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In this Stack: An angry board member has a meltdown What happened to local control of public education My letter to the governing board to put the super in his rightful place - administering, not governing Last week a member of the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) governing board, who I’ve observed becoming increasingly phar… ncG1vNJzZmiZnJq0orjPq6acnaOoe7TBwayrmpubY7CwuY6pZqigXaiwsMDTrJuapJViu7DAjJqemqGe

I am not a Jew for all seasons. I don’t celebrate Shabbat every Friday night. I didn’t circumcise my kid. And, as I wrote about last year, I don’t even like most Jewish desserts. But I frickin’ love the Jewish New Year, those twin pillars of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and I dutifully celebrate them each fall. Because the Jewish calendar is different from the Gregorian one, the new year comes at a slightly different date every year.

As heard on RAW Impressions tiny-tunes-tuesday (12/12/23), my version of Ready For The World’s Oh Sheila can be streamed and downloaded below. Leave a comment Dang, this song is great. It was great when I heard it then, even better when I hear it now. My first impulse was to play it acoustic and keep it strummy and Weed Forestin’-esque. Oh Sheila hit just as I was breaking in my first 4-track, 1985, and it’s not unreasonable to think I was inspired by the fresh melody and two-chord, back and forth swing of the tune.

How I wake up laughing… when I hear your schoolyard taunt, neener neener neener. Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.That is the call of a male Tufted Titmouse. He sings it over and over, publishing his ownership of this patch of woods, where he intends to breed. My house is in those woods also, but the bird isn’t worried about me. He’s concerned about rivals within his own species.

Season 5, Episode 2. A Messenger, Nothing More Luke and Lorelai kissed during the Dragonfly Inn's test run. They're about to have their first date when Liz calls Luke, after breaking a leg and an arm in an accident, and he goes to help her and T.J. run their booth at the Renaissance Fair. For weeks, Luke kept telling Lorelai he would be back soon, but didn't come back when he said he would.

As Rob Sheffield and I discussed on the Auriculum podcast that went up yesterday, Oh-OK’s minuscule catalogue is commercially available again—though also going fast and also, to be sure, streamable—as The Complete Reissue. It comprises 17 songs where the long out-of-print 2002 CD dubbed The Complete Recordings somehow comprises 23. The CD was sequenced so the Athens band’s two legendary EPs occupy the first 10 tracks that lead into 13 live tracks; on the vinyl, four EP tracks are followed by five of the same live tracks before six EP tracks are followed by another two.

My mind instantly went to Nirvana and the grunge bands of that era. But it turns out the biggest hit from Seattle that year came from a rapper. And when I heard that, I was curious… Here’s a clue: It begins with a woman speaking the infamous line: “Oh. My. God. Becky…Look at her butt!” That’s right – the biggest hit out of Seattle in 1992 was Baby Got Back, by Seattle rap royalty, Sir Mix-a-Lot.

Nitty-gritty process-nerd notes on writing, reading, teaching, & cooking. Monthly(ish) updates with writing exercises, reading recs, recipes, and more. By Bronwen Tate · Over 1,000 subscribersNo thanks“Gorgeous reflections on process by a creative writing professor.” ncG1vNJzZmiaoqS7uLHNrZitnV6owqO%2F05qapGaTpLpw

I think Eliza is pulling her punches on this subject a little. The 'all Terfs are Nazi's' attempted slur is one that should attract deeper analysis. It is generally applied to anyone who isn't a TRA. We perhaps shouldn't be surprised by it, President Vladimir Putin has employed the 'Nazi' slur against The Ukraine, proclaiming it to be a Nazi state, though President Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy being born of Jewish parents does rather pose a problem with that line.