An Edmonton teacher is likely to be fired for giving students a zero for not handing in their work. Apparently, giving zero harms the esteem of the students and the school board wants to hand out an "incomplete" grade. The teacher says that does not prepare kids for real life. The Slo-Man wonders…
Some time ago, the Slo-Man had expressed his skepticism on the Indian political movement aimed at "eradicating corruption". Readers can read the original post here. And time and the subsequent turn of events has done nothing to diminish the Slo-Man's conviction that creating an expensive, bureaucratic, state-controlled monster is of no value. Where there…
When Skylab was on its way to falling out of the sky, the Slo-Man remembers going to class with an umbrella over his head. That was a lighthearted time, the Slo-Man was younger, much, much younger and bore the bravado and insouciance of a callow youth combined with a general sense of giddiness…
The Slo-Man, who is mildly athletic, which term subsumes all activity such as walking to the car, mowing the lawn, using a pistol grip sprinkler in a to and fro motion to spray grass and plants, loading and unloading the dishwasher and taking the laundry up and down the stairs, makes it a…
http://www.mobitary.com/2011/08/man-camps-outside-apple-store-in-anticipation-of-iphone-5.html A conversation on Facebook and a quick surf revealed the aforementioned blog post to the Slo-Man. First of all, iSheep is a term the Slo-Man really likes, however, the Slo-Man did not coin this phrase. He wishes he had because it epitomizes the culture and combines into itself the most prominent face of that culture.…
The citizens have taken to the streets again – this time the country is India. Slightly at odds with the ‘go-get-them’ approach that has permeated the middle class in recent years, the people have raised the issue of corruption within the government and the movement has gained momentum with the usual theatrics that…
The LLBF came by with a rueful smile on his face – he is getting a nose job! According to him it is a necessary evil and is not driven by vanity, his advancing years (he is wildly and mildly middle-aged) exacerbating a chronic condition. And the Slo-Man listened to the LLBF expound…
The Slo-Man apparently has been quite busy going on looonggg drives with the LLBF. He finally had the time to hand over the complete list of references to his blog post "About the State of Affairs" The Carpenters – Rainy Days and Mondays Kris Kristofferson – Sunday Morning Coming Down The Who – Join…
http://slo-man.blogspot.com/2011/03/about-state-of-affairs.html 6. Bryan Adams – Summer of 69 7. Jimi Hendrix – The Wind cries Mary 8. Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue got Married 9. Little Richard – Long Tall Sally 10. Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven 11. Steve Miller Band – Take the Money and Run 12. Kris Kristofferson – Bobby McGee…
Background to the piece (This was written late at night in Buffalo, NY as the Slo-Man watched TV in his hotel room. It was a snowy spring night in 2011 as he watched in succession the following items on TV. Stories from the Libyan uprising Jay Leno announcing that among his guests the…