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Chillin in Wilsonville

Melvino — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:43:39 +0000

This is such a cool city. Hanging out with my dad this weekend and every place we need/want to go hang out is within walking distance. This comes in handy when you have 4 or 12 beers and don’t have to drive home. Just a 2min walk home.

The other great thing about being up here is all the microbrews. Portland is known for having e most of 2 things. Strip clubs and microbrews. We aren’t in Portland so we haven’t visited any strip clubs. But the bar we’ve been hitting here, Wanker’s Corner, has 30 microbrews on tap.

It’s been fun so far. 4 days is a perfect vacation. Anything more and you start to miss home too much.

Teachers Union Gets Greedy…then FIRED

Melvino — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:20:52 +0000

I love hearing stories like this where the people in charge take a stance and say “You’re not going to bully us around with your union”. Whether these teachers were all together or 50/50 they still participate in the union. If they are going to let them speak on their behalf they better make sure they are singing the right tune.

Teachers: “Pay us more money and we’ll make your kids wicked smart”
Superintendent: “You can’t teach at the rate you’re being paid now, will you somehow get better with more money?”
Teachers: “Dammit… We hate rhetorical questions.”

Here’s the kicker. Now that all of these failing teachers are out of work they’re going to have a hard time finding teaching jobs again. Why would anyone school hire a teacher that was fired from a school that failed this well. I say failed well because looking at the test scores these teachers and students are the definition of #FAIL.

Read the full story here

NFL Refs – Reversed Calls on Challenges

Melvino — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:32:42 +0000

I’m wondering if there’s a 3-strikes rule for NFL refs. Since the re-introduction of instant reply pressure has been taken off the refs regarding game changing calls. Bad calls still happen, mostly in the 2min in 2nd and 4th qtrs, but most of the time the right decision is made once the tape is reviewed.

Now, if the same ref makes a mistake and his call is reversed several times it would make sense that maybe that ref should find another job.

I’m just curious if something like this is present for the NFL refs.

Simple Design for a Simple Blog

Melvino — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:22:20 +0000

Just another babble blog. Wanted some place to talk about the pictures I take and my life in and around Vegas.