January 30, 2010 – 3:51 am
Mamacita says: If I owned the biggest and best thesaurus in the universe, I still would not be able to find a word accurate enough to fully express my disgust and loathing of censorship, nor of the mentality of those who censor. Yesterday’s post touched on this topic – or perhaps, more accurately, [...]
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January 29, 2010 – 12:05 am
Mamacita says: I loathe euphemisms and most political correctness. They cheapen the language.
Euphemisms and PC are a kind of censorship, and censorship is the action of a weak, fearful, and ignorant mind. Smart people understand that many words have more than one meaning. Weak and ignorant people can’t, and, unfortunately, weak and ignorant people seem [...]
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January 6, 2010 – 10:46 pm
Mamacita says: I don’t think there are any words coined yet that would adequately describe the complete and total loathing I have for simplified, edited versions of good books.
I’ve heard quadrillions of elementary teachers argue that small children learn best when there are few challenges, but I have to disagree with that, too. How condescending!
I [...]
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November 11, 2009 – 1:08 am
Mamacita says: This day used to be known as Armistice Day, in honor of the armistice that was signed on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”. This year, 2008, marks the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day.
This term also refers to the fact that back in ancient times, a worker [...]
October 29, 2009 – 12:05 am
Mamacita says:
Of course, you all probably already know that if you mix candy corn and salted peanuts together in a big bowl, you’ve got handfuls of PayDay bar goodness.
Peanuts are a meat substitute, and candy corn is pretty much fat-free (paraffin never hurt anybody) so really, a big bowl of candy corn and peanuts is [...]
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September 5, 2009 – 5:02 pm
Mamacita says: Before I say anything else, I want to send a huge, grateful shout-out to Mocha Momma! You should all be reading her blog anyway, because she’s great, but add to all that, I’ve won a laptop from her blog contest! Oh, Momma, I can’t thank you enough! I’m going to find you [...]
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August 26, 2009 – 10:26 pm
Mamacita says: I think, sometimes anyway, that it’s when my students get into hot and heavy “discussions” – most of which I jump into as well, that I like my job the best. The public school discouraged discussion; there were too many things to drill and practice before the almighty ISTEP, and besides, there was [...]
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Mamacita says: Even when I was a child, I was a reader. Not just a reader-in-school, either; I was a READER. When I wasn’t climbing the apple trees next door, skating around the block, or riding my bicycle, I was reading. I read at home. I read at church. I read at school, between little [...]
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February 28, 2009 – 12:01 am
Mamacita says: It’s time for Quotation Saturday! Where did the week go, anyway?
1. Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not. –Thomas Huxley
2. Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, “Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.” –Lillian Carter
3. Last week, I [...]
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January 31, 2009 – 12:59 am
Mamacita says: Today’s quotations come to us from my friend NYC Educator.
Do you see a theme? It’s all in your head! There is no theme! No theme! Or, maybe there is. Coincidences occur all the time.
America needs fewer laws, not more prisons. – James Bovard
War is just one more big government program. [...]
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