tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post9042406351585953913..comments2023-10-30T06:21:18.757-04:00Comments on John Kelly's Voxford: Friday Grab BagJohn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-1371174333488684572007-10-19T06:48:00.000-04:002007-10-19T06:48:00.000-04:00As much as I would like to sympathize with the BBC...As much as I would like to sympathize with the BBC's problems,there are two words that stop me, well, an abbreviation and a word: BBC America. They started out by, apparently, finding every way they could to alienate what should have been their core audience (e.g., the EastEnders debacle), then, with their Discovery Channel partners, went on to try to become just another LCD cable station. How Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-16326980349563961542007-10-19T06:35:00.000-04:002007-10-19T06:35:00.000-04:00My friend sent her kids outside last February to s...My friend sent her kids outside last February to see if a magnifying glass really could set a pile of leaves on fire. It did. Right next to the house. She described the incident to the firefighters who showed up to fight the blaze as "a homeschooling science experiment run amok." <BR/><BR/>And I thought the public schools were dangerous....Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.com