Cutting through some 2×6 pine boards he was using to build a table yesterday at the Potetz Home Center in Cleveland, Texas, carpenter Eddie Fregia found Jesus. Or at least what appeared to be an image of Jesus. A long-haired, bearded figure was revealed in a knot Fregia cut through in the hardware supply store’s woodshop, 50 miles north of Houston. “It looked a lot like J.C.,” Fregia tells the Cleveland Advocate. “Either J.C. or my brother.” Fregia notified a coworker and his boss, and they agreed with Fregia’s assessment, though manager Kenny Rogers later told reporter Cassie Gregory that someone else who examined the knot said it looked more like musician and movie director Rob Zombie.
* * *Various slices of the board apparently revealed slightly different Jesus-like images. “We had a whole stack of Jesuses,” Rogers joked to Gregory. Fregia cut off the end of the piece of wood with the clearest image and took it home with him. He says his wife might take it to theLighthouse Church at Moss Hill in Hardin this Sunday, to show around.
- Jesus knot found in Cleveland [Cleveland Advocate]
13 December 2011
Where will you find Jesus this holiday season?
I can't believe I almost missed this "whole stack of Jesuses" piece from Swamplot:
01 December 2011
5 Best Toys of All Time | GeekDad | Wired.com
Not much needs to be added to this wonderful post by Jonathan Liu.
Dirt, Stick, String, Cardboard Tube, Box.
Scan the comments for the runners up and tips on liberating your kids (and saving your wallet) by various offerings of these and others.
21 October 2011
"You're headed for a one-term presidency" -Steve Jobs
"You're headed for a one-term presidency," he told Obama at the start of their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which companies can build factories in China compared to the United States, where "regulations and unnecessary costs" make it difficult for them.
Jobs also criticized America's education system, saying it was "crippled by union work rules," noted Isaacson. "Until the teachers' unions were broken, there was almost no hope for education reform." Jobs proposed allowing principals to hire and fire teachers based on merit, that schools stay open until 6 p.m. and that they be open 11 months a year.
04 October 2011
First Day of High School...
Are you a smart, opinionated, down-to-earth, idealistic teenager? Do you know one?
Head on over to the new Huffington Post High School page. It's a place to drop off or pick up some pros or cons on your favorite topic.
What's that? You don't care about anything? You just want to watch some YouTube videos of people singing? That's fine.
Or maybe, just think about the next funny show to watch. That's okay, too. All are welcome.
25 August 2011
Teacher? Blog well or look for new work.
Alternative Title: "NEWSFLASH: What you post on the web is not private!"
Remember this one from last school year about Pennsylvania teacher Natalie Monroe:
Her blog posts calling students "frightfully dim," "whiny," and "utterly loathsome" prompted her suspension in February.
You might also recall that her, well, 'punishment', was that she was not fired or reassigned. She's right back in the same school where she was then.
Well, she's not out of the woods yet as more than 200 students have dropped her class this fall requesting to be reassigned. While not available for comment, Ms. Monroe did say:
she "will teach in an empty classroom if I have to."
Now, maybe I'm no expert, but WHA?
Which also makes me think: HUH?
This is like if a tree fall in the forest and no one is around, right? If she's teaching to an empty classroom, is she still teaching? My favorite corollary question is: "If you're teaching and no one is learning, are you still teaching?"
That last one could apply to too many folks.
24 August 2011
Facebook Use and Drug Use Correlated for Teens
"When someone constantly sees photos of parties, they sort of feel they're missing out," he said. "It sort of glorifies the whole thing. Especially if you haven't done it before, it could be a gateway to make them think it's all right."
"...he regularly sees Facebook posts about drinking and partying. And it's not just images, he added: Status updates that say things such as, "I can't remember what happened last night" get the message across as clearly as any photograph."
11 August 2011
Montessori on NPR. Listen NOW!
Listen now to the President of Association Montessori Internationale, André Roberfroid, on Dallas station KERA. (Missed it? Listen here.)
"What is most important in the early and on-going education of a child? We’ll spend this hour with André Roberfroid, President of Association Montessori Internationale and former UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Program and Strategic Planning. He’s in town for the Educateurs sans Frontieres Third International Assembly, which ended today."
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