Comments on: Random Reader Rant and/or Revel

By: m.e.

m.e. — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:12:37 +0000

Rave: ate at domku restaurant on sunday. wow! real food, real drinks.

Rave: they’re finishing the condo/whatever complex on georgia & quincy. trees! flowers! grass!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:10:48 +0000

Rave: Was offered and accepted a job!!
Rant: Must fill out extremely long security clearance paper work to get job.
Rant2: Eight month pregnant sister was admitted to hospital last night for severe viral infection.

By: Dee Montgomerry Pennyworth

Dee Montgomerry Pennyworth — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:53:19 +0000

Rave: raymond khoury’s newest book
Rant: accidentally seeing the first two minutes of “the last templar” the mini series smh

By: LNic

LNic — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:46:34 +0000

They don’t report suicides on train lines anywhere (at least, it’s not standard practice)… gives people ideas, I guess. When I lived in “downtown” Silver Spring a number of years ago, a dude did the same thing and it was a literal bloody mess. Not a word in/on any news source.

And now on to my rants and raves.

Rant: I feel yucky and lonely.
Rave: Last day with the students tomorrow.
Rant2: Last day with the students tomorrow. I’ll miss them this year.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:58:40 +0000

Rave: I too went on the St. Elizabeth’s (sorry, I just can’t do it without the apostrophe – I’m an editor) walking tour on Saturday. I thought it was really interesting and I appreciated hearing about both the history and the future plans. I think it made complete sense for them to talk about the future plans for the site because if they didn’t, the entire tour would be dominated by people asking those very questions. They’re just trying to address people’s concerns.

By: amyc

amyc — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:43:15 +0000

ScottahB… fill out an application with Carney Sandoe. All area independent schools use them for finding applicants. I used them myself 9 years ago, found a great school and I couldn’t be happier. Sorry to hear your news (really does suck), but hopefully you will find something soon. Feel free to email me, if you have any questions…

By: christopher

christopher — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:43:50 +0000

rant: if you get to the point where you feel so alone and sad that the best way for you to get attention seems to be laying yourself across metro tracks, DONT! call a hotline, visit a friendly neighbor, or throw yourself into the potomac. dc metro transit is already screwed up enough as it is…

rave: beach in 3 days!!

By: ScottahB

ScottahB — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:19:32 +0000

Rant: Due to a lack of communication between the home office and both campuses of my school, I have not been asked back next year. Despite my excellent performance reviews, despite the fact I’m always on time with my paperwork and data, despite the fact I haven’t been late and haven’t called in sick, despite the ability to move to tenth grade with my current ninth graders and use the positive relationships I’ve built with my students as a higher starting point towards meeting AYP and not getting shut down… I told a few of my students today and they cried.

I’m not as upset about not having a job for next year (maybe it’s because I get paid until August, I don’t know) as I am that what really is hurting the kids in this situation is that adults can’t do their fucking jobs correctly, and can’t communicate with each other.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:21:56 +0000

Rant: A woman “intentionally placed herself on the tracks” and was killed at the Bethesda metro yesterday, and there was NO coverage on it…only “station closed due to police investigation.” I happened to be there just after it happened–police tape everywhere, a couple sitting inside the police tape that had probably witnessed the event…sad.

Rant2: I work for a small non-profit, and while a volunteer group was inside the building someone broke into their van and stole the GPS and two bags. They’re a youth group from Michigan that came to DC specifically to SERVE…and look what happens. There were people sitting outside who had probably witnessed the whole thing, but when the cops came around the disappeared. Such is life, I guess.

Rave: Because I work in a male-dominated environment, it has been decided that we need a “women’s retreat”. The women get to spend two days at a house in Lake Anna, VA…then get Friday off so as not to ruin the relaxation from the retreat.

By: oldmanclem

oldmanclem — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:54:41 +0000

anon1259 and 109 beat me to it: those f*&@in’ helicopters. Seemed like it/they was/were just chilling right above my place (near Spring). Added to the fact that we have no A/C due to an unresponsive landlord so the window had to be open to be bearable, it was a freakin’ nightmare.