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Posted by Mariah at Yep, it's September at 7 Sep 7:49 PM:

I'm in Pre-AP Lang Arts, and AP US History, as well as Chem, a junior class. We haven't had any real tests yet, but APUSH honored us with a pretest, of which I am doing poorly on. And we had homework over the summer in Pre-AP, and I had homework first day in all of the above mentioned classes.

Posted by Mariah at You Might Not be the Only One Who Flunked that Test... at 7 Sep 7:45 PM:

I wonder if that's really Terry Bergeson...

Posted by Mariah at Always low prices might hurt schools at 7 Sep 7:43 PM:

That's not right. I think Wal-Mart should be ashamed of themselves! Really! (I sound like my grandmother...)

Posted by Mariah at BEWARE OF SPIDER! at 7 Sep 7:41 PM:

That would traumatize people... especially if they were inside the building, completely oblivious, and then look up and see a gigantic spider crawling up the windows. It makes me lauugh just to think about it.

Posted by Cash at Acai to the rescue!...watch out Snapple at 7 Sep 4:10 PM:

I worked at two different Jamba Juices for quite a while and as a result got an average of about three or four smoothies a day. I stayed very far away from the Acai.

Posted by Jeremiah at Acai to the rescue!...watch out Snapple at 7 Sep 4:10 PM:

I personally drink protein shakes...but they are actually proven to work in conjunction with exercise to build muscle mass...these berries on the other hand...these sound like some quack's newest get rich quick scheme.

Posted by JDB at Oddest Book Title Announced at 7 Sep 4:09 PM:

Whaddya mean, Harry Potter titles are weird?!? Harry Potter rocks! Have you ever even read them? If not, you should. You might be changed for life. :'(

Posted by Cash at BEWARE OF SPIDER! at 7 Sep 4:04 PM:

Amazing. I love this kind of thing, when the general order of things is upset by something wild and absurd. Anyone into Improv Everywhere?

Posted by Jules at No surprise here at 7 Sep 3:59 PM:

Yeah, Chloe! I don't think I've ever had anyone agree with me on this whole blog! But anyway, I also agree that McCain is trying to lure Hillary supporters into going elephant. However, I've talked to three or more women that say, basically, "If McCain is stupid enough to believe that if you liked Hillary, all you want is a woman in office, then he shouldn't be president. Just because you support Hillary doesn't mean you'll transfer your vote over in a snap because Palin is a female."

Posted by chloe at Oddest Book Title Announced at 7 Sep 3:25 PM:

Greek Rural Postmen? That is great! (and I thought some of the 'Harry Potter' titles were strange...) :)

hmmm...it's sad to think that some stranger names can be found on the birth certificates of Hollywood celebrities...

Posted by chloe at Acai to the rescue!...watch out Snapple at 7 Sep 3:17 PM:

well...as I was researching for a photo of an acai berry, I realized there is ANOTHER berry that goes by the name of 'wonder berry'. (I just thought it was a cute nickname for the acai) So when you click on the link to check out the article...you're reading about acai berries...not wonder berries...

Just thought I would clear that up...

Posted by chloe at Opening up school by pulling out students... at 7 Sep 2:28 PM:

The worry of the spending affecting the student's education is totally there - but if the property taxes are bringing down the schools wouldn't it also be hurting the parents and families?

Posted by chloe at No surprise here at 7 Sep 2:20 PM:

I've gotta agree with Jules. I think McCain was trying to be different...bring some new names and representations of America into the election. New meat is exciting, right?

I think McCain could also be trying to scoop up some of the voters Hillary had behind her wanting a women in office - she had a good-sized following that McCain's trying to tap into with a female VP.

Posted by chloe at BEWARE OF SPIDER! at 7 Sep 2:05 PM:

well at least they named the spider something really classy and beautiful like 'La Princesse'...

I'll bet a lot of people would think that a better name is Totally Gross Hairy Beast...

Posted by chloe at Celebrate Salami! at 7 Sep 1:59 PM:

Holy COW!! yes!! - i didn't think anyone appreciated waffles anymore...it's like a funnel cake you can eat for breakfast! this is great...i'm glad to know amazing things like waffles arn't wasted on our generation!! :D

even better that we've got not one waffle day...but 2!! yay march 25 and august 24!

