Random “Facts of Life” Tidbit

Lisa Whelchel played Blair in the 80’s TV sitcom The Facts of Life.

She is now a devout Christian that lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and maintains a website.

But this is the part that made me crack a smile.  She use to keep a blog using Blogger, and it had a pretty darn clever name.

That blog hasn’t been updated since October 2007, but she has some nice pictures of her visit to the Holy Land.  Link

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Superintendent Rips Up Diplomas

Clayton County’s interim superintendent has scrapped every graduating senior’s diploma, because his name is not on them.

John Thompson, who has been on the job less than a month, said on Saturday that for a graduate’s diploma to be truly accurate, his name needs to be on it.”The superintendent has to sign the master list to send to the state Department (of Education), that verifies that these students have fulfilled all requirements,” Thompson said Saturday.It could take graduates more than two weeks to get their diplomas.

The printer, Herff Jones, has agreed to shoulder the $80,000 reprinting cost.

“Why? Because it’s the right thing to do,” said Herff Jones spokesman Rick Schewsbury.

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The Quest For Every Beard Type

I’ve been growing a beard every winter for some years now, and every spring, I try to see how many facial hair variations as I can check off from the chart of facial hair types. Listed below are descriptions of the 34 facial hair types from the chart, including examples of the 19 24 variations that I’ve been able to attain so far.

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I did something similar to this a couple of years ago when shaving off a beard.  Link

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