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> Many times said person starts their own list (or in this case goes back to
> their list to *report* and bash) and most times the list lasts for a few
> months and then dries up in the backwaters of Yahoo Groups.
>
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And from what I've seen of those, before they dry up they're very, very
negative and depressing.

I was accused recently (on one of those kinds of lists, by one of those kinds
of people) of this:
" She never defends unschooling as having its own quality--just as being
"better than."

It's profoundly baseless, but often it seems a guilty person points the
finger and states her crime. Those lists sometimes exist to be better than
UnschoolingDiscussion. They state up front that they will be better than this
list, nicer, more open. And then they spend energy badmouthing this list. I
haven't yet seen one be better than this one is at discussion of unschooling,
and there's nothing else I personally would want from an unschooling list.

Obsessions are interesting in any case, and obsessions about topics can be
interesting but obsessions about people can be a little spooky when one is that
person. All my essays are gone from unschooling.com now, I noticed the other
day. Someone(s) pressing to have me obliterated. My name is being
stricken from all the buildings in Egypt, as it were--also spooky. But they don't
own this building, or SandraDodd.com, so hooray for free speech. But I know
when my kids get obsessed about something they learn a lot, and make
connections to lots of other things, so even an obsession with unschooling or with one
unschooler can't help but expose the person to more unschooling ideas.

My current obsession (very new and can't last long because there's not much
of it) is Little Britain, a TV sketch series in its third season in the U.K.
Friends brought me Season 2, for which I switched my computer's DVD player
to European settings. For those who know the series, my very favorite
character is Andy, of Lou and Andy. But this weekend I've been thinking much more
of Vicky Pollard, as this list was attacked in such "Yeah but, no but, yeah
but... I so can't believe you just SAID that!" fashion. It's been doubly
amusing for me to see someone be so VickyPollardesque in my own life.

The first season is on a north American DVD now and I'm hoping it will arrive
today! I'll have to watch it elsewhere, as I'm not yet ready to turn off
access to that second season. This stuff is as good as any Monty Python or
Mike Myers stuff.

Sandra

(Wait--found that quote better. It wasn't "every building":
-=-Let the name of Moses be stricken from every book and tablet. Stricken
from every pylon and obelisk of Egypt. Let the name of Moses be unheard and
unspoken, erased from the memory of man, for all time.-=-(From a fine Charlton
Heston movie)


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Deb

--- In [email protected], SandraDodd@a... wrote:
>
> The first season is on a north American DVD now and I'm hoping it
>will arrive
> today! I'll have to watch it elsewhere, as I'm not yet ready to
turn off
> access to that second season. This stuff is as good as any
>Monty Python or
> Mike Myers stuff.
>
> Sandra
>
Hmm we'll have to look around for it. Last night we were channel
hopping and ran into Monty Python on BBC America. DS (7 1/2) sat and
laughed so hard it was fun just watching him enjoy this new to him
silliness. About 20 minutes ago I looked up the program guide to see
when it is broadcast and called home to let them know it comes on @
2 pm EST. When I told DH, he said that DS had just minutes before
asked about when it would be on again. So they're off to Python
land... BTW DS found it interesting that DH and I
understood "British" - during a commercial we were talking about why
some of the words were different (lift-elevator, etc) and we'd
translate the odd joke that didn't quite connect. He got an absolute
kick out of the suit of armor/knight that came in and bonked people
over the head with a chicken (rubber chicken that is) when they got
too silly. He took the next break to run into his room and come back
with 3 assorted stuffed critters which we were to use to bonk
(gently) anyone that got too silly.

--Deb

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I should post a warning about this:

> My current obsession (very new and can't last long because there's not much
> of it) is Little Britain, a TV sketch series in its third season in the
> U.K.   
> Friends brought me Season 2, for which I switched my computer's DVD player
> to European settings.    For those who know the series, my very favorite
> character is Andy, of Lou and Andy. 
>
It's rated, in England, for no one under fifteen. Here it would be
definitely N-17.

The humor is mostly situational and slapstick, but Brits tend not to worry
much about nudity. Some of the nudity and partial nudity is not real (body
suit, a fake breast in a sketch about nursing), but rough for the unprepared.
The language is rough in the "Dafydd Thomas" episodes.

So all but the bravest families with teens or the parents who can hide DVDs
where younger kids won't get them, never mind.

It's possible to download small parts online, I think.

Not for children, though, though depending on the humor and tolerance levels
of individual families, disclaim, blah-blah, beware...

Sandra



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