Snapshot: Justified
I'm not talking about JT's amazing 2002 album and I'm not talking about the FX series.
I'm talking about the feeling of validation when I opened up the WSJ this morning and saw this:
Now granted, I hardly ever read the Wall Street Journal. It's hard to say whether US Weekly got the idea from the WSJ or vice versa. I like to think that even big time WSJ journalists enjoy a little celebrity gossip every now and again.
If you're ever in the Andes though, beware of altitude sickness! Hirstin Lazcano uses sorojchi pills. She also packs in her bag an electric teapot to brew decaffeinated herbal tea...another altitude sickness remedy.
Maybe that's more educational than knowing Brandy loses her sh*t if she misplaces her Giorgio Armani's lip gloss in 103, but at the end of breakfast these stories are the same.
The WSJ is V's favorite newspaper and after my request to get a teacher's subscription for my classroom was blown off, V bought one using his "professor discount". I used the online version in the classroom while mostly recycling the paper copy delivered to our house.
Since it's summer though and I am guiltlessly (not a real word) sending my kid to school this one last summer before we spend endless summers together, I have had time to read the paper copy while eating breakfast.
Two things happen when I read real news:
1. I talk about the things I've learned endlessly to V who knows about current events all the time...which annoys him.
2. I feel dumb because I still cannot wrap my mind around all the conflict in the Middle East. I learn about it over and over, but cannot keep the people, places, and history straight in my mind.
Every day is a brand new day.
I can, however, tell you about which celebrity is breastfeeding their child and who got fat shamed last week (it was me).
Thanks America for trusting me with your future in our schools. You won't be disappointed.
I'm talking about the feeling of validation when I opened up the WSJ this morning and saw this:
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| WSJ, a reputable publication on the right and my favorite reading, celebrity trash, on the left. |
Now granted, I hardly ever read the Wall Street Journal. It's hard to say whether US Weekly got the idea from the WSJ or vice versa. I like to think that even big time WSJ journalists enjoy a little celebrity gossip every now and again.
If you're ever in the Andes though, beware of altitude sickness! Hirstin Lazcano uses sorojchi pills. She also packs in her bag an electric teapot to brew decaffeinated herbal tea...another altitude sickness remedy.
Maybe that's more educational than knowing Brandy loses her sh*t if she misplaces her Giorgio Armani's lip gloss in 103, but at the end of breakfast these stories are the same.
The WSJ is V's favorite newspaper and after my request to get a teacher's subscription for my classroom was blown off, V bought one using his "professor discount". I used the online version in the classroom while mostly recycling the paper copy delivered to our house.
Since it's summer though and I am guiltlessly (not a real word) sending my kid to school this one last summer before we spend endless summers together, I have had time to read the paper copy while eating breakfast.
Two things happen when I read real news:
1. I talk about the things I've learned endlessly to V who knows about current events all the time...which annoys him.
2. I feel dumb because I still cannot wrap my mind around all the conflict in the Middle East. I learn about it over and over, but cannot keep the people, places, and history straight in my mind.
Every day is a brand new day.
I can, however, tell you about which celebrity is breastfeeding their child and who got fat shamed last week (it was me).
Thanks America for trusting me with your future in our schools. You won't be disappointed.
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