Mr. Locke’s Classroom

I can now officially call my chili “award winning.” Of course, the institution conferring these credentials happens to also be my employer, so perhaps they’re a little biased. Out of about 30 entries at our Second Annual Faithbridge Chili Cook-Off last Sunday, my chili won the award for “hottest Chili.” Not exactly the best all-around [...]

So, in case you haven’t noticed, I’m cleaning house a bit.  New theme (still working on it), a few new posts (getting back into the groove), and I started categorizing all of my blog entries since 2004.  Yeah, they were all in one big category called “uncategorized.”  Since I’m doing it little by little, there’s [...]

When ABC’s Lost first reared it’s head a couple of seasons ago, I didn’t notice. Or if I did, I thought, “Hmm…Survivor without the reality part I like so much.” But eventually the combination of deserted island (which I’m a sucker for), religion, philosophy, and cliffhanger was too much and I caved. Amy and I [...]

Think this could catch on at Faithbridge? dad@hvn,ur spshl. we want wot u want &urth2b like hvn. giv us food&4giv r sins lyk we 4giv uvaz. don’t test us!save us! bcos we kno ur boss, ur tuf&ur cool 4 eva!ok? From Ship of Fools. Found via Living Open Source:

I found this article at Boing Boing (here’s the link to the original)–I’m still pondering the ramifications. What a messed-up world we’re making for ourselves… Gary attended the Big Fresno Fair and found a “Copyright-protected area” sign by a stall where a busker was selling the chance to have your picture taken with a bird. [...]