Posted by Cera at Yep, it's September at 7 Sep 1:04 PM:

I'm in all advanced classes so I am one of the few sophmors in honors chemistry and honors pre-calc. The only AP class I could take this year though was euro history. I can not wait till next year when I can take my classes at the college.

Posted by cera at Celebrate Salami! at 7 Sep 12:59 PM:

Ha! I'm salami! How ironic

Posted by David at Yep, it's September at 7 Sep 12:46 PM:

All I need is one credit of English and a half credit of social studies and I can graduate, yet I still put myself in five AP classes (Euro, French, Stats, Gov, and Lit). Why, David's soul...why?!

But no tests or essays yet. Well, one Euro pretest that was way too easy, but we had to read Huck Finn and such over the summer for lit. Still haven't done that. lol

Posted by Jeremiah at Yep, it's September at 7 Sep 9:29 AM:

It's all worth it, trust me...I'm already a semester ahead of everyone else credit wise, so I'm getting away with only taking the bare minimum in credits this semester to get financial aid.

Posted by Jeremiah at No surprise here at 7 Sep 9:26 AM:

Reminds me of a Jewish joke my dad's rabbi told me a while back...not sure if I should repeat it here, though...

Posted by Jeremiah at Smokey the Bear returns? at 7 Sep 9:25 AM:

And there will be peace in the Middle East in my lifetime, Hailey...

I saw this too...couldn't stop laughing for like five minutes because it reminded me in a weird way of this bear a few years ago who raided a camp site, broke open the cooler, and got totally drunk on beer...he drank all the Rainier, but only one Bud Light...

Posted by Dnell at No surprise here at 7 Sep 12:37 AM:

I'd like to think that stupid teenagers don't exactly represent their parents. The whole idea that her daughter makes her a worse politician is ridiculous, and it should not be a reason for criticism of her political career.

While saying that, it frightens me to think that she could possibly hold so much power in our government. I think McCain needed someone younger and more Obama-esque; Palin satisfied this choice, and the decision was made without thorough thought.

Posted by Dnell at BEWARE OF SPIDER! at 7 Sep 12:27 AM:

This is so sick.

I hate spiders.

This is so gross.

Posted by Hailey at Celebrate Salami! at 6 Sep 9:05 PM:

I'm Hot Dogs, too, Adrianna!

Posted by Hailey at Yep, it's September at 6 Sep 9:01 PM:

I'm one of three sophomores in my Honors Pre-Calculus class, so that's going to take some getting used to. But then again there were only four freshman in my Honors Algebra II class last year... I know whatcha mean, Kelsey. Yup. I'm taking three honors classes this year and the homework situation is already atrocious!

Posted by Hailey at Junk Raft Sailed The Pacific Ocean at 6 Sep 8:55 PM:

How cool is that?! Hey it can only help with people's awareness of ocean pollution. With a little more publicity, I think that these guys could truly make a difference. It would be cool to make really interesting sculptures out of recycled materials (without being "obvious recycled materials") and sell them or place them in city parks. Oh yeah... and I have yet to make something cool out of junk. :)

Posted by Hailey at No surprise here at 6 Sep 8:49 PM:

Sarah Palin is a very impressive lady. She is both the only/first woman governor of Alaska but also the youngest. Politically, Palin is very sharp. But I have issues with her pregnant teenage daughter. How does this situation prove that she has good morals and knows what's best for both her daughter and America?

Posted by Hailey at You Might Not be the Only One Who Flunked that Test... at 6 Sep 8:37 PM:

I personally don't attend a Spokane public school, so this makes me curious as to how well Post Falls High School did on covering all the standards.

Posted by Hailey at Smokey the Bear returns? at 6 Sep 8:35 PM:

I think it's funny how the URL says Odd Bear Pot Farm... haha. How in the world did you find this story? It's great! Maybe the bear will become a symbol of drug-free non-marijuana-producing youth!

Posted by Kat at Yep, it's September at 6 Sep 8:31 PM:

Yeah, I'm in all AP classes. Second day back, MAJOR math test! Ah well. Life goes on.

Posted by Jules at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 6 Sep 8:29 PM:

Wow, lots of good thoughts in these comments... I must say that I agree with Jeremiah and David most. Palin did give a pretty good speech, but after all, that is mostly her speech-writer's job. I wasn't impressed with her confidence level. Overall, I think McCain's pick will surely generate talk, but will it be good or bad? Who knows? Who else loves election time?

