Today

Today I took James to the playground over at the lake. They took the roof away and now the kids have to bake in the sun. It's unbearable, they better be putting a new roof on it or I'll have to take James to a different park. He played with a 4 year old kid named Robby and a slightly older girl, I didn't get her name. As hot as it was, James didn't want to leave when it was time to go. I finally got him to go with me to the beach to wash the sand off and Robby and his Aunts came along. One of them took James into the water and washed him up, because I was holding the camera. It was funny watching him because he probably wouldn't have stood still if I tried to do it. On the way to the car he met a dog named Lil' Mama and of course didn't want to leave the dog. He loves going to the park and I try to let him play as long as possible but it's way too hot to stay out there too long. We went to Walmart and bought his favorite drink: Dole Orange, Strawberry and Banana juice. He calls it nana juice. It was nice to get in the A/C.

The salmon was so good yesterday and the whole meal was less than the cost of the cheap pizza Irma wanted to bring home. She liked it too. Today I made ziti and meatballs and it came out great too. I would rather cook, as long as I have the ingredients I need and she would rather go out or get fried chicken from Publix or whatever.

The NY Educational System Needs to Be Replaced

This is not the first time I'm reading about the NY educational system acting really stupid. an apparently smart 15 year old who started going to college instead of high school and is doing very well is being told she can't get her high school equivalency until she is 17. Read about it here. If she can pass the test and is showing herself able to handle college, let her get her equivalency diploma. You should be happy for her. What's the problem, you won't be able to teach her that the United States was founded on the communist manifesto?

I Took A Quiz

I don't usually do this but it was short and I read Zannah's websites often enough. More or less just giving her a little publicity. Very little from here.

You are Narilka! (Also known as Melinda). You are an alien! You have antennae, even if people can't always see them!

"Are you Zannah or Narilka?" by zannah @ voxmachina

That sounds about right.

On A Leash

Someone is poisoning dogs in a park in Oregon, apparently because too many people won't keep there dogs on a leash. That's terrible. There's no excuse for that. They should also be keeping their dogs on a leash since there is a leash law.

Canine owners are on edge, certain that some lifelong dog-hater got sniffed one too many times by an unleashed pet, and decided to take revenge.

You don't have to be a dog-hater to be a wary of strange dogs coming toward you. In fact it can get a little nerve racking if it happens alot. People go to the park to relax and you can't relax with unleashed dogs roaming around. If there is a leash law, use a leash. Go to a park where they let dogs roam. They have one in Orlando. If there is not one maybe they should see about getting one set aside instead of pissing everyone off.

Don't poison the dogs though. Please. It's not their fault.