a is for awesome: reflections on the first semester

December 23rd, 2008 by Christine

Ever since winter break started, I had been checking my grades compulsively online.  They were finally posted yesterday, and guess what?  I got straight A’s!  (I know, it sounds so elementary but thanks be to God.)
This whole semester was a tough one.  Not only was it just a big adjustment to go back to school, [...]


if you want your kid to get plenty of ass beatings

December 17th, 2008 by Christine

Heath and Deborah Campbell of Greenwich, Pennsylvania are angry that the ShopRite supermarket refused to spell out their 3-year-old son’s name in frosting on his birthday cake. His name is Adolph Hitler Campbell. Poor kid. An area Wal-Mart later agreed to decorate the cake. Others who read the story in a local paper were apparently [...]


in the words of jesus

December 12th, 2008 by Christine

It is finished.  (Is this sacriligiouss?)
I am officially done with my first semester.  Wahooooo!  I survived!  Not sure about my grades though.  Oh well.
My plans over winter break include reading and writing to prepare for next semester.  I’m taking a reading/research course that is an independent study.  I get to choose my own books and [...]