Harrassment in Memphis City Schools?

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Take a stand against anti-GLBT harassment in our schools!

In a Memphis high school, Principal Daphne Beasley made an announcement over the PA system demanding that teachers provide her with the names of all “hetero and homo” student couples. Principal Beasley then publicly posted the list in her office.

Two boys – Nicholas and Andrew – suddenly found that the whole school new about their relationship. Worse still, Principal Beasley called Nicholas’ mother to inform her that her son was part of a gay couple. Ms. Beasley also told the mother that she did not like homosexuals and that homosexuality would not be tolerated in her school.

It’s time to take a stand against anti-GLBT harassment in our schools.

Write to the Memphis City school board to demand that Principal Beasley be reprimanded for her actions and that policies be implemented to protect students from future harassment by school staff.



The link at the top contains a button to auto-form and send a letter to the school board people.

Update: Related article- http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/may/02/district-rebuts-aclu-claims/

Stories, Plot and Improv

I thought this was an interesting read, related to GMing a game.

Zombies

This past Friday, the undead walked in Memphis.




Tons more pics available here.

and here

Zombie Sign?

Tomorrow I'm going to go do a Zombie Walk in Memphis. We did it last year and it was a blast!

This year, I keep thinking about carrying a sign with me.

So, what do you think?

A- No sign. Zombies don't need signs.

B- "THE END IS NIGH"

C- "Equal Rights for the Undead!"

D- "Traditional Marriage: 1 Zombie and 1 Victim"

Thanks for your participation!

Five Geek Social Fallacies

http://www.plausiblydeniable.com/opinion/gsf.html

Woo! (Youth Villages 5k Run)

Finally posted times for the Youth Villages 5k, which I did last year, and this year.

http://www.besttimescct.com/results/YV08.txt

I did it in 24:17, which is my best time for a 5k, and I'm more than a little pleased with myself.

Woo!!

Rock Band: Still Rocks

I haven't talked about Rock Band much lately.

My crew hasn't been playing as much lately, as we've all been kinda busy with all kinds of other stuff, but I've cranked it up a few times, and have been working on getting through the solo tour on the "hard" difficulty setting. I've finished 70 or so of the 80 or so songs that we have on the game, but the one that I'm unable to get past so far is Foreplay/Long Time by Boston. Here is a video of the song on drums (video is obviously not me). I can't get past the 00:38 second mark, or so.

I've tried it two dozen or so times, hoping that practice would make perfect, but something about the rhythm of the song is escaping me, I think.

I find that I wake up with songs stuck in my head sometimes, as happened this morning, so before heading in to work, I sat down and played Crushcrushcrush on drums, and rocked it. It's a terrifically fun song to play.