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Month: March 2006
Klanswear ok at Tecumseh Local Schools?
i just sent this letter to District Superintendent Jim Gay:
Mr. Gay,Hello, i was just reading about the Civil Rights case at Olive Branch and wanted to know more information. Specifically, i would like to know by what methods it was determined that “no harassment took place.” It is very interesting to me that a kid could claim that another kid was wearing a Klan getup on school property, yet nothing found to be deserving of further inquiry. If the other student was not wearing Klan regalia, then what, exactly, were they found to be wearing? And if they were indeed wearing Klanswear, what action was taken, if any, and why was this sort of attire permitted (or was it instead encouraged)?
I understand freedom of expression is a precious and invaluable thing in our society, but likewise is freedom from harassment. I think you’ll agree that wearing a swastika to a synagogue would constitute a similarly grave social blunder, if not also break harassment and/or anti-hate crime laws.
I thank you for your time, and will greatly appreciate your response.
Regards,
x jeremy jarratt, POEE
1990 Senior Class President, Tecumseh High School
(of course, i plan on forwarding any “interesting” information received in return to local media.)
Klanswear ok at Tecumseh Local Schools?
i just sent this letter to District Superintendent Jim Gay:
Mr. Gay,
Hello, i was just reading about the Civil Rights case at Olive Branch and wanted to know more information. Specifically, i would like to know by what methods it was determined that “no harassment took place.” It is very interesting to me that a kid could claim that another kid was wearing a Klan getup on school property, yet nothing found to be deserving of further inquiry. If the other student was not wearing Klan regalia, then what, exactly, were they found to be wearing? And if they were indeed wearing Klanswear, what action was taken, if any, and why was this sort of attire permitted (or was it instead encouraged)?
I understand freedom of expression is a precious and invaluable thing in our society, but likewise is freedom from harassment. I think you’ll agree that wearing a swastika to a synagogue would constitute a similarly grave social blunder, if not also break harassment and/or anti-hate crime laws.
I thank you for your time, and will greatly appreciate your response.
Regards,
x jeremy jarratt, POEE
1990 Senior Class President, Tecumseh High School
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sexual orientation quiz results
no real surprises.
Klein Sexual Orientation Grid
I scored an average of 1.81
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Heterosexual | Bisexual | Homosexual |
Meaning
This result can also be related to the Kinsey Scale:
0 = exclusively heterosexual
1 = predominantly heterosexual, incidentally homosexual
2 = predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual
3 = equally heterosexual and homosexual
4 = predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual
5 = predominantly homosexual, incidentally heterosexual
6 = exclusively homosexual
Summary
The idea of this excercise is to understand exactly how dynamic a person’s sexual orientation can be, as well as how fluid it can be over a person’s lifespan. While a person’s number of actual homo/heterosexual encounters may be easy to categorize, their actual orientation may be completely different. Simple labels like “homosexual”, “heterosexual”, and “bisexual” need not be the only three options available to us.
The Multidimensional Scale of Sexuality
According to my answers, it is likely that I identify as
Concurrent bisexual
or equally,
Sequential bisexual.
Complete set of results
| Concurrent bisexual: | 3 | |
| Sequential bisexual: | 3 | |
| Heterosexual: | 2 | |
| Heterosexual with some homosexuality: | 1 | |
| Homosexual with some heterosexuality: | 1 | |
| Asexual: | 0 | |
| Homosexual: | 0 | |
| Past heterosexual, currently homosexual: | 0 | |
| Past homosexual, currently heterosexual: | 0 |
Information
The Multidimensional Scale of Sexuality was devised by Larry Kurdek, B. Berkey and T. Perelman-Hall. It is an extension of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid, recognising that sexual identities can change over time, people can identify with more than one sexual identity, and that asexuality is a valid sexual identity. The Multidimensional Scale of Sexuality was published in the “Journal of Homosexuality” in 1990.
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all that parental worryin’ over nothin’
Speck is the same as ever: a rambunctious, play-minded, feral little toymonger.
Just the way i like him.
Seriously, though, as teary-eyed and choked up as i got thinking about my little doggy-son, he probably had a ball hanging out with other dogs and yapping at them. He’s a very social little critter. He’s just as energetic and playful now as he was yesterday. You’d think he hadn’t even had so much as a shot, when in reality, he had a whole slew of those too! Kooky little mutt.
Kudos to the Bigger Road Veterinary Clinic and to Dr. Snyder for the kindest possible treatment of our little buddy.
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poor little guy
i am totally pining for Speck right about now.
i’ve been posting a bit more frequently at my own site lately. i still plan on using LJ for more community-oriented posts and my ruder moments; but for now, the cleanish and more or less presentable version of my life is there. there are various feeds (such as for i-swear-it’s-upcoming podcasts and work-related stuff) if you really want to keep track of me that freaking badly. (if you need help understanding syndication and feeds…)
and yes, i know the layout is horrible. i’m working on it.
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Speck undergoes his first surgery
Today, my little man becomes a boy. I just came back from dropping off poor sweet shivering little Speck at the mean-ol’ nasty dockers office. I couldn’t help but get choked up on the ride home (and even now), thinking about how scared the poor sweet little guy probably is. “Where’s daddy?”, he’s probably asking all the doctors and staff.
poor little kid! *sniff*
i moved desks today at work. luckily, i’m now on XP and Netscape Browser 8 is installed. i was surprised that NS8 now has built-in FF/IE rendering options out of the box. the downer is that i hate XP’s need to group taskbar buttons together, and i can’t change that. also, i am a very few inches farther away from my ex-girlfriend Lisa, but there’s no longer a cubicle wall to separate us. on the whole, though, i give the move a big thumbs up. big plus = no longer totally alone, sit much much closer to Holly!
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no more balls
i have to get up in 3 hours to take Speck to the vet to get teeth out and balls chopped.
ugh!
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Civ IV
