| by Diana Hartman "This is absurd, this hero's welcome for a box, not for my love There's no way you're not coming back, I know you'll be coming home My knees are weak, my heart is heavy. The sun beats down my mood When are you coming home my love? The shots rang out at half past noon" |
by John Spivey I've read much commentary over the years about the state of education in our country, most of it voiced by politicians and citizens who've never taught and some of it voiced by frustrated teachers. I've never read an account, though, by someone who has taught at a highly successful school. I did, so I want to stop and tell you about Santa Barbara Middle School. |
TV Review: Skating With Celebrities-Kristy & Jillian
One has to hand it to Fox. In the knock-down, drag-out world of ratings competition, Fox came out swinging against ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, a competition running concurrently with this series.
Better, Fox’s reality competition allows for eliminations on each night of the contest whereas ABC has a follow-up show for such eliminations. I’m not sure that having strictly judges processing eliminations- such as done by Fox- or allowing audience voting-such as done by ABC- matters all that much but it is less constraining not having to commit to another night to see the eliminations.
At any rate, with only three contenders left on the night of 2/13/06, Fox introduced another facet to the competition by something called a “skate-off”. On this night, the songs for the performances were chosen by the judges. I didn’t recognize a single song.
Kristy Swanson skated last that evening but she wowed the audience and the judges. I noted there was lots of skating on one-foot during Kristy’s performance and was impressed. The choreography was very good as well. One judge pronounced the performance “hot, sexy and seamless”. Kristy and her partner scored highest for the evening with a combined technical and artistic score of 58.0 out of a possible 60 points.
Jillian Barberie, the darling and leader of the competition until this particular evening, performed smoothly and competently. Because Jillian is female she has a bit of an edge in that her partner can pick her up frequently and perform magnificent artistry to the audience eye yet, I must ask, how difficult is it to be carried around the ice? The judges lamented that Jillian did not provide enough variety in the routine. Jillian and her partner scored a combined score of 55.4.While I love Bruce Jenner despite his resemblance to a despised brother-in-law, I wasn’t surprised when he was eliminated on that evening. Bruce continually looks awkward whereas Kristy and Jillian are more fluid. I wasn’t crazy about Bruce and his partner’s choreography during their routine. Their moves didn’t seem to match the music at all. A judge also complained about Jenner’s choreography so it wasn’t just me. Bruce and his partner scored a 54.4, one point below Jillian. With Kristy pulling out handily ahead with that 58 point score, Bruce and Jillian competed against each other in the “skate-off”.
Bruce Jenner continually received rave reviews from the judges for his team’s so-called “death spiral”. Of course this skating move, whereby one partner is spun around while in a prone position very close to the ice, is much more difficult for the prone partner than the one upright and holding the hands of the skater close to the ice. No matter this single complimentary move, both Jillian and Kristy are simply better ice skaters than Bruce. Even my very untrained eye could see this.
Fox is delaying the final showing of the competition for two weeks. The final winner will be pronounced 2/27/06.
I’m going with Jillian Barberie all the way.
Earlier reviews on the show were published in January on 1/22/06, and 1/29/06. “Four Left” published on 2/5/06 and “Three Left” published on 2/12/06.
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Naming the Child
There was a woman who was pregnant with twins, and shortly before they were due, she had an accident and went into a coma. Her husband was away on business, and unable to be reached. While in the coma, she gave birth to her twins, and the only person around to name her children was her brother. When the mother came out of her coma to find she had given birth and that her brother had named the twins, she became very worried, because he wasn't a very bright guy. She was sure he had named them something absurd or stupid. When she saw her brother she asked him about the twins. He said, "The first one was a girl." The mother: "What did you name her?!?" Brother: "Denise!" The Mom: "Oh, wow, that's not bad! What about the second one?" Brother: "The second one was a boy." The Mom: "Oh, and what did you name him?" Brother: "Denephew." |
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