Shouting into an (near) empty theater

I'm less than a week away from sitting for the Virginia Bar. I've shut down all non-necessary functions so I can focus completely on learning the ridiculous black-letter standards they test on so I can immediately forget them and really learn the law as soon as I pass.

My apartment is clearing out. I just sold my dining room table, my leather sofa, my microwave and my desk to a Sri Lankan family who live just below me. The father, a short guy named Sachin who just moved hear with his wife and young son from Denver, would mouth his assent to prices and then bob his head left and right. Most of my personal stuff is all packed up and sitting in boxes in my front room.

A week from tomorrow and I'll be on the road. Again.

"... and our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream..."

Why NOT to Watch Fox News

So apparently there is a new study out by some college professor with too much time and taxpayers' money on her hands that is blaming Mr. Rogers for the current generation's sense of entitlement and lack of drive to succeed. Fox News this morning spent a few minutes discussing it and equated Mr. Roger's message of "every child is special" with the philosophy in many schools of "everybody wins."

The two aren't the same. I grew up watching Mr. Rogers and never did he advocate doing away with scholastic standards, benchmarks of success or marks of real quantifiable achievement. Instead, he advocated the simple and straightforward message that every child has inherent worth and should be encouraged to be all they can be.

In addition to maligning his name, Fox News, you idiots got his message wrong. Why don't you go back to reporting on dead Playmates and child custody battles and leave the real issues to those who can handle them.