school – Old Road Apples

Wednesday Words of Wisdom: Elmo Phillips

” You don’t appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman. Stuff you pay good money for in later life.” –Elmo Phillips

JunkChuck

May 20, 2015

Funny and/or Strange, Quote

comedian, comedy, elmo phillips, quotes, school, spanking

Mobula Rays Fly, Fly Away

This is awesome, but don’t take my word for it. Look for yourself. According to the narrative on Fuzzysnail.com… “Mobula rays aka flying rays are also known as the devil fish of the ocean. They are similar in appearance to manta rays and they fall under the family of eagle rays. They can attain a…

JunkChuck

April 12, 2015

sheer awesomeness, video

baja, cool, devil fish, flying, mobula ray, national geographic, ocean, school, season

Winter Cedes To Onions

Everyone else has been getting snow days–we’re at what is hopefully the bitter end to an uncharacteristic late winter cold and snow snap. Temperatures have been up and down for weeks, hitting well below 0 degrees Farenheit zero (-18 C) on multiple occasions and, until the past weekend, ascending above freezing for just two days…

JunkChuck

March 10, 2015

Journal

cold, freeze, ice, onions, school, shovel, snow, spring, winter, work

Nigerian Kidnappers Need Mercenary Response

I’ve been hit from several sources with Instagram pictures of famous folks clutching hashtag placards, earnest twitter tweets, petitions to “bring back our girls”–all in reference to the horrific kidnappings in Nigeria, and it just strikes me that neither petitions –nor the President’s team of negotiators, nor even the signatures of a few thousand really…

JunkChuck

May 21, 2014

Uncategorized

#bringbackourgirls, allah, boko haram, extremists, girls, hunters, islam, kidnap, mercenaries, nigeria, school, terrorists, traditional, violence

School Safety – A Tale of Two Incidents

Originally posted on John Linko: Those of us who, as high school students, remember having to slog through the then-unappreciated prose of Charles Dickens, probably remember this one really long sentence: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,…

JunkChuck

April 15, 2014

Commentary, Uncategorized

bully, bullying, fayette, franklin, knife, media, principal., safety, school, south, township, victim

Ruby Bridges

God bless America, Land that I love Stand beside her And guide her through the night with a light from above– from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home. My friend Laura shared a link on her facebook page that led to a copy…

JunkChuck

February 15, 2014

Commentary