This has been an eventful week. My mom got surgery today and will be out of work for a few weeks. It is supposed to be minor, but it is hard not to worry. Not too much else to report. I've been trying to understand Twitter better and can't wait until the NCAA tournment starts up again in the sweet 16.
My boss has been out of the office and I have been manning the fort at work. Things are a bit slow though. I'm thinking they will pick up very soon.
I got a $20 check from the air bourne class action lawsuit. I forgot I had even applied for that since it was so long ago. I also got a $50 check from the county as a refund for my registration from my truck that I sold. $70 I wasn't expecting. That is always nice.
Kim Kardashian Airbrushed Thinner, Smoother, Lighter
I don't know why, but these articles I always find interesting. The larger the picture, the more you can see all the changes.
Commentary: Legalize drugs to stop violence - How many of these articles to I need to read? I agree, now go do it already.
Do Twins Have A Sixth Sense? I always thought it would be cool to be a twin. This is good story about a sister that saved her twin's life. I wonder if there is any scientific evidence on this topic.
So each day I check out the news ratings. For example: The Scoreboard: Monday, March 23
If you click on the link you will see how MSNBC does compared to Fox News and others. I just don't understand how the Fox News ratings are so consistanly high. Even when MSNBC does great, Fox just seems to be higher. As a big fan of MSNBC, I wonder what the appeal is. I've mentioned this before, but still I'm confused. There was an episode this week on Family Guy where Lois goes to work for Fox. Great show. Family Guy Takes On Fox News (VIDEO)
Cafferty: Parents, your kids aren't that special : Parents' growing inability to impose manners and limits on their kids when the kids are in school is reflected in record dropout rates, as well as teen drug and alcohol abuse, teen sex, and unwed pregnancies. Maybe it's parenting that's on the decline, more than the schools...Some parents still have this attitude that their kids are too special to be burdened by discipline. And the rest of us are supposed to put up with their little mutants. That attitude really pisses me off. I hate to break it to them, but the kids aren't special, and I don't have to put up with their behavior. If you can't control your obnoxious little brats, leave them home.
I'm not a teacher, but it seems to be that kids discipline is getting worse and worse. I think kids have always been misbehaved somewhat ("Children are cruel" comment), but now they just seem to be that way in front of adults more. I'll probably think my own kids are the most special smartest, best kids ever in the history of man kind, but I want others to judge me by the respect they show. I wonder if I was a parent reading that article if I would be offended? Maybe I would think that everyone else's kids are like that, but mine were different even if they weren't. At the same time, I know that adults say this very same thing about every new generatin of kids, so maybe people just forget.
hope your mom has a speedy recovery.
ReplyDeletealso, i didn't think the airbrushing on that kardashian photo was that bad.
Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYou should click the link to see the full size picture. Look what they did to her bumpy legs and her waist. I feel like photoshoping is lying. Maybe I just didn't know too much about all that air brushing that it looks like a bigger deal to me.