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"I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to 'cut back.' From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible."
(Erma Bombeck)

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Entries from July 1, 2010 - July 31, 2010

Saturday
Jul242010

The Sin of Mel Gibson

It’s old news now. If you haven’t heard about Mel Gibson’s alleged tirade (more like demonic verbal assault) against his ex-girlfriend, you haven’t been reading the paper or internet or listening to radio or television. Mel’s obscenity-laden insults have gone “viral” (in the parlance of the internet world).

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Friday
Jul022010

People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Everyone from Teddy Roosevelt to John C. Maxwell has been attributed with coining the phrase above. It’s been repeated often enough to become a well-known truism, especially in education. After working in a high school classroom for over two months, I now realize why it’s so often said.

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