Earlier tonight I went to the parent's portion of freshman orientation at the high schoool. It was pretty much a waste of time. Granted, I've done this three times before, but this one took the cake.  The principal spoke for 40 minutes, mostly reiterating things that were in the provided handout and will be in the student handbook. He could have talked for 10 minutes, and referred folks to the handout and accomplished as much.And we wonder why our kids complain about the presenta... Read Full Story

Oh my gosh, guys. I've been at school for the past week to help with the orientation of the new students. That includes freshmen and transfer students. It's been a crazy week of planning,, meetings, running around, and pretending to like some certain person who happened to be my awful roommate from last year.   So..with 5 days of no sleep under my belt, I got up bright and early yesterday to help the newbies check in. I, with the other staff members, spent the next 5 hours... Read Full Story

Oh my gosh, guys. I've been at school for the past week to help with the orientation of the new students. That includes freshmen and transfer students. It's been a crazy week of planning,, meetings, running around, and pretending to like some certain person who happened to be my awful roommate from last year.   So..with 5 days of no sleep under my belt, I got up bright and early yesterday to help the newbies check in. I, with the other staff members, spent the next... Read Full Story

This happened a couple of weeks ago, but I lost it in the rush of news.Apparently an American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on July 18, 2008 after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door. Members of the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer were among those who grabbed the passenger and subdued him before he could get the door open. There are strange people in this world. Read the story here: FBI: Soccer team ... Read Full Story

This happened a couple of weeks ago, but I lost it in the rush of news.Apparently an American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on July 18, 2008 after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door. Members of the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer were among those who grabbed the passenger and subdued him before he could get the door open. There are strange people in this world. Read the story here: FBI: Soccer team ... Read Full Story

The Associated Press reported yesterday that your brain needs more than just one game to recover from that concussion. Moreover, girls need a little more time than guys.Apparently, healing from sports injuries to the head take a little more time than expected. Well, duh.  The biggest problem, in my opinion, is coaches failing to resist a steady push from players and parents. "Teaching young players the seriousness is the big challenge, says Ohio State injury specialist Dawn Comstock: 'It... Read Full Story

The Associated Press reported yesterday that your brain needs more than just one game to recover from that concussion. Moreover, girls need a little more time than guys.Apparently, healing from sports injuries to the head take a little more time than expected. Well, duh.  The biggest problem, in my opinion, is coaches failing to resist a steady push from players and parents. "Teaching young players the seriousness is the big challenge, says Ohio State injury specialist Dawn Comstock... Read Full Story

Soccer chica returned to school today and will take the next week or so to get settled. In the meant time, I'll try to chip in with some relevant news and info...in between Olympic activities on the tube.Stay tuned. Read Full Story

Soccer chica returned to school today and will take the next week or so to get settled. In the meant time, I'll try to chip in with some relevant news and info...in between Olympic activities on the tube.Stay tuned. Read Full Story

I started this blog at the first of the year with high hopes of writing 2-3 times a week.  I did pretty well until April, then life got in the way. I just had too much going on and didn't really have a passion for blogging. But, the break was good for me. I have a few things to say and I have recommitted to blogging here. I'm sorry to the 5 of you who might have started reading when I started writing. I hope you'll come back. For you newbies, it'll be like discovering me ... Read Full Story