Posts Tagged ‘education’
How Well Does American|Writes Reach Concerned Voters?
This is primarily for The Candidate, Matt Mackowiak, and his client, Bill Flores. Yesterday, we wrote an article about Chet Edwards, Bill Flores, and the Budget silliness some Tweeters were going on about Chet not passing one. We posted the following Tweet as soon as we published the article: The above Tweet was made at 3:12PM. We took [...]
U Up U Down Gets It – U In U Out Texas 17?
Memorial Day weekend. 8 hour drive to the Davis Mountains underway, listening to the radio, bouncing along in the Jeep, thinking of beautiful scenery, good food, hunting some wild pigs, just about anything except politics. I have been so wrapped up in the CD 17 and State Senate 22 races I had forgotten what it was like not to think about the [...]
Try And Try To Try Not To Do This…
I think as word peeves go, this one ranks pretty high. Mainly because it has such widespread use. When I hear somebody in a protest say "...try and make a difference...", I cringe. When I hear a reporter say "...the President will try and get concessions...", I wince When I see a newspaper that proclaims "...will try and go without [...]
Juuuuust a Little Outside
Regarding the 12/22/07 Homeschooling for Life with guests, Jim Bob Howard & Steve Murphy Program. Since the request for review was made on a Yahoo! homeschool group, I thought I would give my two cents' worth. I listened to the podcast of this program and throughout the broadcast I was on the edge of my seat, waiting for the crucial, [...]
Out of The Box, The Closet, or The Clubhouse?
Some topical conversations, and most everything else on a majority of Yahoo!-based and other on- and offline homeschool communities, seem to express a concern for or addresses the Moms who are homeschooling but wholly leaves out the Dads - or even complains about them. (more...)
Helter Spelled Her
Background: My Mother-In-Law is very dear to me, closer than any other woman except my wife and sister. She is very smart, loves everyone, and cares about people to a fault. She is a teacher by training, now retired. She loves all 12 of her grandchildren (born in the last 8 years!) and her three daughters, three sons-in-law, and one son. She is [...]