Posted by Jules at No surprise here at 6 Sep 8:17 PM:

Personally, I think it's pretty obvious why McCain chose Palin. He was trying to shake up the race. Romney, in my opinion, would have been the obvious choice, the one at least I was betting he would make. Though I am a Democrat and like Barack Obama (much more than Hillary Clinton) I do admit that Palin's acceptance speech at the RNC was impressive. We'll have to wait and see if this works out!

Posted by David at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 6 Sep 4:52 PM:

Gross, gross, gross!! Sarah Palin is probably the worst move John McCain could've made in this electoral situation. She's inexperienced beyond fathomable reason, she's the governor of a state that is nowhere near nor similar to any of the continental United States, and she harps on all this family union crap while she has a four-month old child with Down syndrome and a pregnant 17-year old daughter on the loose. Will Palin add or subtract votes for McCain? Though she might bring more right-wing Republicans back in, I think might distance voters from the McCain campaign even more.

And Margaret, yes, about a third of the nation wants health care to be widespread. Why not? Health is THE most important thing in a country. WHY are we spending so much money battling AIDS and malaria in Africa, when the our own Americans are fighting anything from influenza to cancer? WHY should only the upper and middle class be able to access medical facilities, and not the lower class, even when our national philosophy is that "all men are created equal"?

I definitely agree with Jeremiah. Obama may be inexperienced, but that inexperience thrust him past Clinton, Edwards, Biden, and MANY other EXPERIENCED candidates for the ticket. Palin? No would've given her a care in the world if McCain hadn't shooed her in.

As for the speech...lol...I didn't think it was great. Better than McCain's, but not close to the caliber of the Dems. Guiliani just bashed too much.

Posted by Adrianna at Liberal bias. at 6 Sep 4:03 PM:

i love it. "he who must not be named" from the Harry Potter books.

Posted by Caitlin at No surprise here at 6 Sep 2:52 PM:

Found it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_el_pr/palin_poll;_ylt=AvoZMNBT9.LSB5RaZMTMU59snwcF

Posted by Caitlin at No surprise here at 6 Sep 2:49 PM:

Tom- it was an article on YahooNews I came across while sitting in Yearbook the other day. I'm trying to locate it now, and I'll post the link if I find it. But as I said in the original post, the numbers are from an ABC poll conducted on Friday.

Posted by Mariah at Conor's YouTube pic of the evening at 6 Sep 11:41 AM:

That's weird in a really entertaining and awesome way. Much like polka, guy's voices are not designed to EVER go that high.

Posted by Jen at Liberal bias. at 6 Sep 11:23 AM:

I feel your pain Stephen, I feel your pain.

Posted by Adrianna at Celebrate Salami! at 6 Sep 10:17 AM:

oh yes yes, i celebrated International Waffle Day, not National Waffle Day. I did a 5 minute speech about waffles and how they are superior to pancakes in my debate class that day for credit.

Posted by Rae at Celebrate Salami! at 6 Sep 9:46 AM:

National Waffle Day - Aug. 24th
International Waffle Day - March 25th (Gee. How ironic.... don't ask.)

Posted by Rae at Celebrate Salami! at 6 Sep 9:43 AM:

Adrianna - I LOVE YOU! Finally someone with a deep appreciation for waffles! May G-d bless you. I'm going to go figure out when National Waffle Day is!

Posted by Rae at You Might Not be the Only One Who Flunked that Test... at 6 Sep 9:40 AM:

Lakeside? Believe it or not, that's actually very surprising! Whatever. It doesn't matter to me anymore. Mead doesn't surprise me at all.

Posted by Lee at My dad's tree house can beat up your dad's tree house at 5 Sep 9:27 PM:

Dang, I think every kid wants that!!!

As for me...I had stuffed animals. Now, I have my violin and my back yard. And I'd still like the tree house.

Posted by Terry Bergeson at You Might Not be the Only One Who Flunked that Test... at 5 Sep 8:29 PM:

"You Might Not be the Only One Who Flunked that Test..."
...the school my have failed some of those because of you, ha!

Posted by Jeremiah at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 5 Sep 6:03 PM:

Margaret, do you even know what socialism is?

