Archive for July, 2012
« Previous Entries Tuesday, July 31st, 2012Abortion Wouldn’t Exist if this Picture Was Across the Street from Abortion Clinics
The National Right to Life organization needs to hire better public relations people. Woman who were thinking of having an abortion would probably rethink their decision. Because there is no doubt that is a baby. 12 Weeks Old
Monday, July 30th, 2012Make It Monday
I’m linking up with the Tara at the Fourth Grade Folics Blog for the Make It Monday Linky Party. This is my first Make It Monday. We start school after Labor Day in NYC. I’ve been so inspired by those of you doing the Make It Monday Projects that it was time for me to […]
Sunday, July 29th, 2012The Olympics are Hard to Watch
Throughout the world, people are sitting in their homes watching the Summer Olympics (unless you are in London and you are lucky enough to see them live). People love to cheer on Olympians from their home town. For me, the Olympics are just so hard to watch. The television screen fills with images of smiling, determined young […]
Sunday, July 29th, 2012Talking Dog
Saturday, July 28th, 201218th Avenue Feast 2012 Feast of St. Rosalie is CONFIRMED
Carcione Damiano, the President of the St Rosalia Society has confirmed that the Santa Rosalie will be held this year! They got the permits in place and the feast will continue on! When: August 23rd to September 2nd SEE UPDATE HERE Streets: 67th Street to 75th street. Time: 6-11 pm Come out and celebrate because the […]
Friday, July 27th, 2012Fabulous Finds Friday
Happy Friday! I’m linking up with Elizabeth at Fun in Room 4B Blog because last week she shared her circle cutter as a Fabulous Find and I bought it. It is fabulous. You can see it here. I love owls and this year it will be the room’s theme. I’ve had this little owl in […]
Thursday, July 26th, 2012Win a Room Makeover
Sherman Williams has teamed up with some bloggers to introduce their Chip It Tool! Each blog has a $1,000 Visa gift card and $200 Sherwin-Williams gift card . ChipIt is an app that allows users to figure out what colors go together. Cristi made over her office with the colors above – it’s gorgeous – go look […]
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012Top 5 Teacher Must Have Linky
I’m linking up with Kelley at the Teacher Idea Factory and Rachelle at the Life is Sweet to recommend my five teacher must-haves to new teachers. OMG I remember that first year of teaching (so crazy but soooo fun)! Back then we didn’t have the web like we do now, we used listserves/messageboards and we […]
Monday, July 23rd, 2012Verrazano Bridge Jumper 7/23
All afternoon the streets of South Brooklyn have been congested. Why? Because a man tried to jump from the upper level of the Verrazano bridge on the Staten Island side and commit suicide. The bridge was full of emergency response vehicles. It took four hours for the NYPD ESU & Hostage Negotiators aided by Cantonese-speaking […]
Monday, July 23rd, 2012James Holmes Mother – Is She to Blame?
The news has been speculating on James Holmes – the Colorado movie theater Batman Joker killer. Why did James Holmes kill the people in the movie theater in Colorado? Holmes was a neuroscience graduate student at the University of Colorado Denver Medical Campus but had dropped out in June and had no job. So things […]
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012A Visit to Albany
This week brought us on a trip to Albany for a bit of work and a bit of pleasure. I hadn’t been there in a few years and I distinctly remember it being a lot easier to pack and get going on a trip than it is now with everyone’s stuff. Needless to say we […]
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012House Collapsed in Bay Ridge
Imagine being woken at 3:00 in the morning to the sound of your neighbors home collapsing? The neighbors of 552 Ovington Avenue were awakened and the home looked like this earlier this week: Neighbors in the buildings to the left and right were evacuated. The house belongs to Mousa Khalil. Khalil bought many properties in […]
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