These things always seem to work for me

( I am A Six! )

Truth is strange, people are tasty

I read a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction. It's always uplifting after a day of teaching. I also read a wide variety of science fiction and other fiction.

Some of it is really bad.

But I have never read a book in which a Congressman resigns in disgrace after hot e-mails with teen-aged pages surface, and the Congressman's lawyer alternaelt blames alcohol and the fact that he was abused by a prest and states unequivically that the Congressman "never had sex with minors," conveniently avoiding the fact that in terms of sexual contact in Washington, D.C., the age of "majority" is 16, and with left-wingers thinking there is a conspiracy because Fox News has accidentally referred to the Congressman as a Deomcrat a couple times. Oh, and I forgot, the coverup is all a plot by Gay Republicans who control part of the party and must be eradicated by the Conservatives. Oh, and chairman of a committee that oversees kids' safety on the Internet.

Next thing ya know, we'll find out he''s a zombie.

Rumblings on a Thursday afternoon.

1. Welcome to three new readers -- bronx_baroness, kittyrevealed, and nemomori.

2. I love the line about Cinderella.

A suburban Atlanta county that sparked a public outcry when its libraries temporarily eliminated funding for Spanish-language fiction is now being asked to ban Harry Potter books from its schools, the Associated Press reported.

Laura Mallory, a mother of four, told a hearing officer for the Gwinnett County Board of Education that the popular fiction books are an "evil" attempt to indoctrinate children in the Wicca religion.

But Board of Education attorney Victoria Sweeny told the AP that if schools were to remove all books containing reference to witches, they would have to ban Macbeth and Cinderella.

3. And we have a winn-ah . . .

The recent string of school shootings has prompted a
Wisconsin lawmaker to propose arming teachers with guns.

Republican state Rep. Frank Lasee said it's a concept
that's worked in Israel and Thailand, so why not Wisconsin?
Lasee said if teachers had guns, students or others would
think twice about committing acts of violence in schools.

Under his proposal, no teacher would be required to carry a
weapon, but those who want to would get extensive training.
It would allow teachers, principals, administrators and
other school personnel to carry concealed weapons. He plans
to introduce the bill at the start of next year's session.

4. I am so not paying attention to the baseball playoffs, but somone mentioned that the Yankees lost. This is a good thing.