12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 9

[BuzzBoyMom]

I am in L.A. checking my e-mail and decided to try and catch up for a sec. I am scared about how long it will take me to catch up on sunday! DH is at a session, we are watching barnyard.


All of the basketball players in the lakers tourney or something like that are in this hotel tonight. DH keeps telling me all the people he is meeting in the elevator. I have no idea who he is talking about.

I saw Preston and Ed at the extreme makeover house this morning, but everyone was wearing shirts and coats. 32 degrees...

More later...

Kim

32 degrees or not...the shirts must come off!!!

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

For what it's worth....chicken pot pie has crust in our house. Chicken & dumplins has the thick noodles. We like it how they make it at Cracker Barrel.

The only way Chicken Pot Pie would have a crust in our house is if it sat too long without being eaten...eeewwww! Then again, if its made right, you know, without the crust, it wouldn't last long anyway.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

I tried to stop them Lisa...really!

Sure Caroline!!! Pure and Innocent!! umm hmmm!!!

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

I like catching up when no one else is here. I am not missing anything new and I know I can stop when I reach myself. That doesn't sound right...

uhhhhh....no Caroline that definitely doesn't sound right.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Chicken, noodles, sometimes potatos, carrots, peas, and dumplings on top!

How about we put the crust to bed already and pile chicken on one section of our plate...a few peas and carrots on the other and some gravy poured over it. Serve with bread and voila ......Chicken Dis!

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

DH when we enter the terminal

Why isn't he in lime green????

Blindfold or no blindfold...the color of the day will be lime green!

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Don't mind my useless laughing...

It isn't useless if you laugh in a post...

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

That's so funny....I love hot/spicy.....pepperoncinis are my fave - I won't tell ya'll what I put them on though!

John and my second date....(our first was a Yankees/Philly's game ---- YUCK) anyway, we went to Hooters for - wings - and I kept putting hot sauce on, then he did and then it was a competition.

Well I don't lose well at all! I could not tell you how many pitchers of beer we went through. Tears were coming out of both of our eyes but no one was giving in. We went through the jar at the table.

I did end up winning.....although Johnny may tell you differently.

MMMM....beer and wings, with hot sauce...

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Caught up...

hi Andy!!

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

I'm the same way. I like my food HOT and I love peppers. Of course after eating that stuff most of my life I now have to take nexium daily. I won't give up the spicy foods though. No way!

Hmmm..I better start taking nexium NOW then....

"Another plate of hot wings over here!!"

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

In the garage washing his bike. Yep, got it right

You know...in the back of my mind, thats what I thought too...his bike.

I did one of those free translator sites and it said "polishing his wheel"....I wasn't gonna take it any further...

Ich bin ein Dummkopf.

 

[Jhalkias]

Do any of you guys read the "Onion"?

www.theonion.com

I have a feeling once Karen finds it, we all will . . .

anyway . . .

This one is for Becka . . .

WASHINGTON, DC—Calling current levels of funding "unconscionably excessive," thousands of schoolchildren descended on the nation's capital Monday to demand drastic cuts in math and science funding for public schools.

Douglas Witherspoon, 11, and Kimberly Neesin, 10, propose "sorely needed" school-spending cuts.
"Something must be done about America's bloated education budget," said Douglas Witherspoon, 11, director of the Committee To Cut Math & Science. "Each year, math- and science-education funding sucks an estimated $40 million out of taxpayer wallets. How much longer will we as a nation continue to prioritize the teaching of things like algebra and biology?"

"Besides," Witherspoon added, "you can just use a calculator anyway, so why learn all that math?"

"The U.S. has the most advanced space program in the world," Witherspoon continued. "We invented, among other things, the microchip, the PC and the Internet. We cured polio. Are these the accomplishments of a nation that lags in math and science education? Clearly not. But like a bloodthirsty leech, federal expenditures on laboratory equipment, textbooks and flash cards continue to go up and up each year."

Pointing to a chart of world standings in various educational subjects, Witherspoon noted: "The U.S. has consistently ranked in the top 20th percentile among industrialized nations in the test scores of third- through eighth-graders in both math and science. The sensible path for Congress to take is clear: Slash the budget."

Continued Witherspoon: "We'll never actually use any of that stuff in the real world anyway."

When asked where funds currently going toward math and science education might be better spent, CCMS associate director Kimberly Neesin, 10, suggested field trips.

"Shocking as it may be, our nation's students barely get to go on two field trips a year," Neesin said. "This leaves them woefully ill-prepared to enter a world in which they will frequently find themselves taking trips. Adults don't sit behind desks all day listening to boring teachers—they get in vehicles and go places. How else will kids learn how to do this than by taking field trips?"

Neesin also recommended an increase in gym-class funding.

