Ok, of course all the credit goes to God, but I was going for the catchy title. Yesterday I had one of the biggest scares of my life – a near-death experience. I’m going to start at the beginning of an otherwise wonderful day… We were looking for a fun place to take the kids, and […]
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We are very fortunate to be able to visit the Orlando area in Florida (read: Disney World!) yearly, but during our past two visits, CNN has been overrun with news of unexpected and shocking celebrity deaths. In February 2007 during our visit, the breaking news was of model/actress Anna Nicole Smith’s early demise. It was
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One of my daughters lives in Florida with her husband and kids. This weekend, on Mother’s Day, some wildfires started in their part of the state. By Monday, their town was hit with fires. Sections of I-95 were closed due to heavy smoke. Monday night I was on-line looking for maps of the exact locations
If C ever wants to sub, he’d better not do it in Florida… This sub was unceremoniously let go after doing a magic trick for the students. His sub supervisor (I guess they do thing differently over there- no sub supervisor here) called him in and accused him, of all things, wizardry. Seriously. Read the
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And now for some youtube fun: VIDEO 1: Bloody Tennis Tantrum WHO: Mikhail Youzhny, a professional tennis player WHAT: Tennis racket vs. forehead WHEN: Monday, March 31, 2008 WHERE: Sony Ericsson Open – Key Biscayne, FL WHY: ????? COMMENTS: If you are bored by tennis, the real fun starts about 30 seconds into the video. Make sure
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I have heard of dyslexia of course, but this is the first time I have heard of math dyslexia. Apparently this condition makes for a very hard time in math. One Florida teacher is finding that he may not be allowed to teach since he can’t pass a required basic math skills test due to
