Those of you who've posted before, and those who haven't, are welcome to put your thoughts up here as to who you see. I'm interested in seeing what I've missed. No right or wrong answers ...

I'm not silent and I'm outraged. Those behind this act of thuggery, terror, and intimidation cannot be allowed to succeed.

I hope you won't be silent either. Please lend your voices to those who can't speak for their freedom tonight, and your prayers for their protection while in wrongful captivity.

Media mogul Murdoch also sees the end of the gatekeeper role of mass media:

"Power is moving away from the old elite in our industry—the editors, the chief executives and, let's face it, the proprietors," said News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch in a speech to a printing guild in London on Monday, Reuters reports.

"A new generation of media consumers has risen—demanding content delivered when they want it, how they want it, and very much as they want it,” said Murdoch, whose company owns The New York Post, Fox News Channel and two British papers, as well as 20th Century Fox film studios.

Wow - never thought I'd see this become a remake:

Ice Cube has signed on to play the title role in a film adaptation of the classic 1970s TV series Welcome Back, Kotter, it was announced Tuesday.

As part of his deal with Dimension Films, Cube will also coproduce the redo of the former ABC series that turned John Travolta into a household name.

"There was no bigger fan of the original show than me, and I'm very excited to beable to put a new twist on it," the Barbershop star said in a statement.

Cube will play the titular Gabe Kotter, a slacker turned teacher who returns to his inner-city alma mater and who sees himself in the new batch of underprivileged troublemakers. He works to inspire the seemingly apathetic students, known as the Sweathogs

Those of you who are, like myself, CofC alumni, may want to check out the following upcoming events:

Saturday, April 1st, 8:00 – 11:00 pm
Band, Burgers and Brew! The Cistern

$5 for graduating seniors (December 2005 through December 2006)
$15 for alumni and guests.

The College of Charleston Young Alumni (CCYA) invite all graduating senior students and alumni for great burgers and beer. Entertainment provided by Permanent Vacation.

Saturday, April 22, 2006, 5:30PM - 11:00pm
Alumni Annual Meeting and Reception

Locations: Annual Alumni Meeting and Champagne Reception - Simons Center for the Arts; Alumni Reception - The Cistern, C of C Campus.

$35 for attending alumni.

Champagne Reception which will be held at 5:30 pm in the Simons Center and visit with fellow alumni prior to Annual Meeting. Listen to the music of the Tommy Gill Jazz Band at the Cistern beginning at 8 pm.. Sneakers band will play from 9:00 to 11:00pm.

For reservations, please visit: this website

Took my little one to a birthday party at the House of Bounce in Ladson today. Big industrial shop filled with inflated playground equipment. Fun for the kids, but for us grownups ... well, good thing I had games on my PDA to keep me busy. Spent a couple of hours beating all my oldest daughter's high scorces.

Another neat place to take kids is Bee City, up S.C. Highway 61, about halfway between Givhans Ferry and I-95. Bee exhibits, a classroom with a bee hive, and a petting zoo. Great fried fish on weekends at their diner too.

After a birthday party, evening Great Vespers at church, and visiting my four year old sister, I'm finally ready for bed.

Someone once told me: "now that you're single, bet you're gonna chase every piece of tail in town" - not really. The biggest difference between my life now and married life was one less person in my bed, and nobody to pick up the slack at home when I'm too busy. I still chase kids, taxi them, keep up with mine and others on weekends, sweat over bills, try to figure out how to juggle schedules and all that.

No wonder most people I've dated (esp. those who were single with no kids) dropped me like damaged goods. I have all the burdens of married life, without the time or energy to be single.

I hope to be back to posting sometime in the next week or so, so ya'll stay tuned and check back for new ramblings ... that is, for those few of you who are my fans and readers.

As for my anonymous disgruntled harasser (does your husband mind you spending all this time on me, and not him?) - kisses and hugs to you too ... after all, if you're taking all this time away from your husband for me, you ought to at least get something for your trouble. :)

Halfway through serving the remaining six months of the vacant term I was appointed to fill, the word finally gets out ...

... believe it, it's true, they're being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In spite of their rejection of the Hall of Fame's invitation to attend the induction, and the legacy of rock and roll rebellion that was inspired by their one and only studio album, Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols, they're really being inducted.

Talk about long-overdue respect and vindication!

The raw energy they inspired helped fuel the then-fledgling London punk scene into what eventually became a strong new source of inspiration for the revival of the lagging rock scene of the time. While bands like the Sex Pistols, as well as the Ramones, The Clash, and Black Flag sold comparatively few albums, they inspired those bands who made it big, both punk and otherwise, bringing vital and much-needed raw energy into rock music, much as was once done by Elvis and The Beatles.

It's been correctly pointed out that they achieved far more fame, and inspired far more creativity and dissent in music than dozens of bands who claim to have fueled the fires of rebellion that is at the heart of rock music.

Congratulations to the Pistols - it's clearly one of the most deserved inductions the Hall of Fame has ever made!