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A lot has happened since we last brought you an episode of the great Greek tragedy known as The Saga Of The BISD School Board. There’s cheating and scandals and investigations, oh my! Basically, we have an Assistant Superintendent with fake credentials and imaginary degrees from impressive schools that have no memory of her, who apparently stole the Salutatorian rank from a graduating senior just to retaliate against her mother, who...
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Texas school principal shuts down entire cosmetology course to keep a gay man from taking it. Yep, everything is bigger in Texas. Even the bigotry. —- Click here to learn how you can help Jump to updates: Update #1 Update #2 Update #3 Update #4 Update #5 In case you live under a rock, or just someplace more enlightened than the backwoods armpit of America I call home, you might not be aware of what I’m going to talk about today....
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It’s not easy being a Texan when the rest of the civilized world ranks your state’s politics somewhere between corporate prostitution and eating babies, but it’s home. And I hate it. Don’t get me wrong, though. The area of the Lone Star State in which I unhappily reside does have its good points. For instance: the weather is always a pleasant 50,000 degrees and, with no shortage of refineries spewing toxins into the...
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If you’re not from Texas, you probably won’t understand Texas. But one thing you can understand about Texas is that it is a strange and silly place, not entirely unlike Camelot. Except without all the singing. Here in Texas, we have a governor. His name is Rick Perry. He has great hair. And that’s about all I can say about him, according to the international rules of motherly advice of the ‘if you can’t say...
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This entry originally appeared in The Beaumont Enterprise. Dr. Carrol Thomas is the subject of the the latest episode of Principal Matters with host Jessie Haynes, APR. The “worldwide” television show that must be famous because it’s in the TV Guide is online now over on Beaumont ISD’s website. We know you probably TiVo all the episodes so you don’t miss a minute of the popular talk show – because hey,...
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Kristian Bland
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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.
