The app on the computer decided we needed to listen to Manchester hoodlums this morning. Oasis, The Verve......I don't know, Manchester is not one of my favor British cities. I need to click on the app and list what I want to listen to this morning....And all of a sudden it plays " Blue Oyster Cult."
No, I was somewhat surprised at the numbers the blog received on yesterday's blog. Normally the first few weeks after school lets out for summer, readership on the blog is " Dead Time" not many hits, but yesterday proved otherwise. It is somewhat surprising....
I got a couple of ugly messages from Buna ISD apologists yesterday. Making all sort of excusing for the hiring practices of the school district. Trouble is they are on the teat of the district. I would defend as the Chinese would say, " My Rice Bowl" too.
Again, I receive so much mail, especially lately, I have a hard time answering like I should.
Some folks just write to vent, and that is okay. I read what you say and understand. I get aggravated too.
-I received a message a couple of days ago from a ex-student upset about how she was treated subbing at school..... How mean the teachers were....
Come on, school is just like any other workplace.
Most of these people you don't want to see during the Summer Break, or any other time. There are dynamics in a school that most of you don't or won't understand unless you are actually employed by a school district.
Yeah, you like the kids, and it is SUPPOSED to be why you are there, but still, it is a job. A way to pay the mortgage. And psychologically you have to treat it that way.
I have a theory on teachers, and I will not disclose it for fear of insulting about 3/4th of my readers. Maybe one day.
- I went down the rabbit hole of GQ and Esquire magazines, both published by the same company. At one time I subscribed to both.....And this morning, I read both the American and the UK versions.
Other than a story of the " Full English Breakfast" it was nothing but slop. ( Full English- fried egg, bacon, sausage, potato patties( hash brown) mushrooms, tomatoes, baked beans, Black Pudding, some form of bread....In Scotland, haggis, in Northern Ireland White Pudding( No fooling, White Pudding and haggis done right are almost religious experiences.).....In the UK I have one for breakfast, every morning. Get that bad cholesterol level up.)
No suits described in the American version, and barely discussed in the British version.....It is mostly was watches, and how to dress sloppy like the celebrities. One article was on " How to Wear a Baseball Cap." Do, I need to be told how to wear a ball-cap? I've been wearing one for 68 years.
- Finally,two different people unhappy with me wrote and called me " Gay."
Yes, I have gay friends, but I am not gay.
That said, I saw the latest Sperry Topsider boat shoes video ad...I swear the male in the commercial was wearing rouge.
I've been rocking Sperry's since I was in seminary. So 45+ years.
I don't know, I get called all sort of things in a backlash to the blog.
Just another day of writing the blog....
-Thanks for reading, and as always, all information is read and researched. As always. it will remain confidential.
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