Bag of Randomness

  • Recently I found out a person at work died.  I never met him, but I guess because I’m about to become a parent, I can’t help thinking of him and his family.  Outside of Eastland he and his family were involved in a car accident, I believe on Sunday.  He was killed along with his daughter, but his wife and other son survived.
  • My place of employment does a fantastic job of keeping people informed of things, and they love each other as family.  Turns out he has family in Europe on a mission trip trying to fly over for the funeral, but because of the volcanic ash, it’s been a challenge.  Work has made arrangements for that part of the family to fly here for free once they get here.
  • I believe the wife is about to be released from the hospital, and his son is still recovering at Cook’s Childrens where he was air-lifted.
  • If you’re the praying kind, feel free to life up the Gage family in prayer.
  • Yesterday I learned that car seats actually have an expiration date.
  • I’m glad Curb Your Enthusiasm is coming back for another season.
  • I’m even happier that Stewart and Colbert’s contracts were extended at Comedy Central.
  • The Simpsons Congratulate South Park on 200 Episodes
  • Breaking up with a church
  • Three Baylor University professors, a physicist, a theologian, and a geologist are holding a science and faith seminar in Dallas.  I’m intrigued but won’t attend as I think I have another baby class to attend, and the later rounds of the NFL Draft will be on.
  • Some people are surprised and even upset that Sarah Palin stated that the U.S. is a Christian nation.  Those folks have never attended church in the Bible Belt.  And if you are a long time reader of this here blog, you certainly know where I stand on that issue.
  • Jerry Jones was drunk and stated that he brought Bill Parcells to Dallas to help him get a new stadium, and yesterday he stated that it was former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller’s fault why the new stadium is now in Arlington and not in Dallas.  Is any of this actually a surprise?
  • The story behind the lost iPhone
  • Some guy stayed in a Texas Wal-Mart for 24-hours and blogged about it.
  • For the first time in a while, LOST was actually interesting.
  • If you are a Mythbusters fan, you might find it interesting to know that Adam Savage is not a believer in God.
  • I’ve been diagnosed with Gilbert’s Syndrome since high school.
  • I have bad luck with white cars.
  • I wonder if I’ll become interested in the Mavs playoff run this year.
  • I can’t even recall the last time I looked at one of my yearbooks.
  • One day, contentment, I’ll find you.
  • As I mentioned earlier, all this rainfall is bringing lost of beautiful bluebonnets.
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Extreme Homeschooling: No Tests, No Books, No Classes, No Curriculums

In a Movement of Unschooling, Parents Let Kids Set Their Educational Pace

The Biegler children live as though school doesn’t exist.

They’re at home all day, but they’re not being homeschooled. They’re being “unschooled.” There are no textbooks, no tests and no formal education at all in their world.

What’s more, that hands-off approach extends to other areas of the children’s lives: They make their own decisions, and don’t have chores or rules.

Christine Yablonski and Phil Biegler of Westford, Mass., are self-described “radical unschoolers.” They allow their teen daughter and son to decide what they want to learn, and when they want to learn it.

“They key there is that you’ve got to trust your kids to … find their own interests,” Yablonski told “Good Morning America.”

Yablonski described unschooling as “living your life as if the school system didn’t exist.”

When asked how their children learn things like math, she said, “If they need formal algebra understanding, then they will, they’ll find that information.”

Full ABCNews.com Article

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Iranian cleric: Promiscuous women cause quakes

A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.

Iran is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries, and the cleric’s unusual explanation for why the earth shakes follows a prediction by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that a quake is certain to hit Tehran and that many of its 12 million inhabitants should relocate.

“Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes,” Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media.

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