Mr. C.’s Random Thoughts

I’m trying to decide if this is worth the $15 to buy the DVD or if I should just Netflix it.

I just wanted to take the chance to wish my mom a happy birthday today!   (And, no, I’m not going to tell you how old she is!)

I love NPR.  So I thought it was pretty cool when a local editor was interviewed on Weekend Edition Sunday.  Click here to listen.

In The Know: Candidates Compete For Vital Idgit Vote

Never tell your kids to “Go clean your room!”

My sister sent me the following and I thought I would use it as a post on the blog. If you want to participate, copy this post and reply, filling in your own responses.

FOUR THINGS ABOUT ME THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. DIRECTIONS ARE AT THE END.

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FOUR JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE

1. teacher
2. bookkeeper
3. secretary (although I preferred the term “executive assistant”)
4. convenience store clerk

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FOUR MOVIES I WOULD WATCH OVER AND OVER

1. Star Trek
2. Star Wars
3. Indian Summer
4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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FOUR PLACES I HAVE LIVED (OR WISHED YOU HAD!)

1. Texline, TX
2. Canyon, TX
3. Rome, Italy (wishful thinking!)
4. Assisi, Italy (again, wishful thinking!)

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FOUR TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH

1. Star Trek: Voyager
2. Heroes
3. Brothers & Sisters
4. Lost

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FOUR PLACES I HAVE BEEN

1. Rome, Italy
2. Mount Rushmore
3. Orlando, FL
4. Stonehenge

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FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME REGULARLY

1. Heather
2. Jeana
3. Becky
4. Laura

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FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS

1. Steak
2. Cheesecake
3. Shrimp
4. Chow Mein

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FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW

1. Asleep!
2. Rome
3. Austin
4. Vancouver Island

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THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS COMING YEAR

1. Summer Vacation
2. UIL State Meet
3. Only having one day care payment (for my son) when my daughter starts kindergarten
4. A new (or at least new to us) car

I am participating (along with my other lunch people) in the district’s wellness program.  We’ll see how well I do.  Weekly updates to follow!

This video is about the Mojave Viper Training that my friend’s son Tyson is currently in. It is hard to believe that he was a regular in our hallway less than a year ago!

I am so pumped about returning to Italy in the summer of 2009 with Mollie Colvin and Ramona Hawkins.  If you want more information on the trip, click here.

Near Sorrento

Pompeii

Capri

Taken by yours truly at 10:15 p.m. (or so).  It’s the new buffalo sculpture on the pedestrian mall at West Texas A&M University.  A friend told me that it is the largest sculpture carved from a single piece of rock in North America.  Who knew?