Even though I'm a flaming liberal, I like to read both perspectives when it comes to politics, so that means The Nation AND National Review...but this recent item in The Nation about the Texas Board of Education's changes to the school system's curriculum has me seeing red....unbelievable stuff and very scary that it's going to happen; Conservatives often foam at the mouth about Liberal bias and yet isn't this what they're doing...again: unfrickingbelievable!!:



http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100405/foner (link to article)



I shudder at the thought of how the lesson on Phyllis Schlafly and the Moral Majority would be taught (more like propaganda, I bet)...just as some of the far far right do today these people tried to excuse their hateful views by calling them 'traditional values.'...With an agenda like the one the Texas Board of Education wants, would there be any room for truth and fairness? I am so glad I live in a state with a more realistic sense of what learning is!!

on tonight's Supernatural, it's zombie time...yay!:) sounds pretty interesting:

(from the CW's network website)

"Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) investigate Bobby's home town where the dead are rising from the grave but instead of attacking humans, they are happily reuniting with their families. The brothers turn to Bobby (Jim Beaver) for help but he tells them not to worry about it and to leave town. Suspicious, Dean investigates and comes face to face with Bobby's dead wife (guest star Carrie Anne Fleming) who has no memory of what happened to her. Once the zombies start turning evil, the boys tell Bobby he has to kill his wife but he refuses."

...I LOVE zombies and this looks pretty interesting and possibly very irreverent...

The following excerpt looks promising, if a little bit odd when it comes to describing this fictional take on John Lennon's death:


http://alangoldsher.blogspot.com/2010/03/excerpt-from-paul-is-undead-british.html

The book isn't due in store till June 22...can't wait!:):

This new book is both a look at John Hughes' films (truly the first of their kind when dealing with and taking teenagers seriously) and the absolute power of a high school life that sometimes lingers with us long after we pass through the doors for the last time.

"Pretty in Pink" is one of my favorite movies and as someone who came of age (though sometimes I doubt I really did) during the 80s I can't help but recall all of Hughes' films (especially "Ferris Bueller's Day Off")  with much affection.  With the exception of earlier films such as "Rebel Without A Cause" and "Splendor in the Grass" very few films up until the 80s came anyway near to capturing the angst and wonder of teenage emotions and daily life.

I've only just started reading this, but I thought I'd post something about it while I'm in the midst of it and still excited...I hope to return to add more thoughts on it:)

Hope you're having a great day!!!I just came out of one our (almost always terrific!) staff meetings where we opened with a ten-minute presentation on stress management. Believe it or not I learned more in that time than I have from dozens of self-help books.

Two of the most central concepts: we cannot change our past* and we cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way (plus the idea that we cannot change the inevitable) are both small battles I have serious trouble winning sometimes.

But something about the speaker (and the peace stones she gave us!) has inspired me to try and not worry so much...and to remember that old (sometimes tired-sounding cliche when you're in a bad mood!) saying that attitude is everything!

Peace to you!!! And always be well!:) 



*Issues with the past (for many of us, I think) often involve not being able to forgive ourselves for something we did to someone else...for all the talk you hear about regretting the things we didn't do, I still think the regret over what we did do is far more painful!!

But I want to end on a postive note, so I'll just say again: HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!:)