Second...I know Obama lacks as much experience as McCain, but he's on the national map...Sarah Palin wasn't even heard of outside of Alaska until McCain put her on the GOP ticket...I've seen Sarah Palin's credentials, and I'll admit that it's a commendable leap from mayor of a tiny town to governor of a state in such a short time, but I also don't want her near the presidency.

And I also don't agree with her on any issues...except for putting an end to corruption...and even then, she's no angel herself.

Posted by Jeremiah at No surprise here at 5 Sep 5:59 PM:

In terms of executive experience, maybe Sarah Palin does have more experience...but in politics overall? No, she doesn't.

And Tom...it's an ABC poll...you know like the television network?

Posted by Adrianna at Yep, it's September at 5 Sep 4:06 PM:

My friends who got into AP classes were assigned homework not a week after school ended... they had to read a couple books, write reports on them, do science stuff, write reports on THAT, basically a gigantic series of projects for summer homework... ridiculous. And they're freshmen!

Posted by Adrianna at Celebrate Salami! at 5 Sep 3:47 PM:

hehee. I love national holidays like this. I myself celebrated National Waffle Day in march sometime. No joke. I love waffles and appreciated its national holiday.

Posted by Tom at No surprise here at 5 Sep 1:43 PM:

Not sure where you're getting your numbers. From Rasmussen Reports:

"...Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of American voters." "Perhaps most stunning is the fact that Palin’s favorable ratings are now a point higher than either man at the top of the Presidential tickets this year. As of Friday morning, Obama and McCain are each viewed favorably by 57% of voters. Biden is viewed favorably by 48%."

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/palin_power_fresh_face_now_more_popular_than_obama_mccain

Posted by Margaret at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 5 Sep 1:28 PM:

I can almost say "thank you" to Medea for sticking to the issues. If you don't like the views and issue position of a particular candidate, then it's entirely OK not to vote for them. I for one, am fearful of the socialist views of Obama, the huge tax increases that are over the horizon with him as potential president, and seriously, does anyone want health care run in the same manner as Amtrak, the IRS, and the Postal Service? However, you're wrong about McCain being a hypocrite. Sarah's lack of experience, or lack thereof, only shows to the country that Obama lacks even that much. While you and others decry Sarah's experience, you only prove the lack of Obama's, and the fact that you believe that a candidate should have significant amounts of experience. You can't argue against Sarah as vice president without arguing against Obama for president. I think you're all making McCain's point.

Posted by Margaret at No surprise here at 5 Sep 1:20 PM:

Makes great sense to me. The person with the most experiece? Of course not, but then again Obama has less. What Sarah Palin brings to the ticket is an outsider; someone that can connect to the average American. What should McCain have done, chosen another rich white guy. While I think Romney would have made a good pick, Sarah Palin brings in excitement, change, and a breath of fresh air. Obama has been running for months on nothing more than "star status." He hasn't been running on anything he's done in any sort of a leadership position. The election has been energized. It's fun just watching the democrats falling over themselves trying to attack Sarah. McCain has been all but forgotten. Fun, Fun, Fun.

Posted by Medea at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 5 Sep 1:12 PM:

I really don't care much for Palin. She might be a fine person, but her views are far too conservative for my taste. Knowing her position on abortion, gay rights, education, the environment, the war, etc. I can't really say I want her anywhere near the presidency. Not to mention that McCain is now a hypocrite in my eyes, constantly slamming Obama for his lack of experience and then picking Palin as his VP.

Posted by qwerty626 at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 5 Sep 8:34 AM:

That arguement about McCain dying in office is getting really old (pun intended). ANYONE can die in office...young, old, in between, whatever. Including NObama!! Get real! YOU can drop dead today, regardless of your age or health. That's a fact of life. We don't get out of it alive.

Posted by Corrine at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 4 Sep 11:16 PM:

I like Palin as a person. She felt relatable. And yet, as I watched her speech (and I sat through the whole thing) I was not struck by any of the contennt of her speech, but rather her poise and confidence. In my opinion, Obama has both the great speaking style and the content to back it up. I also agree with the concern that Jeremiah has. I do not feel confident that Palin could run this country if McCain died. Otherwise, I think it will be interesting to see if Palin helps McCain or just ends up taking the spotlight off of him.

Posted by Corrine at Conor's YouTube pic of the evening at 4 Sep 11:12 PM:

Wow...that's...freaky. And yet it's incredibly entertaining.

