Well well welcome aboard, Li'lest Gator. And were this another A-level blog, I'd be shouting the inappropriate "Zed" or the now-archaic "Frist/Fitz." 'bout now. But I am a mere lurker who very occasionally commented here because I wanted to help the regular contributors know that somebody is paying attention and appreciates their efforts, especially in light of their super-giant founder and predecessor.

Looking forward to hearing more from you soon.
Ronzoni Rigatoni | 12.09.07 - 4:04 am | #

thanks for the friendly welcome! I am looking forward to sayin some stuff and hearing some stuff back!
the littlest gator | Homepage | 12.09.07 - 4:10 am | #

"My, what big teeth you have" littlest gator. Kickin' back, waiting for you to take a bite out of what passes for Reality (tm) these days.
US Blues | 12.09.07 - 5:01 am | #

TLG in da hay-oooooooouuuuse!

Salutations!

Another place to lurk and comment and snipe and laugh and enjoy!

Got your back, too!

Best,
LM
LowerManhattanite | Homepage | 12.09.07 - 9:57 am | #

sangria!

What a beautiful quality control execise it is to find a great sangria! trial and error can be fun. I look forward to that story
andy in NZ | 12.09.07 - 12:17 pm | #

sadly, error is more likely but you hit the nail on the head-- it sure is fun trying. I had a local joint recently but then they started to make it toooooo sweet. sigh, the search continues.
thanks | Homepage | 12.09.07 - 2:59 pm | #

congratulations, lil gator! looking forward to reading more...
Terri in Tokyo | Homepage | 12.09.07 - 4:19 pm | #

Zeckd!

... wait. That wasn't right.

In any case, best of luck and look forward to reading more from you soon.
stickler | 12.09.07 - 11:23 pm | #

What was Noam Chomsky's elementary school like?

When I saw an interview with him in the documentary, "Manufacturing Consent" he seemed to really like going there. He said they were basically allowed to study what they wanted and he never knew to worry about grades until high school.
Billy Joe | Homepage | 12.10.07 - 2:24 am | #

yup that is it exactly, even some 20 years later, we did not do grades, we did these massive narrative reportcards. As a teacher it was a ton of work, but what does an 85% mean anyway. We spent a bunch of time really knowing the kids.

I called it the "other answer" school, cause when our kids were forced to take statewide testing, multiple choice bull shit, more often then not they would write in their own anwers that made more sense then the choices they were given.

it was an amazing place to work. I loved every minute of it.
the littlest gator | Homepage | 12.10.07 - 5:12 am | #