's soccer game by 9 AM. It was the first of three games he played today. A little much in the Texas heat, but then I guess I am not six. I have to get used to typing six since his birthday was just yesterday.

After Dylan's first game, Eric and I headed for home so I could listen to Bloomsburg, my alma mater on the Internet. Today they played California of PA, the number 5 ranked team in Division II football. What a game. We were ahead at the end of the first half 14-0. California came on strong in the third quarter but they just didn't have enough to pull it out. My Huskies won, 24-17. We're beginning the season with a great 2-0 record. I am already looking forward to playoffs. :-)

Dylan's Birthday

Today I spent the whole day in the world of a five year old who was high on the excitement of celebrating his sixth birthday. Oh, my! I conveniently forgot what little boys are made of. I don't think he sat still more than the time he was in my car going to school and then back in my car while driving to dinner tonight. He was a wild child, giggling, laughing, jumping up and down. His energy level made me tired just watching.

Thank goodness he was fairly settled for school. Settled at least until 2:05 today when the fire alarm went off and we all had to trek outside and wait for 30 minutes while the determination of what caused the alarm to go off was made. It had something to do with the outside sprinklers, but goodness, by the time we all got back inside there were more than a few excited children.

As soon as everyone got back inside and settled, Dylan handed his kindergarten class cupcakes for his birthday. Thank goodness there was enough time for that, because failure to eat those cupcakes might have caused a major meltdown for birthday boy.

Pictures will have to wait until tomorrow. As soon as dinner was over, Dylan, Leigh, Shane and Cole went off to watch Shane play hockey in Frisco. Tomorrow Dylan has 3 soccer games. I hope he stays awake!!

Politcal campaigns

I never cease to be amazed at what comes out during political campaigns. One candidate attacks another, but when he is challenged on a similar area, it is suddenly a different story. This is a quote from the McCain campain today.
“The McCain campaign will have no further comment about our long and thorough process,” Schmidt said, lashing out at “the old boys’ network” that he says runs media organizations.

I am laughing at the idea that the news media is an old boy network. Here all this time I thought old boy network described the Grand Old Party. Today McCain insisted the media lay off the children. But that didn't stop him from a wonderful photo op with Bristol Palin and her boyfriend. The whole thing is a little bit of an enigma. The Palin's oppose sex education or the distibution of condoms to teenagers. Yet here they are faced with an unexpected grandchild, a young daughter forced to grow up faster than is needed and the desire for all of us to look the other way, not question, not comment, just believe that Sarah Palin is the best possible person for the second highest position in US government. Perhaps this politcal mother should have taught her daughter about condoms. Why compound the "mistake" of premarital sex with bringing a child into the world when you are barely more than a child yourself? Is choosing your life partner in such a situation a good thing?