Baseball starts today!

Well, baseball season "officially" started yesterday with the Nationals beating the Braves. Not that I care vary much. I'm not a fan of either team, and only causally interested in a few National League teams. Although the season started last Tuesday (March 25th) with the BoSox and A's playing in Japan, I don't really count the season starting until today. Yup, the Twinkies will play the Angels in the Metrodome today. Although I'm very excited, being that this year is probably a "rebuilding year", I'm just hoping that the team places 4th or better. Call me pessimistic, but I really don't think we will be able to compete with either the Indians or the Tigers this year. But who knows, Gardy and company have pulled off quite a bit, and he may have more than few tricks up his sleeve this year.

Idol news, Chef Rant

O.k., so I was a bit disappointed that Chekizie (sp) got the boot yesterday. But, he never really picked the right songs. My personal favorite, David Cook, is still in it, and possibly improving each round.

Now for the rant. Glaciermom and I absolutely love the show Top Chef on Bravo. The challenges, dishes, and even some of the "reality tv" moments. However, this year the contestants seem to have a limited vocabulary that primarily consists of the f-bomb and other notable curse words. In fact, during some interviews, I can't even understand what the contestants are ranting about because every other word has been bleeped out. All the cursing has actually hindered our ability to enjoy the show. Even though this may be the most talented group of chefs in Top Chef history, they need to go back to school and learn some more appropriate vocabulary. Here's a hint for those casting the show for the next season. Pick contestants that can cook and utter more than a few words without all the cursing. I'm sure that there are many people that can cook and speak intelligently out there.

Arthur C. Clarke

Just found out Arthur C. Clarke has passed away. He may have been one of the first sci-fi authors I had read. I believe the book was 2001: A space odyssey. Along with the Rama series, his were some of my favorite books in high school. He, along with Asimov, and Heinlein were my favorites. To be honest though, I had not read all of his works. Apparently, many feel that Childhood's End was his best work. Maybe that is one I should read.

Arthur C. Clarke also popularized the idea of geosynchronous communications satellites and space elevators.

Haircut

One of the few toddler experiences that we have had recently is giving glaciertoddler a haircut. O.k., so we didn't cut all his hair, just his bangs. Last week, we finally had had enough of the long hair. Food was getting in the bangs, glaciertoddler was craning his neck to see out from under the bangs, and lastly, his hair reminded us of some our slacker seniors at school. To the right are two pictures of glacier toddler taken on 3/10 and 3/12. One is before the trim, the other after.

Since February

O.k., so I know it has been awhile since the last post. So I thought I'd fill you in on the details.

Since the last post, glaciermom got hit with the flu really bad, and was out almost a week. 4 days of feeling really, really crappy and 4 more days feeling kind of crappy. At the same time, I got hit with some nasty head cold or something that made my brain feel like it wanted to explode from all the pressure. Glacierbaby didn't get sick at all.

During our sickness run, it was also basketball tournament time which meant many days of messed up schedules, trying to keep up, and going to as many games as physically possible.

After tournaments, things were somewhat back to normal, but due to the bball games and being sick, I had lots of "make-up" work to get done. Then March 3rd we weren't in school. Well technically we were but it was PIR (Pupil-Instruction-Related). So I was in school learning about stuff I already knew or stuff that didn't apply. What a waste. So last week was messed up as well.

Now this week. This week is our yearly CRT (Criterion Referenced Tests) that affect our AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress). This is the first year that students have had to take a science test (before it was just language arts and math). Thankfully only students in grades 4, 8, & 10 have to take it, but that means I must spend two mornings administering the test, instead of teaching class. Darn NCLB. I hope the students do well on these tests. So this week is messed up as well.

Next week is Easter, so that means two more weeks of messed-upness. (O.k., so they are short weeks, and not really messed up.)

On a different front, I've decided to "upgrade" glacierbaby. He is no longer a baby and will now be referred to as glaciertoddler henceforth.

On the tv front, glaciertoddler loves watching Idol, but he really doesn't get into those ballads too much. And OMG, what the heck was that Kristy Lee Cook performance all about. Not to mention David A. messing up the lyrics to his song. On a more pleasant note, Top Chef starts tonight and both glaciermom and I are excited.

Final thought: How many of the new "Geeks" from the new season of Beauty and the Geek are either Autistic or have Asperger's. Of the nine, glaciermom and I think that at least 6 do. Those guys appear to be very odd indead.