Update

Well, there is certainly no shortage of stuff to report about.....so let's get to it!

School started back up on 8-26, which means that football season is in high gear! Well.....sort of! Our numbers are down this year, so we probably don't have enough 7th graders to make an A and a B team and our 8th grade numbers aren't much better.

Ready or not, games start in a week!

Somehow, we dodged another bullet. Gustov landed to the east of us, but not a direct hit upon precious New Orleans. It's time for a little straight talk about that place!

I'm not one of those "God's Vengeance" zealots, but I do believe that poor choices lead to poor consequences. New Orleans has reveled in its debauchery for a long time and it was that very "lawless" attitude that created such a group of needy people who somehow felt entitled to instant transportation, instant sustenance and instant shelter the last time a hurricane hit there. Let me tell you something; if you build a city below sea level, don't act surprised when it floods! If you failed to heed warnings and get out of Dodge when you had a chance, don't cry when you get trapped! If you have leaders who have never heard "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail!", then you reap what you sew!

Props to NO this time; they apparently learned their lesson the last time! This time, they got people out and refused to listen to "No." They got tough on lawlessness. They made sure that there were enough police, National Guard, and other law enforcement there to handle whatever happened. Good job, NO!!

My very favorite time of the year is upon us; the beginning of the NFL football season! I have high hopes for my beloved Browns, of course, but the trepidation there is the extrememly horrible pre-season they had and all of the injuries they've incurred. Not only that, but their 10-6 season last year set them up for a really tough schedule this year, so a duplicate season will be much harder to come by!

I've learned something difficult the last year or so.

Be careful what you wish for!

The year before last, I had no honors classes, only one conference period every-other day, AND a group of losers who were grouped into a class called "Study Skills." Why a group like that, with absolutely no interest in study PERIOD were enrolled in that class, I have no idea, but there they were none-the-less!

Woo-boy!

Last year, I had the honors classes, two conference periods, and NO silly loser class to deal with. AWESOME!!!

This year, I've got the honors classes again, a relatively small class load, and a first year teacher to mentor! The extra training involved has me attending class every Saturday for the next six weeks, so I won't see MDB on a Saturday morning for quite a while.

Like I said, be careful what you wish for!