Posted by Jeremiah at Yep, it's September at 4 Sep 10:31 PM:

Don't worry...before you know it, you'll be walking across the stage with an empty diploma case (yeah, the suckers...make me work my bum off for 13 years, and I can't even have the sheet of paper in the case when I walk across...wait until the next morning...BUMS!)and wondering where all the has gone...like me...

Posted by Alec at Opening up school by pulling out students... at 4 Sep 8:03 PM:

It's an interesting approach to the problem, and I'm interested to see the outcome. Their choice of schools to attend is certainly symbolic of the percieved injustice of the tax code.

Posted by Kelsey at Celebrate Salami! at 4 Sep 7:31 PM:

oooo im a bratwurst!

Posted by Kelsey at Yep, it's September at 4 Sep 7:23 PM:

My first day was today, and i was the only freshman in my math class and in journalism! the upperclassmen didnt come in until later when we were in advisory so i had mini class periods where i just kinda sat there cuse the teachers had nothing prepared and was gonna go through all the stuff tomorrow. im really really nervous, was anyone the only freshman in any of their classes?

Posted by Rae at Conor's YouTube pic of the evening at 4 Sep 5:48 PM:

That's either really CREEPY or really AWESOME!........ I'd say it's both!!!

Posted by Rachel at Yep, it's September at 4 Sep 4:32 PM:

First day, essay test. Awesome.

Posted by Jeremiah at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 4 Sep 3:17 PM:

You guys are funny...kool aid...smoking...wow. I must say that I expected more from you two, but then, a lot of teenagers can't voice their opinions intelligently...unless you aren't really in this age group, which should worry some people.

I'm more worried about John McCain dying in office...the man has serious health problems (at least four bouts of cancer that I can remember, and he has spots on his skin removed on a regular basis), and if he dies in office, Sarah Palin will not be able to run this country, she simply does not have the experience.

And as for Obama surrounding himself with people who know what they're doing, that's the idea...a wise man doesn't assume that he knows everything or that he can get the job done by himself...the wise man surrounds himself with those wiser than he is.

So, you guys can insult all you want..just makes you look immature and me laugh my head off.

Posted by Rae at My dad's tree house can beat up your dad's tree house at 4 Sep 12:38 PM:

I should clarify that the barbie bombs only happened one year.

Posted by Rae at My dad's tree house can beat up your dad's tree house at 4 Sep 12:35 PM:

My younger brothers and I were going to build a really awesome tree house like this with the help of our older brother. That never happened because the big guy decided to join the Navy. Oh, well. i'll build it myself. As for me and my childhood toys lets just say that dolls and barbies were DEFINITELY NOT on the list! In fact the few that I did have (at least the barbies) became Barbie bombs during fourth of July! I preferred things like legos, hot wheels, link-n-logs, you get the idea.

Posted by Tom at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 4 Sep 11:45 AM:

Jeremiah, seriously, put down the cool aid. Hillary, although a woman, is no different than those elitist men like Biden and Obama. If that's what you want, than so be it. However, it seems the American public has no such desire. Perhaps there are some bitter feminists still railing against the machine, but most Hillary supporters have moved on. Now comes a woman with a real connection to the average man and woman. While she may not have worlds of political experience, isn't that what everyone has been wanting? How can "change" occur when the same entitled politicians keep control. Does anyone really, truly believe, after Obama surrounds himself with the insiders of the Washington beltway, that he will really do anything different than what's already being done? This is exactly why Senators so rarely get to this point. Regardless of the outcome, a Senator will be president. Who do we want in the second seat? Another insider?

As a second thought, does anyone else find it strange that Obama is trying so hard to compare himself to Palin, and not McCain? Who's running against who?

Posted by qwerty626 at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 4 Sep 10:34 AM:

Jeremiah, what are you smoking? Must be some pretty good stuff. You call Hillary a 'real woman'??? For real? That man wannabe in a pant suit is no more a woman than Bill is! Shrillary doesn't hold a candle to Sarah! She doesn't even hold the match!!

Posted by Jeremiah at Back to School, Again... at 4 Sep 10:22 AM:

I DID have three today...but then last night I dropped my Comp II class because the professor is 82 years old, going senile, and not even lecturing about how to actually write (most of the time he was lecturing on his own morality and things like how one should raise one's children)...I think I'll be taking it next semester either with a different instructor or just doing it online.

