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[Travellin Dave]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I'll get around to it after I see the Godfather, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc. etc. etc.

If it makes you feel better, I've only seen Raiders from that list.

Boo!  You have some work cut out for you!

[Travellin Dave]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I'll get around to it after I see the Godfather, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc. etc. etc.

If it makes you feel better, I've only seen Raiders from that list.

The worst part is that I probably have 25 of the top 100 movies of all time still shrink wrapped in the cabinet under the tv. I'll get around to it... Right after I update the website and build the mancave.

VHS or Beta?

[flip from jersey]

After a teacher at a Virginia school handed out a standard homework assignment on Islam, such an angry backlash flooded in that it prompted officials to close every single school in the county as a safety precaution.

"While there has been no specific threat of harm to students, schools and school offices will be closed Friday, December 18, 2015," Augusta County Schools said. Extracurricular activities were shut down Thursday afternoon.

And social media exploded over the school lesson -- a simple drawing assignment -- into a caustic discussion about religion and education.

Draw this
When the world geography class at Riverheads High School in Staunton rolled around to the subject of major world religions, homework on Islam asked students to copy religious calligraphy.

It read:

"Here is the shahada, the Islamic statement of faith, written in Arabic. In the space below, try copying it by hand. This should give you an idea of the artistic complexity of calligraphy."

The illustrative classical Arabic phrase was the basic statement in Islam. It translated to: "There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is the messenger of Allah."

Angry calls
When students took it home, it was like a spark hitting a powder keg. Some of their parents saw the homework as an attempt to convert their children to Islam.

Calls and emails flooded the school. Some of them demanded the teacher be fired for assigning it.

Cheryl LaPorte had not designed the assignment herself, but took it from a standard workbook on world religions, local newspaper The News Leader reported.

LaPorte told The News Leader that now her job is to get her students through Standards of Learning tests.

No more shahada
The county school system reacted.

It removed the shahada from world religion instruction. "A different, non-religious sample of Arabic calligraphy will be used in the future," it said.

And it issued a statement saying no one was trying to convert anyone to any religion.

"Neither of these lessons, nor any other lessons in the world geography course, are an attempt at indoctrination to Islam or any other religion or a request for students to renounce their own faith or profess any belief," Augusta County Schools official Eric Bond said in a statement to CNN affiliate WHSV.

Not enough
But that hasn't been enough for Kimberly Herndon, who kept her ninth-grade son home from school.

"There was no trying about it. The sheet she gave out was pure doctrine in its origin," she told WHSV.

"I will not have my children sit under a woman who indoctrinates them with the Islam religion when I am a Christian," she said.

By Tuesday, like-minded parents and residents of the town of nearly 24,000 gathered in the sanctuary of Good Will Ministries to voice their grievances, including against the teacher.

How can a group of people collectively be so ignorant? This sounds like an article from the Onion.

Never under estimate the level of ignorance in large quantities of the American public.

[Travellin Dave]

Wow, blithe humanity and babbling bitches, our  ebullient prose is captivating.

[razgueado]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I heard some one saw it and never realized Harrison Ford was in it....?  Maybe a younger fan..?

They don't know how George Lucas taught us to count,
IV, V, VI, I, II, III now VII.  just left the film, walked the 3 blocks to work.  Very good.

That's how my music teachers taught me to count. 

[LuvTooGolf]

Wow, blithe humanity and babbling bitches, our  ebullient prose is captivating.

Gaw?

[BackyardSmoker]

Anyone try these? I've had the regular line and like them pretty well.

L'Atelier Selection Speciale Torpedo

[BackyardSmoker]

Scored a case of Victory At Sea! Just arrived out here...woody central!!

Sweet! Had another Calm before the Storm the other night... Still don't like it as much as the Porter VaS.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I heard some one saw it and never realized Harrison Ford was in it....?  Maybe a younger fan..?

They don't know how George Lucas taught us to count,
IV, V, VI, I, II, III now VII.  just left the film, walked the 3 blocks to work.  Very good.

I'm doing something wrong.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I'll get around to it after I see the Godfather, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc. etc. etc.

If it makes you feel better, I've only seen Raiders from that list.

The worst part is that I probably have 25 of the top 100 movies of all time still shrink wrapped in the cabinet under the tv. I'll get around to it... Right after I update the website and build the mancave.

VHS or Beta?

Actually, on DVD.

[BackyardSmoker]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I heard some one saw it and never realized Harrison Ford was in it....?  Maybe a younger fan..?

They don't know how George Lucas taught us to count,
IV, V, VI, I, II, III now VII.  just left the film, walked the 3 blocks to work.  Very good.

I'm doing something wrong.

TWSS

[flip from jersey]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I'll get around to it after I see the Godfather, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc. etc. etc.

If it makes you feel better, I've only seen Raiders from that list.

The worst part is that I probably have 25 of the top 100 movies of all time still shrink wrapped in the cabinet under the tv. I'll get around to it... Right after I update the website and build the mancave.

VHS or Beta?

Actually, on DVD.

well that's only one generation back in prerecorded media, so you are doing OK.

[LuvTooGolf]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I heard some one saw it and never realized Harrison Ford was in it....?  Maybe a younger fan..?

They don't know how George Lucas taught us to count,
IV, V, VI, I, II, III now VII.  just left the film, walked the 3 blocks to work.  Very good.

I'm doing something wrong.

TWSS

Who is this mythically "she" you refer to, who admitted to doing something wrong?

[BackyardSmoker]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I heard some one saw it and never realized Harrison Ford was in it....?  Maybe a younger fan..?

They don't know how George Lucas taught us to count,
IV, V, VI, I, II, III now VII.  just left the film, walked the 3 blocks to work.  Very good.

I'm doing something wrong.

TWSS

Who is this mythically "she" you refer to, who admitted to doing something wrong?

According to "she", he does everything wrong.

[LuvTooGolf]

Well, the Razman decides to show up!

Sorry, guys...I played way too late on a school night Tuesday, so stayed home yesterday and caught up on household tasks before taking the family to see the opening of The Movie.

Hoping to see that myself before the first of the year.

Must see.  Best Star Wars ever.

I'll tell you, I have yet to hear a single negative thing about it. Like, at all. I'm very much looking forward to it.

I heard some one saw it and never realized Harrison Ford was in it....?  Maybe a younger fan..?

They don't know how George Lucas taught us to count,
IV, V, VI, I, II, III now VII.  just left the film, walked the 3 blocks to work.  Very good.

I'm doing something wrong.

TWSS

Who is this mythically "she" you refer to, who admitted to doing something wrong?

According to "she", he does everything wrong.

Lol, true story.