"While we are wasting our precious time memorizing multiplication tables and learning the parts of a flower," Neesin said, "a Norwegian child is gaining vital physical-education skills that will prepare him for a productive career in dodgeball the day he leaves high school."

Reaction to the CCMS agenda has been mixed. While the group has been praised by Burger King Kids' Club officials, many education leaders are dismayed by its call for math and science cuts.

"Math and science are essential subjects, crucial to children's understanding of the world and their place within it," said Dr. Wilson Hanratty of the National Science Foundation. "The government would reduce funding for these crucial subjects at its own peril—and that of the nation."

Responding to Hanratty's remarks, Neesin said: "Nuh-uhhhhh!"

John1

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

I watch Heroes

I like cupcakes.

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

She's in coal country....Caroline..... Happens alot in certain areas....

Yeah coal country...Is Centraila still burning?

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

MICKEYPLAN

We've GOT to do a video while on board and post it to youtube!!!!

Well, a video or a good series of snap shots set to some different music styles....video is too hard to get everyone involved. Photos can be manipulated and put together easier to tell a story.

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

How about we put the crust to bed already and pile chicken on one section of our plate...a few peas and carrots on the other and some gravy poured over it. Serve with bread and voila ......Chicken Dis!

how about all of that on a plate, add some bananas and a few NUTS and THEN you'll have Chicken DIS FOR SURE!

 

[87Heel]

Yeah coal country...Is Centraila still burning?

I believe it is; one of the Philly stations did an update report recently. Not much around there any more.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Do any of you guys read the "Onion"?

www.theonion.com

I have a feeling once Karen finds it, we all will . . .

anyway . . .

This one is for Becka . . .

WASHINGTON, DC—Calling current levels of funding "unconscionably excessive," thousands of schoolchildren descended on the nation's capital Monday to demand drastic cuts in math and science funding for public schools.

Douglas Witherspoon, 11, and Kimberly Neesin, 10, propose "sorely needed" school-spending cuts.
"Something must be done about America's bloated education budget," said Douglas Witherspoon, 11, director of the Committee To Cut Math & Science. "Each year, math- and science-education funding sucks an estimated $40 million out of taxpayer wallets. How much longer will we as a nation continue to prioritize the teaching of things like algebra and biology?"

"Besides," Witherspoon added, "you can just use a calculator anyway, so why learn all that math?"

"The U.S. has the most advanced space program in the world," Witherspoon continued. "We invented, among other things, the microchip, the PC and the Internet. We cured polio. Are these the accomplishments of a nation that lags in math and science education? Clearly not. But like a bloodthirsty leech, federal expenditures on laboratory equipment, textbooks and flash cards continue to go up and up each year."

Pointing to a chart of world standings in various educational subjects, Witherspoon noted: "The U.S. has consistently ranked in the top 20th percentile among industrialized nations in the test scores of third- through eighth-graders in both math and science. The sensible path for Congress to take is clear: Slash the budget."

Continued Witherspoon: "We'll never actually use any of that stuff in the real world anyway."

When asked where funds currently going toward math and science education might be better spent, CCMS associate director Kimberly Neesin, 10, suggested field trips.

"Shocking as it may be, our nation's students barely get to go on two field trips a year," Neesin said. "This leaves them woefully ill-prepared to enter a world in which they will frequently find themselves taking trips. Adults don't sit behind desks all day listening to boring teachers—they get in vehicles and go places. How else will kids learn how to do this than by taking field trips?"

Neesin also recommended an increase in gym-class funding.

"While we are wasting our precious time memorizing multiplication tables and learning the parts of a flower," Neesin said, "a Norwegian child is gaining vital physical-education skills that will prepare him for a productive career in dodgeball the day he leaves high school."

Reaction to the CCMS agenda has been mixed. While the group has been praised by Burger King Kids' Club officials, many education leaders are dismayed by its call for math and science cuts.

"Math and science are essential subjects, crucial to children's understanding of the world and their place within it," said Dr. Wilson Hanratty of the National Science Foundation. "The government would reduce funding for these crucial subjects at its own peril—and that of the nation."

Responding to Hanratty's remarks, Neesin said: "Nuh-uhhhhh!"

John1

wow ...scary!

 

[87Heel]

You know, since Becka tried to scare Angie with all of those math equations yesterday, I have to throw in this attempt to get Becka:

I AM GOING TO JOANN FABRICS TODAY! VERY SOON!
I will be getting some material for DS3's boot covers for his Captain Feathersword Costume! I will be looking for gold trim for the vest! I am figuring out a way to MAKE the actual feathersword with wire, feathers and other crafty materials! I will purchase many other crafty supplies that I don't even need yet because there is a great sale right now!

 

[becka]

So....

Rebecca, Becky, Becca.....what name do you want on your magnet?

Just go with Becka. It is what everyone knows me as here and I will answer to it!

Thanks V!