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This entry originally appeared in The Beaumont Enterprise. A commenter recently wondered why we make such a hoopla about graduation rates, explaining that some students opt to take the GED instead of sticking around high school waiting for a diploma. It’s a valid point. It is possible to drop out of high school and still be successful. Quentin Tarantino did it, then went on to make Samuel L. Jackson say, “Royale with...
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This entry originally appeared in The Beaumont Enterprise. The accolades keep coming for Beaumont ISD! This week, our favorite local school district is up for yet another prestigious award, this time from The Red Apple Project. The Red Apple Project is a website dedicated to arming citizens with the ‘data and moral support’ they need to fight the powerful school administration in their own school districts.’ Arming...
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This entry originally appeared in The Beaumont Enterprise. In the March 17, 2011 issue of “OneVision” BISD’s Carrol Thomas wrote: Remember, Daylight Saving Time kicks in this week, too. Spring forward is the key to staying on time. Set your clocks ahead by one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 11 or before you go to bed on Saturday. In case you missed it, that’s the highest paid Superintendent in the state of Texas...
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I’ve been meaning to write something about Firefly for years, but for one reason or another, I’ve never managed to get around to actually doing it. But, since it’s been a topic in the news lately thanks to Nathan Fillion stirring up the fanboys beyond all reason, I thought I’d finally take a few minutes and write something up about why Firefly was such a great show…and why it was doomed to fail from the...
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Yesterday, William Shatner woke up the crew of Discovery with a re-working of the Star Trek opening. Tomorrow, the shuttle will land for the last time. But today, I’m just sad. The end of the shuttle program heralds not just the end of an era in spaceflight, but rings out the last, tinny echoes of hope from a chorus that once sang of all that was bright and wondrous in this new world of technology and promise. Or, at least it was a...
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Kristian Bland
Writer
Occasional Geek
I'm a former Webmaster turned Journalist turned Systems Administrator. I once thought I could recreate Spider-Man's web fluid, but only ended up staining the driveway of my friend's parents when some of it spilled out and went runny. Eventually, I became a caustic tech geek, which I'm pretty sure inspired the character of Dr. Gregory House, although the bastards never credited me. Later in life, I'd go on to have a horrific experience in publishing that I don't talk about, except to talk about how I don't talk about it. Later still, I became a web editor and columnist for a Hearst newspaper, where I excelled at being Me until my entire department was unceremoniously laid off. After that, I spent about six months being pretty busy not being busy. It sucked. Then, after missing the light of my radiant glory casting its warmth upon the newsroom for long enough, the paper called me up and asked me back. So I went back. And then I left again. And here we are.
