What was I doing with my childhood?

Let me get this straight

Okay, so, goodness is light, and light is knowledge; but, the Enlightenment was an apostasy, and the Gnostics were evil?

genius in shackles

Epictetus said "Only the educated are free." Recent reflection has me believing that the opposite is true: Only the aware can be truly imprisoned.

Tolerance

I respect the inherent right of all stupid people to exist. That being said, I demand that they be forced, by law, to stay out of my way and stop touching my stuff.

Kids are great

Confessions of a bibliophile

Ok, the following are my all-time favorite books-in no particular order. I offer no apologies.
The Count of Monte Cristo, The Diggingest Dog, Nineteen Minutes, The Tiger on Your Couch, The Oxford English Dictionary, Reviving Ophelia, Janet Daily's Calder series, The Golden Book version of A Child's Garden of Verses, Lace, The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher, The Woman in White, Jane Eyre, The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said, The Physician’s Desk Reference, Little Women, Rage of Angels, The Thorn Birds, The Three Investigators series from the 1960/70s, Little House on the Prairie, Interview with the Vampire, Small Miracles, The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!, and any collection of poems by Robert Frost.

What's up with travel sites?

So, I went to Expedia.com to compare air fares to the next NCTE conference. Ok, it was a class assignment, but the point is I found myself looking at air fares. The LOWEST fare on Expedia was $697. Just for kicks and giggles, I went to the website for Southwest Airlines. The same flight, mind you. A list of about nine flights came up and the HIGHEST fare was $392. Same departure date, same seating. What's the deal? The convenience of checking six airlines at once (Southwest was not even on the list BTW) costs an extra $300? Where's the convenience if they're not going to show me the cheapest fares? I don't get it.