No Childs Left Behind

(below: Asleep at the wheel)



"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"
-George W Bush, Florence, South Carolina, 11 January, 2000

And for good reason! Mercy! Shrubby makes the same singular/plural mistakes my Spanish beginner students struggle with.

• I have begun looking at second hand drum kits. I can't do electronic, i've decided. Real drums are just where it's at. I love them! Big one's, little one's, medium one's. And cymbals! I love them too! I can store them downstairs in the storeroom. Juan has a friend with a big car who can help us get them to gigs.

• The jam went well Thursday night. Songs are starting to gel. Some of the hip-hoppy funk stuff we've been doing allows for some really fun tribal beats and the use of a lot of toms. Which i also love! These guys are a lot of fun to play with. Our bassist just switched to bass, so that makes my job a bit more interesting! But it's good because it makes me focus on just keeping a good steady beat.

• Snow. Snow in Madrid. I don't believe it. I'm going to the market. That will make it real. It must be chaos out there!

• The snow was nothing. It's all gone. It just really stuck to trees, grass, our terrace, etc. The streets are all clear. But Juan said it took him 3 hours to get home by car!

• Football Picks: Baltimore, San Diego, Carolina, New York. But i have to say; I am worried about the Giants game. I think the Eagles will play them tough, but i still say the G-men win. I hope.

As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing. -Karl Rove