What are they thinking?

I just heard on the radio that President Obama is planning his annual speech to school children, to be aired during the school day. It is a marvelous thing... Last year it was so inspirational that I shed tears as I listened. I am looking forward to hearing this year's speech.
The problem... the radio newsperson said, "School systems in southside Virginia are DECIDING whether or not they are going to air the speech."
WHAT IS THERE TO DECIDE??? The President is speaking... your job is just to turn the television sets on and let the the kids listen. If he does the same thing he did last year, he will send out a "listening guide" so that kids will be able to discuss the speech and think about some of the great things he has said so that they can apply them to their own lives.
How dumb can these educators be?
They wouldn't know an educational opportunity or a "teachable moment" if it bit them. Maybe that's the real reason why the schools in southside Virginia have such a poor performance record!!
What they should have said is that they'll turn the speech on EARLY, put the kids right in front of the tv, and turn it up as loudly as the kids play their music!!!

Good morning!!!

As an early riser (naturally) it is easy to take advantage of the beauty of morning. It has always been a joy to me to listen to the birds sing and the crickets chirp before the world wakes up... and the noise of traffic and movement take over for the day. It is the one thing that I really looked forward to in retirement... getting up in the morning, but not having to mess up my morning by having to get dressed and get out before the sun comes up! I love it!
Isn't it amazing that, no matter how noisy the area you live in, you can always hear the birds singing!
Today is a great day... but then, every day that I wake up is a great day! I'm just glad to be alive!

I was just thinking...

If I hear another "kid", and that extends to people into their 30's, say "you know what I'm saying", I'm gonna scream!!! No, I do not know what you're saying... You have not uttered a coherent sentence. Am I supposed to read your mind?
In this age of technology, it seems that people have managed to lose the art of communication. With all the available communication devices, you still can't manage to get your thoughts out! Kids send millions of text messages a day, but don't know how to write a sentence. Their texts are just strings of "abbreviations" which may or may not give the reader any insight into what they "are saying".
I just upgraded to a cell phone with a querty keyboard because it just took too long to send my FULL SENTENCE TEXT MESSAGES when I had to hit number keys more than once to make words. Even when I had to do that, I managed to get my point across, even though it took a long time.
We "boomers" do not know what you're saying because you haven't said anything!!! I'd love to know what you're saying..."'splain it to me"!!!!