I have to call school today and see about getting my leave of absence extended.  Actually, I should have called them two weeks ago because I was meant to be back on Tuesday.  I try, but I’m terrified they’ll say no.
See, I don’t look ill.  In fact, I very rarely look ill.  I’m not allowed [...]

I’ve noticed a rather disturbing trend recently.  Various people between the ages of 25 and 40 complaining that they can’t possibly do anything right because they lack parental support.  These people have all lived away from home for several years (at least two decades in many cases) and blame their parents for their failure to [...]

So Parker was diagnosed with an essential tremor in early 2007.  We think that diagnosis is bull, but it’s the only option we were given so we went with it.  For going on three years now.  It’s gotten progressively worse, to the point where as of Sunday he’s been having massive spasms in all four [...]

I’ve noticed a disturbing trend recently and I think it’s time I chime in.  See, there’s this group of people, we’ll call them Sharks, who feel that because they are a minority (sexual, ethnic, it doesn’t matter) they have the right to treat the majority like shit.  Why?  Because there is systematic predjudice against the [...]

I was Stumbling through sites like I usually do at 3 AM on a Friday (yay insomnia) when I came upon this post about teacher pay.  The post itself doesn’t bug me, it’s just a basic satire piece that I’ve seen a million times before.  There are aspects of the comments that are extreamely frustrating [...]