Archive for June, 2010

Civics Lesson

Monday, June 28th, 2010

The Washington Post babbled again about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush. Amazingly enough,…… a lot of people swallow this nonsense. So once more, a short civics lesson.

Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, […]

Movies, Movies

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

This weekend we rented a couple of movies and enjoyed both. I would recommend both.

First was The Spy Next Door. It was very predictable and aimed mainly at kids, but it was good, harmless fun.

The second was The Book of Eli. This one was really good. But the movie has a very dark look and […]

School News

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

At the beginning of the year many of the teachers at the school where LaRue teaches were told that they had to empty their rooms by the last day of school. The south wing of the existing building is being torn down to make room for the construction of an entire new school. The demolition […]

Extraordinary Measures

Monday, June 7th, 2010

I remember when this was playing at the theater but we never went to see it. So, the other night we rented it. It’s a wonderful movie. Everyone does a fantastic job. And the fact that it is based on a true story makes it even better.

Here’s the review from Amazon.com:
Imagine Harrison Ford as a […]