Saturday night on the couch

[judecorp]

Joanna was at the HelpLine training which was a good time, because I love me some Joanna - have since she did a post-training sit-in shift with me back in the day. (If by "back in the day" you mean a couple of months ago.) Much fun was had, as well as a little Friendster stalking which has become my new pasttime ever since I found some chick I went to high school with who now lives up in Portland (ME) and works in the social services. Viva les social services!

I met Jen at the Pru for some delicious burrito action and Qdoba proved once again that they are sub-par compared to fantabulous Chipotle by giving me the wrong salsa and also making my burrito so giant and sloppy that it burst out and oozed everyone. BURRITO FOUL!

Since I got home, I haven't really left the couch much. Slovenly Saturday. I have the television on for noise and I think it's "America's Most Wanted" which I think drops me into an even lower level of lame. Do people even watch this show anymore? I didn't even know it still existed.

I've been reading Lies My Teacher Told Me. Has anyone else read it? Thoughts?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, that's funny. I'm reading it, too. I had it assigned for one of my classes and started reading it a few weeks ago because it looked easy and interesting.

On the one hand, I am a big fan of revisionist history and I think this guy makes some very valid points re: the way children are taught about U.S. history in school. On the other hand, I don't really like his "I know the REAL truth" attitude and his overly familiar language because I think it kind of cheapens the entire idea of revisonist history in a hysterical liberal kind of way.

[gimmeapony.livejournal.com]

oops, that was me. ^^^

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, I think a lot of his attitude comes from the fact that a lot of his information comes from primary sources. It's kind of hard to dispute that, although a lot can be said for interpretation.

I'm just amazed at how much stuff is just glossed over. I know there's a ton of information out there, but it's interesting how much space/time is given to some stories/people but not to others.