A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
OK, I’m going to try again. Now that I’ve upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, I’ve got some heavy-duty spam filters in place. Therefore, I’ve decided to open comments once again. Not only did I open up future posts. I ran an SQL query to open up all of my previous posts. Comment away, … Read More “Comments are back!” »
FrankenSanta This giant inflatable Santa in Garden Ridge seemed a bit menacing. Only slightly more menacing were the crowds.
Two days after casting a ballot, and we still don’t have a definitive answer about our new Superintendent of Education. Jim Rex has declared victory and is putting together his transition team. However, Karen Floyd has not conceded, and states that the 211 vote margin separating them still makes it too close to call. I … Read More “Sorry, Ralph” »
The people have spoken… Those words are usually uttered by the losers, and were heard many times today. It was a mixed bag, from our perspective. Democrats did nicely at the national level, but not so well locally. We suspected such would be the case. Our state’s people spoke up and indicated that they wanted … Read More “Sic transit gloria Republican” »
Miracle of miracles. The Greenville News endorsed Democrat candidate Jim Rex for Superintendent of Education, not Karen Floyd. This is one case where I hope people listen. Unfortunately, they also endorsed Sanford. The thought of a Sanford-Floyd team is almost too hard to stomach. A split between Democrat and Republican for those two spots would … Read More “Jimasaurus Rex” »
What better what to spend Halloween than to have lunch at a haunted inn? I heard John Boyanoski’s radio interview Monday. He said that while researching the materrial for his book, Ghosts of the South Carolina Upstate, he only had one unusual experience, where Boyanoski kept seeing movement out of the corner of his eye. … Read More “Haunted Lunch at Walnut Lane Inn” »
The abstract certainly became concrete tonight. The little dots on map mapping program represent actual kids, some backed up by verry vocal paraents. As suspected, this evening’s public forum for the new district attendance lines was much better attended than last week’s. And, as observed last week, those that had the greatest concerns were the … Read More “Fallout, Part 2” »
I pulled into our parking lot at work Friday morning to find only one other car. I was actually five minutes later than normal, and was wondering what was going on. Turns out not only was it a staff development day, but all of our office staff was at Millikin. It was a blessedly quiet … Read More “Homecoming Friday” »
South Carolina passed a comprehensive Health and Wellness Education law in 2005. As a district we’re just now coming to terms with the ramifications of the law. One provision requires a minimum number of minutes of instruction in PE per week. Given the shortage of PE instructors and the shortage of available minutes, many districts … Read More “No more detention” »
Dancing Geeks Question: What happens when you put a bunch of techno geeks on a dance floor? Answer: They form arrays.