But yeah, two classes today, both done...I just hate having an 8 AM lab...

Posted by Jeremiah at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 4 Sep 10:20 AM:

Hillary Clinton is more of a real woman than Sarah Palin is, and she has actual national political experience.

Posted by Rae at Celebrate Salami! at 4 Sep 9:59 AM:

Breakfast Sausage. ????

Posted by Margaret at Palin gives speech at Republican Convention at 4 Sep 8:46 AM:

It's refreshing to finally have a "real woman," versus a bunch of elite, entitled, rich men. Regardless of gender, however, Sarah Palin provides a much needed link to the average American. It was a wonderful speech, pointed, specific, and a lot of fun.

Posted by Erin at Conor's YouTube pic of the evening at 3 Sep 8:29 PM:

I actually picture Conor doing this each morning while getting ready in the morning...

Posted by Methuselah at Conor's YouTube pic of the evening at 3 Sep 7:22 PM:

Posted by Tori D at Back to School, Again... at 3 Sep 7:06 PM:

ah, college. I have two classes tomorrow.

Posted by Cash at My dad's tree house can beat up your dad's tree house at 3 Sep 6:04 PM:

I played with stuffed animals and bugs.

Screw these kids.

Posted by Kitty at Back to School, Again... at 3 Sep 2:26 PM:

My school has three dances a year. I think that's a lot, compared to other schools that don't have any. However, our dances aren't formal, and they have themes- Halloween, Winter/Hawaiian and 50's. The 50's is the most fun by far!

Posted by Kat at Back to School, Again... at 3 Sep 2:24 PM:

I'm in CV too, and I go back tomorrow. I hate my schedule! I have most of my core classes with my friends, but I have the worst PE teacher and no one has her with me! Life is rough.

Posted by Mariah at My dad's tree house can beat up your dad's tree house at 3 Sep 2:11 PM:

That is awesome past words... I always wish I had a big tree house like that. We have a tree porch type thing, but it's not covered, and needless to say, doesn't have electricity.

Posted by Amy Cannata at My dad's tree house can beat up your dad's tree house at 3 Sep 12:12 PM:

That's a pretty sweet treehouse.

My dad built my sister and I a pretty cool one, too.

It had a shingle roof, steps you could pull up behind you, working windows, a porch and a fire pole to slide down. Underneath it he installed swings, monkey bars and a huge tire swing.

All the neighborhood kids hung out at our place.

Posted by Rae at Back to School, Again... at 3 Sep 10:08 AM:

Also, I was far from being a lost, confused freshman on my "first day". In fact, I knew right where to go... back to bed!

Posted by Rae at Back to School, Again... at 3 Sep 10:01 AM:

You suckers! (Just kidding!) The high school bus went by... the middle school bus went by... the elementary school bus went by... and I was still asleep! To my credit though, I did do some math later on in the day. (I started my math last week.) That is, after I spent a couple of hours on the computer! What sucks for me though is that I already have most of my school books, whereas everyone else is just starting to get their's. That means that at any moment my mom could say "Find a pencil and get crackin'!" Truth be told, I do have somewhat of a "schedule" that I stick to. Even so, I'll probably be done with school by the beginning of May! I sign up for Home-Link classes tomorrow so, I'm excited!

As far as changes go, well the food could be better. The "lunchroom" is always crowded. The bathroom isn't quite very clean. The gym needs some improvement. (Wait a minute... Gym? What Gym?) We need later start times. There's too many distractions. Not enough field trips. Not much funding for "extra curricular activities". Yup. School around here needs some work. I think I need to talk to the school board/superintendent/principal/teacher (AKA Mom) about this...

Posted by Erin at Back to School, Again... at 3 Sep 9:20 AM:

In was the best when I didn't tell them I was kidding!! They looked so confused when they entered my room the first day...

God that joke never got old...

Posted by Mariah at Back to School, Again... at 3 Sep 9:09 AM:

how mean, erin!!! if a teacher were to have told me that last year, i would have been traumatized. especially if you didn't tell me you were kidding!!

Posted by Jeremiah at Palin's Pregnant Daughter at 3 Sep 6:54 AM:

Jim, the people who made those accusations against Gov. Palin are idiots, plain and simple...I honestly don't think she was covering up for her daughter, or that she would.

