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Sure, it's a free country; it's a republican-democracy. You have the right to shop for furniture on Craig's List in order to save a few b
ucks. You have the right to rent that room in the neglected house of the dangerous North-East quadrant of the District. Your have the right to save money and time by emailing Craig's List-ers, cutting deals and zooming around on the beltway. And yes, you have the right to work your butt off and be excellent at what you do. But so does everyone else. And in the city, they are here to be excellent at what they do and to beat you at your own game.
Welcome to my life
From Fat to Fabulous
This blog started publishing last month. There have been a number of posts since the first one, but this link will take you to the first one. It's a particularly strong mission statement and it sets this blog up for a good future.
I’m going to use this blog to track the oh so exciting life of an overweight 20-something battling the bulge and men. They say fat girls don’t get the guys. Oh they are wrong. So very wrong as you will soon learn. Here’s the run down on me: I am 5’5” and as of today weigh 268lbs. The most I’ve ever weighed in my life, although somehow everyone I meet decides to tell me I look skinnier …. I digress. I’ve made a commitment to lose some damn weight. I would like to lose exactly 128lbs. This journal will track that blessed event … among other things.
A Swift Kick & A Band-Aid
It’s not that cold hearted of a city.
What possibly had the power to make the world come
to a complete stand still? A flock of geese. Yes, as in a group of those giant honking birds. All 15 or so of them decided to cross the road, single file, in the middle of rush hour...and not a single one was harmed. …. As my companion at the time said, "you know if they'd been people, no one would have even cared."
The DC Education Blog
The writer of this blog cuts into the No Child Left Behind statistics release this week to see what can be gleaned from the data. Comparisons are drawn between the DC public schools, the DC public charter schools, and Board of Education charter schools. One assessment:
So, what does this all mean? Well, at first glance, DCPS and public charter elementary school students perform at roughly the same level in both reading and math. However, while both see subsequent erosion at the secondary school level, on average students at public charter schools outperform DCPS students, especially in math. Finally, students at BoE charter schools lag students at both DCPS and public charter schools, and this is observable at both the elementary and secondary levels.
All About Trey
Standing watch and staying on course. It starts this way:
“Come up and take the Deck.” The voice said. As I slowly woke up, I realized it was my department head’s voice. But I was still out of it. It had been a long day and I was just too tired to really think.
“What?” I replied. Looking at the clock in my darkened stateroom, it was about 2100.
I had the mid-watch in Combat and didn’t have to get up until about 2300.
“Come up and take the Deck.” He said again. But it still didn’t register.
“Sir, I’m not on the bridge this watch rotation. I’m in Combat. I’ve got the mid-watch.” I replied. Still groggy and confused. Come up and take the deck, NOW, LT X.” He responded quite forcefully.
Also Noted
Photo: Deconstructing the Box mystery in Kalorama by Ambivalent Images.
Restaurant recommendation, Ristorante Tosca, by Itad.org
Quick lunch spots, a favorites list by DC Metblogs.
posted by kob @ 12:23 AM
3 Comments:
Thanks for the heads up on the D.C. Education blog. I have two friends who teach in D.C., and I'll make sure they know about this one.
KOB,
Just curious why you dropped the screen captures from the blog lists? I thought that was an original and interesting feature - was it a lot of work?
Don
They're back now. I been hosting the list art on flickr, and there must have been a problem at their end at some point.
I do plan to expand the list art for some of the categories. It is time consuming, but I like the effect. I've been worried about how the art impacts dial-up users, but so far I haven't heard any complaints.
Originally I was using full screen shots, but they were taking up too much space.
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