Sweet Papa Crimbo

But they weren't flourescent.

And the deal with all the clocks in the Tardis...the Master as a plasma snake with green eyes...

I don't know whether you were simply using my story as the jumping off point for your screed, but I surely hope you aren't deeming to paint me as one of your offending parents. (I'm assuming you were simply looking for a point to jump in..we've never had any beef). But when I have my son's first grade teacher tell me at his graduation "we got him through...I'm so glad you stuck to your guns", I can only wonder at what might have been and thank God I am done with the public school system. I'm all for paying teachers, but as Hixter cited for his school District in Texas, the pay ain't that bad

CLOSE THE THREAD...GODWIN'S LAW VIOLATION.

56 is too young. One thing the entire Via Chicago family can agree on is a heartfelt expression of sorrow, sympathy and condolences.

It is really interesting the decline in respect for teachers. I have a generally favorable view of teachers and the teaching profession that has survived somewhat intact although I have two kids who made it through the Public School system. For every teacher dedicated to their profession and proficient in their teaching field, there were two who were skating by. Anecdotally, I can say public schools are not doing their job unless your kids are in GT and AP programs. My son has a minor learning disability (mild dysgraphia and mild ADD). His First grade teacher was ready to totally write him of

There's a lot more of me than there used to be in sense, but there's a lot less of me in another.

And that crap about the Doctor being half human...dreck.

Only Fox could make a Doctor Who movie such an abomination. I bet Eric Roberts doesn't even put this on his vita.

Heh...$100,000. Really? I put one child through college, am putting another through college (without borrowing any money) and there is quite a bit of room between my income and your strained calculaitons.

This really captures the snarky, cooler that thou and very often clueless wonder that Rolling stone was in the early years. Now they simply rate everything at three stars other than releases from the favored ones.

It was really interesting...the reviewer apparently hated Deja Vu also.

You have a wonderful time ahead of you discovering the discography of this band.

Apparently Jamie Foxx is owed an apology for those who got so pissed off at him about his Miley Cyrus comments a couple of years ago.

Oh my god. I can only imagine the pain you are suffering. My most sincere and heartfelt condolences.

Nah...I just wanted to watch you twist off (as one who twists off quite often, I enjoy it.) So sue me. Call me a troll. But discussing the politics of race, the race pimps and the holy crushers is really not going to lead to much rational discussion anyway.

I'm not even sure if this belongs in a music thread these days, but did ANYBODY watch this?

There's a lot of really good stuff coming up...If you haven't read the books, you will have a hell of a ride coming up

This is probably another statement that you would prefer to ignore http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57403200-503544/obama-if-i-had-a-son-hed-look-like-trayvon/

This says it all.

It sucks getting old

Wrong. New Boots and Panties.

What is the meaning of life?

If those songs had been released in 1970...those versions... The overdubs and selection of material were horrible (in the original SELF PORTRAIT)...

I find it charming and more than a little cool when the band I am seeing doesn't look like a group of homeless winos. I remember seeing Dr. Dog when they opened for Wilco and wondered if they smelled as bad as they looked.