Another one from JumboJoke.com:
Newspaper Glossary:
“When a newspaper uses a term like ‘informed source’, what does it really mean? Herewith a glossary of newspaper terms.…”
31 May 2005
Newspaper Glossary
A Pretty Sad State of Affairs
On MercuryNews.com today:
The day the music died in Redwood City schools:
“…Vivian Euzent will lift her baton this evening to lead the Kennedy Middle School concert band in ‘Drums On A Budget.’
She hadn’t planned the irony -- but it will be her last concert with the Redwood City Elementary School District. And it will be the last concert for all 800 district students whom Euzent and three other teachers have taught to play violins, flutes, trumpets and, yes, drums during the past decade.
For all of those students, the music is over. When voters failed to pass a parcel tax this month by a narrow margin, the district, which has cut $8 million from its budget in five years, made the heartbreaking decision to eliminate instrumental music teaching in its 15 schools.
This San Mateo County school district is not alone. Music and art programs sit on a fragile edge as educational funds retreat. Many districts nationwide now depend on the help of volunteers and foundations to sustain arts education.
In the South Bay, parent boosters keep alive Buchser Middle School’s music program in Santa Clara. Cupertino, recently named one of the 100 best communities for music education in America, depends on the Cupertino Education Endowment Foundation. San Jose’s Eastside Union High School District kept its music instruction afloat by sacrificing summer school at seven of its 12 schools.…”
Vineyards… Housing Developments; Vineyards… Housing Developments;
On MercuryNews.com today:
End of the Vine
I know which one I’d choose…
24 May 2005
Redneck IQ Test
Another one from JumboJoke:
Redneck IQ Test:
“As an added bonus for taking the ‘Redneck IQ Test’, here's some southerly advice that may come in handy down the road a piece: Next time you are too drunk to drive, walk to the nearest pizza shop and place an order. When they go to deliver it, catch a ride home with ’em.”
23 May 2005
16 May 2005
But the Orthodox Don’t Want to Play (again)…
From CTV.ca, recently:
New pope vows to strive for Christian unity:
“…But the Greek Metropolitan Bishop, Chrisostomos of Zakynthos, expressed his concern that Benedict may not work to unite Christians. Unless his record changes, he said, ‘it will be a huge thorn, a great difficulty in continuing the efforts of his predecessors with the Orthodox for convergence, as was the will of Christ.’”
11 May 2005
The LA Times’ Take on the Thing
From LATimes.com, this evening:
Wayward Cessna Triggers Massive Security Repsonse:
“‘…My understanding is, they were not allowed to leave in the airplane,’ Maddox [a spokesman for the Baltimore FBI field office] said…”
Do tell…
How the H*ll Do You Miss a Black Hawk??
From NYTimes.com, tomorrow morning:
Off-Course Plane Prompts Brief Evacuation in the Capital:
“…After it was chased by a Black Hawk helicopter and two fighters fired warning flares, the Cessna, which was flown by a pilot and his student who apparently veered off course, finally responded…”
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