Utter. Fucking. Bullshit. Was checking out my morning news when I ran across this interesting article at Salon.com: L is for lawsuit.
Angry that little Johnny flunked, increasing numbers of parents are suing teachers. Hey, here's some news if your kid skips class, fails tests and doesn't try to take make up exams to bring their grade to passing: Your kid is a fucking dumbass.

I know, some of you are thinking that sometimes life deals you a strong blow and it's hard to take care of things, especially with the social pressures of adolesence. Yet, I do recall my high school teachers cutting me enough slack to get it done, giving some kind of interest in my success...so what does that mean for all you pansy ass parents crying foul? You're all jackasses.

"One solution is to completely standardize education -- testing, grading and discipline -- so that there is no wiggle room in the system for outraged parents and their lawyers. But that resolution already has prompted other kinds of parent lawsuits -- in California and Texas -- that claim that the system is too rigid, and discriminates against their children's special needs."

Here's a special need: Show some interest in your child's studies. I understand that all children have different needs and some suffer from learning disabilities outside of what they can control. They have every right to participate in curricular activities of teenagers their own age, but knowing that off the bat, that means you have made the sacrifice to work harder than other parents to have your child succeed. Next time you ask a blue-blooded lawyer to get your kid to graduate because he/she is short of a full stack, remember that.

"Finally, the students risk both the quality of their education and their faith in the system. Kids with lackluster achievement records who nevertheless head off to college with satisfactory grades thanks to Mom's strong-arm tactics are probably not going to make it far in higher education. Their classmates, who actually worked hard for their grades, will probably be demoralized too.

"It undermines the hard work of other kids in the classroom, when they see standards change for one student. It erodes the standards, when we really want students to know that standards are meaningful. And for students involved, it really cheats them of a meaningful experience," says Mitchell. "Sometimes failure is the best teacher a student could have."

As stated in quote from the article, yes, it does hurt the confidence and initiative of regular hard working kids. Now, to tell you the truth, I was not all that driven in High School, yet I never asked for any preferential treatment. I knew exactly how the system worked and had to either work against it, around it, or with it. All my friends did the same and all of them graduated to become sub-par citizens (hahaha). Deal with it.

Of course, that's just my opinion.

posted by The H.Bomb| 9:30 AM | email | archive

I'm really digging this B.R.M.C. I read somewhere online that they're carrying on the torch for The Jesus and Mary Chain, who's 1994 album "Stoned and Dethroned" is one of my all time favorites. There's no doubt about it. Lacking a little of the indie pop that made JAMC so cool, they certainly sound like their bastard children.

Song of the Day:
1.) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Head up High.
posted by The H.Bomb| 9:02 PM | email | archive

Hey.. That Burger King Men in Black II burger looks FANTASTILCIOUS! While we're talking junk food, anybody ever have that awesome, tasty and thirst quenching PEPSI ONE? Now, I grew up on the Coke (the drink, not the Columbian export) but man, this Pepsi One is what I cry for when i'm parched.

Other junk food that i'm digging right now: Rold Gold's Honey Mustard Pretzels. A delictable treat when you're drunk.
posted by The H.Bomb| 12:02 PM | email | archive

All busy up in here. It's been a ass sweat filled day here at work! I've put so much effort up in this, that my head is spinning. But you know, when I see all the smiles on the children's faces, it makes it all worth while. Do I work with Kids? Heck no. Lemme explain: We design/build the test equipment that big semiconductor manufacturers like T.I. and Mot*rola use to test their microchips. These microchips in turn, are sold to other manufacturers that implement them in products ranging from Cell Phones to that adorably stupid robot dog, AIBO. So by the end of the day, when that bratty ass 12 year old with his new GSM Satellite LCD Phone is yakking away in the mall...I'd like to think that I had a little part in his spoiled life.

Sometimes..that's all that matters.

Song of the Day:
1.) Mathew Sweet - Sick of Myself.
posted by The H.Bomb| 2:35 PM | email | archive

DVD's that I need. For all of you who's counting, my birthday and Christmas are right around the bend (see about 3 to 6 months). Here's a complete list of much needed DVD's:

1.) The Karate Kid 1 and Part 2. -
The movie that put Ralph Macchio in the Hollywood stratosphere. I'm serious. This one is up there with the Indiana Jones and Star Wars trilogy as the best stuff of the 80's. Forget Part 3 and The "New" Karate Kid. They both are of subpar quality.

2.) The Sopranos: Complete First Season -
The finest on-going television series that people can cuss in. Now, I KNOW people from New Jersey, but they aren't gangsters, but you know this gives them a little tear drop when they watch this. =P

3.) Grease, Widescreen Remastered Edition -
Just kidding. I don't want or need this one.

4.) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings -
WHOOO! Need I say more?? ELF CHICKS!!!

5.) The Royal Tenenbaums -
The Best Gene Hackman movie since the last Gene Hackman movie. Brilliant.

6.) Amelie -
Great movie, unfortunately the French are in it.

7.) Playboy : The Women of Enron -
Scandalous...and Scantily Clad!

Get shopping people!
posted by The H.Bomb| 2:30 PM | email | archive

It's...THE BOMB! Don't you love it when people try to be hip? I mean, i'm Mr. Hip so I'm taking the genre to new levels. It also looks like the summer is about half way through. That means school coming up and i'm thinking about taking three classes to supplement my History Channel/TLC addictions. The HDTV cravings have been minimal lately, the morning sickness increasing and an insatiable thirst to smother everything with ketchup--maybe i'm pregnant. I think I heard P.Diddy talk about this before, but about actually shaping your child's head into a cone shape since it's so malleable. Ha!

Song of the Day:
1.) Rolling Stones - Casino Boogie.
posted by The H.Bomb| 11:48 AM | email | archive

Dude. Well, after a Fourth of July that insisted on a bottle of $6.99 Ron Rio Rum and Coke, I stumbled into work, have dazed and fazed. I felt like I was gonna puke every chance I got. Anyways, crashed out at home where the next day, I spent the entire morning/afternoon upgrading my boss's two computer systems at his home. Hauled ass back up to North Austin and had dinner with Emily's parents (awesome baked zuccinni) and then Emily had to house sit this dog pound. There was four dogs, all of which had some kind of freaked out medical condition and each required different needs. The bathroom to the bedroom she was going to sleep in had the door off it's hinges and the toilet tank was busted (constantly filling up).

Since she got scared of staying there alone, I stayed as long as possible before the dogs drove me nuts and the beautiful whisps of toilet water could no longer tame the beast within the H-Dog. I left pretty late, eyes bloodshot and covered in dog hair. Whoo man, at least I didn't have to sleep there! =P

Oh yeah, then went to a friend of a family's get together where I was the sudden center of attention when an indirect comment about Chinese were made, thus everybody thought that it would make me uncomfortable! Wait till they find out i'm really Mexican. Hahaha, just kidding, but it was pretty funny otherwise. Calling it a night. Peace.
posted by The H.Bomb| 9:10 PM | email | archive

Finally home after a tumulteous weekend! More details later.
posted by The H.Bomb| 10:47 AM | email | archive