Rain Drops on...Windows

Ugg!!

Well, I hate that the new Internet filter for the dorm blocks all the apps on blogger except a very basic text box and hTML, (which makes me grouchy...)

So, if I have Internet access at home, or Internet time, I will have a bunch of cool updates...

Well, maybe some mediocre ones anyway...

LadyAnne

Irresponsibility...

You can't have everyone hanging on your decisions, and then act like you are the only one they affect...

LadyAnne

♪♪You got to know when to hold 'em...♪♪

The great Uno champ practices his scary efficient shuffle...

Lady Anne

Gentlemen, start your...Chivalry?

OK, So another odd line of thought has been going around in my odd head again.

The gist of it is thus...

We complain about there being no true "Gentlemen" left in this world, (which isn't strictly true down south, but that is a moot point) and that no real chivalrous men are being raised in our society. Both seemingly logical theories that I would ascribe to myself, but today I had an epiphany;

What if the fault is not entirely with the guys?

Is the modern "independent woman" teaching our young men that they don't need their help to open doors and therefore robbing our society of true gentlemen?

An interesting idea...
I can't decide if I agree or not. I really need a Tyler Family discussion/knockdown-drag out to get my theoretical juices flowing. I can't seem to hash it out in my head.

I tend to be on the more independent side myself (Five brothers will do that to ya, It's a matter of survival.) and open my own doors, don't wait to get out of the car, wrestle my own lions, etc, etc. So am I doing the potential gentlemen around me, and their future wives, a disservice by killing the inclination of the indulgence of chivalric treatment?

I feel another headache coming on...

LadyAnne

Time Marches On...

Recently created for an English Comp assignment. This was the front of the casebook. It endeavored to answer the question "Why is literature important for the Christian?" The answer the casebook put forth was "For the cognitive expansion of future generations."
Just a fancy way to say "So that our kids ain't dumb."

The casebook was printed, with this as the cover, bound with two antiqued rings, aged, and burnt around the edges.

It looked a lot better than the contents actually were, I think.

The grade will tell all, I guess.

LadyAnne

Home-ish, home on the non-range...

Somewhere in Missouri...

LadyAnne

Friends, Compadres, Countrymen, Library workers...

Scary!

L.M. and K.B.

Cheese it up, cheese it up!

L.M.

Say whaa?

M.C.

"Do not take a pictu...."

K.B.
Hoopster!

S.T.

Ahh the power imparted from a tiny box of technology!

BAHAHAHAHA!!!

LadyAnne

Reporting Child Abuse Mandatory In Ok.

Oklahoma
Child Abuse and Neglect
Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect
To better understand this issue and to view it across States, see the Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect: Summary of State Laws (PDF - 633 KB) publication.

Professionals Required to Report
Citation: Ann. Stat. tit. 10, §§ 7103-7104; tit. 21, § 1021.4

Mandatory reporters include:
Physicians, surgeons, residents, interns, physician assistants, dentists, osteopaths, nurses, or other health care professionals
Teachers
Commercial film and photographic print processors or computer technicians
Other persons


Reporting by Other Persons
Citation: Ann. Stat. tit. 10, § 7103

Any person who has reason to believe that a child is a victim of abuse or neglect must report.

Standards for Making a Report
Citation: Ann. Stat. tit. 10, §§ 7103-7104; tit. 21, § 1021.4

A report is required when:
A person has reason to believe that a child is a victim of abuse or neglect.
A health care professional treats the victim of what appears to be criminally injurious conduct, including, but not limited to, child physical or sexual abuse.
A health care professional attends the birth of a child who tests positive for alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance.
A commercial film and photographic print processor or computer technician has knowledge of or observes any film, photograph, video tape, negative, or slide depicting a child engaged in an act of sexual conduct.


Privileged Communications
Citation: Ann. Stat. tit. 10, § 7103

No privilege shall relieve any person from the requirement to report.

Inclusion of Reporter's Name in Report
Citation: Ann. Stat. tit. 10, § 7108

Reports may be made anonymously.

Disclosure of Reporter Identity
Citation: Ann. Stat. tit. 10, § 7109

The department shall not release the identity of the person who made the initial report unless a court orders the release of information for good cause shown.

Appreciate Tunnels

My knee hurts. I would say a storm is coming, 'cept...well...a storm ain't coming. I think exhaustion has gotten the better of it.

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I appreciate you too, oh thou wonder woman incarnate! And even though it was a laugh, what it meant was thanks.

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Tunnels and dark close spaces have never freaked me out, but rather the opposite, just as spiders and snakes fascinate me, so too the fact that there is a very pronounced lack of caves and such in my part of Oklahoma has caused them to be a novelty.

So yes, I did enjoy the tornado drill. Although, the thought did occur that Ohio never really has tornadoes and wouldn't know what to do if they did.

But I didn't say it.

I am a nice person.

Discernment...

One of These Days...

Ireland, Emerald Isle

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Australia, The Land Down Under.
Victoria, Australia, home of the Snowy River Country.
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Prince Edward Island, "The Island."

The War Escalates...

Me: Hey, Zeke...Will you come put my air conditioner in my window?

Later,... this was the result! Sure, sure, the air conditioner got put in the window...but at what cost!? Blue Bunny is still in therapy for the emotional damage done on that black day. And the physical therapy needed due to all those knots he was tied in are going to break the bank! Further more, he has since developed a fear of heights, air conditioners and desk lamps. But he does have a cool scar from the pen...

The picture was sent to me from the culprits phone, so there is no way he can deny culpability! (And it doesn't take very good photos, so there! Ha Ha!)