Posted by Jeremiah at "F-n' Redneck"... at 3 Sep 6:53 AM:

I've said some things on Facebook (don't have a MySpace) that I shouldn't have...but that's in the past, and unfortunately, time travel doesn't exist yet.

As it stands now, I don't think Mr. Johnston would represent either McCain or Palin well because he can't seem to keep his mouth shut...now, if he straightened up and acted his age and not his shoe size, then yeah, he might not be that bad of a representation.

Posted by Jeremiah at Back to School, Again... at 3 Sep 6:50 AM:

I started school last Monday, and it's not too bad...you meet some interesting people here, to say the least.

Posted by erin at Back to School, Again... at 2 Sep 9:31 PM:

When I was still teaching at a high school, I used to love the days before school started and the incoming freshmen would come go thru their schedules once so they wouldn't be lost their first day.

When I'd see one in the halls looking lost, I'd ask if they needed help and then look at their schedule. If I saw my name, I'd grimace and say, "Oooooh. You got Daniels. BUMMER. Good luck with that..." Hahahhaaa... Sometimes I'd tell them I was kidding and it was me. Sometimes I'd let them come to class the first day and love watching them look confused. Hahahhaaaa... Those were the days...

Posted by Mariah at Back to School, Again... at 2 Sep 8:32 PM:

We kind of do. The freshman have the school all to themselves for the morning. Upperclassmen (like me, this year!!!) go in at noon. Not a bad set up. Except for that we get there and much like our class was last year, the freshman like wither and look scared to death.

Posted by chloe at Back to School, Again... at 2 Sep 8:23 PM:

Ahhhhh! (total sigh of happiness)

I love the first day of school and TODAY was it. :]

But amidst all the yearbook signing and new books were the doe-eyed freshmen...wondering where to go.

Remember those days?? - That's a change I would make to our school; we should have a 'Save the Freshmen' day. Show some love to the younger ones...:]

Posted by Mariah at Back to School, Again... at 2 Sep 8:06 PM:

My first day is Thursday- we go back late in the CV district. I am less than pleased with my schedule, but I'll deal. I didn't get all the classes I had even a week ago, and it stinks, because I really wanted to take a few of them... I guess I'll just take them next year! If I could change my school, I would make it go back to starting at 7:55. It's been moved back 10 minutes this year, and it's going to be tough on my family, until I can drive myself to school. And I might rearrange funding so that the academic teams get at least equal to the sports teams. Or at least proportional. I like it, though. It's pretty good.

Posted by Jen at "F-n' Redneck"... at 2 Sep 6:04 PM:

Wow, she picks 'em huh? It's one thing to get knocked up- but to have the entire nation know it, now that's embarrassing.
This is just one more reason why I don't think Palin will make a good VP. She has a disabled infant and a soon-to-be grandchild to take care of, how will she balance this with the needs of an entire country?

Posted by Erin at "F-n' Redneck"... at 2 Sep 4:14 PM:

I would like to think that if I was messing around with the governor's daughter, I wouldn't be writing such stupid things on my MySpace page. Regardless, now the WORLD will see it.

This kid's life is over as he knows it. He's a daddy--no more rednecking in the woods. Gonna have to use that beer money on child support, now.

Posted by Dnell Conrad at Palin's Pregnant Daughter at 2 Sep 4:09 PM:

I don't really think that its such a big deal. It shouldn't be taken into consideration when considering her spot on the Republican team. A preg. child doesn't mean she's a bad politician. There are many other things that can point to that; a daughter's choice isn't one of them.

What I think is even a BETTER issue with Palin is this quote from the New York Times article from Labor Day:

"Among other less attention-grabbing news of the day: it was learned that Ms. Palin now has a private lawyer in a legislative ethics investigation in Alaska into whether she abused her power in dismissing the state’s public safety commissioner; that she was a member for two years in the 1990s of the Alaska Independence Party, which has at times sought a vote on whether the state should secede; and that Mr. Palin was arrested 22 years ago on a drunken-driving charge."

Not so much the drunk driving charge, but her past in the Independent party and her with the investigation.

Now that is more of an issue.

