April Week 2
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April Week 2
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"The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot."
Monday April 16, 2001 First day of Spring Break... Oh Joy, Oh Bliss... Oh Well ... When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. Confucius (551-479 BC) Monday April 9, 2001
Autumn fell and bumped her head... scared me, I just saw it happen out of the corner of my eye... looked worse than it was but I went ballistic about the house being such a mess... poor Autie has a hard enough time walking without having to wade through all the crap on the floor... I ranted and raved for a half an hour... mostly I am mad at myself for not being able to motivate these kids and for not cleaning up this dump myself... poor Autie... Finally heard a commentator on the radio suggest that perhaps the fact we were caught red handed spying on China that perhaps an apology is not out of the question... why are we being so imperious about this... spying is still wrong... isn't it? Tuesday April 10, 2001 Bright sunny day today... little chilly in the afternoon though... I took Autumn to school... we were a minute or two late and all the kids were seated and Mrs. Raineri was about to read them a story. Autumn 'ran' through the door and waved to the kids and walked across the room and went right up to Mrs. Raineri and gave her a big snuggly hug... then she said "Hiee" to the kids and they made a path for her to crawl down so she could get to her seat on the floor...The kids in the class seem to really care about Autumn... they are a little condescending (that's the wrong word but my vocabulary is taking a nap) they treat her a bit like a baby sister... it is pretty neat. Christy got her hair cut today, she took Cindy out of school an hour early to get her hair done too. Cindy looks adorable, she has naturally curly hair and the light and dark blondness of her hair is natural too, people pay big bucks to have hair that looks like hers... Christy said that all the ladies at the beauty parlor are jealous. Got the Buick back today... runs great... might not sell it after all. Christy took the Buick to the class she is teaching in Valencia... it ran like a new car... she is pleased...so am I. I helped Calie with a book report... she had to read a book about a famous person... she did the report on Laura Dewey Bridgman... I had never heard of her... click here and scroll down a page to "Charles Dickens" After reading Charles Dickens account of their meeting I couldn't believe I had never heard of her... she and her teacher Dr. Howe were celebrities in her time, they were a precursor to Helen Keller and Ann Sullivan who obviously outshined Laura... Helen Keller was a genius, the first deaf - Blind woman to graduate from college... Radcliff.. and she was eventually capable of living independently.. something Laura Bridgman never attained... Wednesday April 11, 2001 I woke up late today... mornings are bad enough without me having to scurry about to get myself ready to go too. I got mike to school with a minute to spare... I arrived at CCS on time for Autumn's therapy but they didn't take Autumn on time... they took her in six minutes late and brought her out 5 minutes early to make up for it... If I thought for a minute that Autumn wasn't benefiting from their ministrations I would take her out of there in a heartbeat Flat tire on the Buick... The Navy service men and women are safely in Guam now, the politicians are spinning the hell out of every aspect of the situation. We apologized but the spin doctors are giggling like school children calling a diplomatic "Kings X" it's so silly... we said we were sorry... like we should have done a week ago. The Chinese got what they wanted and we got our kids back... the Chinese still have out plane though... that's sort of a bummer... I hope the crew was able to disable and erase and otherwise destroy the data and equipment aboard... Thursday April 12, 2001 Autumn had Therapy... wanted me to fill out a questionnaire... don't like tests Christy and Christian are studying hard today to make up for doing nothing the day before... Home Schooling is a labor intensive proposition... Friday April 13, 2001 Went to see 'Bridget Jones's Diary" Staring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth It was pretty good... from reading the reviews I was expecting more though...there were some genuinely funny moments and the "fight scene" was excellent... two guys fighting the way two guys who haven't a clue how to fight would fight... Zelwinger is a little precious with her pouting winces... she does it so much it's more of a tic than anything else, she is a convincing enough English person I suppose... a bit off key somehow... can't put my finger on it... bottom line..I think that my time and money could have been spent more wisely. Three more tires today... two on the Buick and one more on the Cadillac... killed my morning and part of the afternoon "What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it." Alexander Graham Bell
I have felt bad all day... it started with s sore throat last night and now I just feel awful... I was going to take the family up to the Poppy Preserve in Lancaster but I feel too punky. I hope some of you were able to hear the Prairie Home Companion on NPR. (you can go here http://phc.mpr.org/ and see if it airs in your neck of the woods, also play the whole show off the Net if you want to at http://phc.mpr.org/performances/20010414/index.shtml scroll down to 24:27 to hear the Celebrity Interviews ) The had a great show today... they did an interview with Jesse Ventura (Impersonator Tim Russell) Garrison asked him: Garrison Keillor: Very good. Governor Ventura? Tim Russell (JESSE): Yeah. Garrison Keillor: What are you having for Easter dinner? Tim Russell (JESSE): It's like this. I don't think it's fair for me, a human being with a gun, to go and slaughter a pig or a lamb or cow or chicken or something, for my Easter dinner. I don't call that a fair fight whatsoever. Garrison Keillor: Okay---- Tim Russell (JESSE): I couldn't enjoy eating a meal under those circumstances. Garrison Keillor: I see. Tim Russell (JESSE): The only fair game, as far as I'm concerned, is another man. So for Easter dinner, our family is going to be eating a biker from northeast Minneapolis, a fellow named Bob. Garrison Keillor: Uh huh. Tim Russell (JESSE): He's about my size, we both had knives and jack handles, and rest assured, it was a fair fight. Garrison Keillor: How are you going to be fixing Bob for Easter, Governor? Tim Russell (JESSE): We're just going to have the cheeks. The rest we're making into sausage. Tim Russell (JESSE): Right. I love that show... I took Christian and Mokie to Barnes & Nobel... they were getting a little rambunctious... Monica came up to me at the counter with some person in her wake... patron or employee, I am not sure... in tow saying "Are you their parent?" I said yes, "They were running in the store"... I said "How dare they have fun in your store, I will speak severely to them." I was really angry and disappointed with them but I was angrier at the pompous, presumptuous, indignant witch that was in my face. She said "They were RUNNING up and down the aisles" I said "Look lady, did they break something, did they hurt any one?" "No..". "Then I will deal with them outside... thank you for your concern now why don't you run off and find someone else to embarrass." I laid into those two brats when I got them to the truck... but there is no reason to call a perfect stranger on the carpet in front of 20 people... my kids have lots of problems. I try very hard not to inflict others with their intensity but on the rare occasions when we are out I figure, hell, I have to take them home with me, all they have to do is clean up... we don't go out much. The Easter Bunny is due any moment... I had better sign off soon... Sunday April 15, 2001 We left to go to Riverside for an Easter Dinner.. with one little side trip to take an old gentleman home who had some car trouble. Nice day, quiet peaceful day... Got an e-mail from Robert with an attachment called Demo.exe... a harmless file...not only could I not open it Outlook wouldn't even let me see it in the e-mail... there was onlu a pale yellow banner saying the file was potentially harmful and it had an extension that was on the Level 1 list so I can't see it... period. About a month ago I installed “MS Outlook Internet Security” Upgrade for Outlook 2000… I obviously didn’t read the fine print… I now have to un-install Outlook and then re install it… you can read all about it here… I am sure that there are paranoid pinheads who find this sort of arbitrary censorship to be a positive thing but to me this is tantamount to having the Post Office decide what mail is fit for me to read…
You can read more about it here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q262/6/31.ASP
Here is an excerpt:
Installation Considerations
Before you install the Outlook E-mail Security Update, Microsoft recommends that you understand how the update will affect the way that Outlook handles attachments and other applications:
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