Dave Kellam

Just a few things, first off, I changed the look of the things. I was sick of the old green and blue, this was a quick style sheet change to appease me. I have something else waiting in the pipes, but the CSS isn’t playing nicely, and I haven’t had time to sit down and fix it.

I started the practicum portion of teacher’s college this week, so I’m up by 6 every morning to head for Brockville. It’s been going well so far, it’ s draining mentally and physically, not unlike a lot of other jobs.

Lastly, it’s my birthday today. Doesn’t really feel like it though, so in my head I’m celebrating on Friday.

I watched some of the presidential debate tonight, after discovering the live feed on bbc. Nothing spectacular, although Kerry seemed strong and composed, Bush seemed a little on the bewildered side.

My favourite Bush moment was him flubbing an accusation against Kerry, “He needs to speak clearly, he’s sending mexed-missa… mixed-messages, he’s sending mixed messages…”. It probably won’t show up on a transcript. This picture is gold too, the first ladies look exactly the same.

Transcript: part 1 / part 2

A seven-year old girl is revered as a living goddess amongst hindus and buddhists. She only comes out a few times a year to celebrate festive occasions. It’s not easy to become Kumari:

Each Kumari is chosen aged only three or four, always from the same Buddhist clan, and has to have 32 attributes, including thighs like those of a deer and a neck like a conch shell.

My favourite quote would have to be this one:

Under quite new arrangements, living goddesses nowadays are all entitled to a formal education with a tutor of their choice.

I’m glad living goddesses are entitled to a formal education.