Daily Archives: February 14, 2006
Ohio Board of Education Picks Up Clue, Sprints
Posted on February 14, 2006 21 Comments
Now I have one less reason to believe the State of Ohio is planning to make my child intentionally ignorant: COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio school board voted Tuesday to eliminate a passage in the state’s science standards that critics said opened the door to the teaching of intelligent design. The Ohio Board of Education […]
I Can See For Miles and Miles
Posted on February 14, 2006 13 Comments
They say you never forget your first telescope. Here’s Athena’s, a tiny Meade I got on clearance from Radio Shack as a Valentine’s Day present. And yes, she’s very excited about it. We’re going to go out and look at the moon tonight. A full moon is in fact not the best way to see […]
Oh —
Posted on February 14, 2006 54 Comments
Before I forget, I did one of those Johari Windows thingies. I set it up for the folks over at AOL Journals, but there’s no reason you can’t tell me what you think about me, too. Yes, I realize that some of you read By The Way as well as Whatever, so you’d already know […]
Reviews Aggregator
Posted on February 14, 2006 7 Comments
I’m trying to jam through stuff so I can get out of here to have Valentine’s Day lunch with my wife, so rather than stretching out a bunch of new reviews across several ego-gratifying entries, I’m just going to pile them into one entry. First, a nice review of The Ghost Brigades in Library Journal, […]
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