Posted by Jim at Palin's Pregnant Daughter at 2 Sep 3:37 PM:

Answers to "More Questions." I seriously doubt that Palin wished to make public anything about her daughter, and did do only to diffuse silly and inane blog comments about her new son. No doubt she regrets that decision, as she could have just laughed at the bloggers and moved on. As for the lawyer, there is an ongoing investigation by a independent investigator (a very experienced and vetted attorney), but it is also being overseen by Democratic members of the state legislator. Whenever there are issues breaching the separate branches of government, attorneys for both sides are probably warranted. As for her husband's DUI 20 years ago, I'm not sure how that in any way affects Sarah's abilities. As I recall just before the 2000 election it was revealed that Gore's son had received a DUI. I believe the press was quite sympathetic toward Al in that case.

Posted by Mariah at Palin's Pregnant Daughter at 2 Sep 2:44 PM:

More questions:
Do you think it's good that Bristol and the boy, Levi, are planning to marry? Do you feel it's appropriate for Sarah Palin to put her daughter in the spotlight like that? What do you think about the other embarassing facts that have been released in the last day, such as that Alaska has hired a private attorney for Palin to defend herself in a state ethics investigation, and that her husband had been arrested for drunk driving over 20 years ago?

Posted by Mariah at Palin's Pregnant Daughter at 2 Sep 2:38 PM:

Let's keep comments on the subject at hand, and not diss anyone's political stances.

Jim and Jeremiah, feel free to debate, but please keep it civil and on-topic.

Posted by Jim at Palin's Pregnant Daughter at 2 Sep 2:13 PM:

Jeremiah, you are absolutely right! Wow, how could I have been so stupid. You silly libs didn't release the fact that the daughter was pregnant, you silly libs tried to accuse Palin of covering for her daughter by saying young Trig was Sarah's instead of her daughter's. No, you didn't release anything about the current pregnacy, you made up stories about Sarah's son. Boy, talk about needing to get your head out of your bum! Liberal fools such as yourself couldn't come up with a real story, so you had to create one. I repeat, if this is the best you can come up with, the GOP is going to do great. BTW, I voted democratic in the last Alaska election, and have never been associated with the GOP. But I know brain-dead fools when I see them.

Posted by T.J. at Palin's Pregnant Daughter at 2 Sep 2:09 PM:

I'm glad to see a 19 yr. old college student is a virgin and has a caring mother and grandmother. ;)
The Palin family is surrounding their daughter and all their chilren with an atmosphere of love and support. That doesn't mean they haven't tried to teach the right values. We all have tried our own choices - some have not turned out well.That's how we learn.
22 yrs. ago we had the same situation in our family. The child and mother turned out to be wonderful adults who contribute well in their community. May God bless the Palin Family.

Posted by Erin at It was a 'Beautiful Day'... at 2 Sep 12:40 PM:

He was blasting it in a public place? What a baby... I agree with Cash.

Posted by Brent23 at Palin's Pregnant Daughter at 2 Sep 12:40 PM:

Normally I wouldn't weigh in on issues such as this but this one is too close to home not to. Personally I have a Down syndrome child AND my girlfriend got pregnant when we were 17. We have now been married for 20 years.
The fact that this is an issue at all cracks me up, truly. Why are we talking about this? It is SO easy to point the finger at someone when we don't agree with the way they do things.
How many of us can stand up and say that we don't have anything to be ashamed of? How many can say that we've done nothing wrong no matter what we believe?
I would bet a lot of money that Governor Palin's daughter will learn more from this than any other way. I know I did. More than that, she will also be a proponent of abstinence despite her own choices. She didn't do what she believed was right...imagine that? I mean, NO ONE does that!
Someone on here also made the comment that the Governor was too busy with her life to "monitor" her own daughter. Come on, people. Are you serious? Does anyone really believe that teenaged kids don't make their own choices? I guess Sara should have kept her daughter in her sight 100% of the time?

Personally I applaud their honesty about the whole deal and the fact that they are WILLINGLY putting themselves in the face of the American public. They knew this would happen yet did it anyway.

Leave her daughter alone and quit throwing stones from a glass house.

Posted by Jeremiah at Palin's Pregnant Daughter at 2 Sep 10:58 AM:

Jim, pull your head out of your bum...us 'libs', as you call members of the Democratic Party didn't dig this up on Gov. Palin...she released it HERSELF...the Democratic Party had nothing, I repeat, NOTHING to do with the announcement of Bristol Palin's pregnancy. I'm sorry if Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, or Ann Coulter deceived you into believing otherwise, but that's the truth.

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