Zosia
Well, it's not yet for sure, but it appears that the cancer treatment that Zosia went through for this relapse worked. She is going for more tests to her oncologist next week, but my dad didn't sound very hopeful.
I guess that's the part that is most sad. I don't know what he would do without her. And I don't know what I will do when he's left alone and so far away.
Somehow I know this would come one day...
He wants to discuss with me their estate and how things should be taken care of when neither of them is around. He mentioned that he's leaving everything to Little Tom - You Tom! The house in the woods included. I guess I should plan a trip out there very soon to have these discussions and how to manage things.
In some weird way, I am grateful that he is this open about things and wants to settle things while still in full capacity. I wish my mom was this way, but of course all this brings up the anger I have for her for sort of putting me in this position to begin with. I almost want her to be the one to go back and take care of him if Zosia is no longer around.
family get together yesterday - 10/28 = part three
Cousin Ryan in our kitchen -
family get together yesterday - 10/28 = part two
family get together yesterday - 10/28
Dad resting after another trip
Here's dad resting after a trip back East and before going to Arizona next week
Sick at home watching TV on - Boy and his dog!
Broken wrist - again
One more time! October 15, 2006 - one month before his birthday! Skateboarding and falling!
SAT scores and my own rant
In the last week or so, I read in the
news that the College Board screwed on the scores on thousands of SAT scores.
First of all, given the state of today's technology, I don't understand how that could happen!
But more importantly, what kind of message does this send to the students who took the test? That the grown ups can't even figure out how to score it correctly, is an understatement.
Personally, I am against these types of tests anyway. Tom tends to have low scores on various standardised tests, and yet has very good grades and a great relationship with his teachers and other students. How do you test for things like leadership and good attitude, which in my opinion are far more important to succeed in today's society and high math scores.
He also does really well in things like video production and multimedia, which don't come into any kind of evaluation on SAT's.
We tend to try to put kids into a "box" to standardize them and catagorize, instead of evaluating each on his or her special individual merits, attitudes, and abilities.
I am all for totally abolishing all the standardized tests, including the SAT's.
The Oscars
I love watching the Oscars - I don't really know why, I just do!
Last night was the 78th Oscar gala, and I missed the first part, but enjoyed the rest. Jon Stewart was pretty good, in his cerebral way.
So, my comments - there was something very wrong with the teleprompter - they all had problems with it, and it made it hard for someone as classy as Lauren Bacall screw up! I don't know what the problem was, but fix it for next time!
There was almost no outrageousness at all! Kind of sad, in a way, no controversial presenters with some weird agenda - even the penguin stuffed toys were pretty low key!
I am really impressed with how George Clooney has matured - he's a reall Hollywood King now, almost at the level of Clark Gable, with Gable's nonchalant manner and class - good job!
And a great comment on Huffington blog:"Salman Rushdie: 100% Correct"I predicted all the winners," Salman Rushdie tells me, "and when Jack Nicholson appeared to present the Best Picture award, I knew it wasn't going to be Brokeback Mountain. The world won't let Nicholson give the award to a 'gay' movie."
