Summer Vacation Coming To An End

Like my good buddy, Durango, posted about an hour ago, it's going to be another hot day here in West Texas. The boys are practicing for football, my youngest will have a guest for the weekend and we are planning on staying around the house and maybe doing a little swimming up at the school pool.

I always get semi depressed at this time of the year. School is about to start, and although I love my occupation, I love the time off just as much. This is the first time of my teaching career that I'm not totally dreading getting back into the classroom. That lack of dread has everything to do with the district I am now employed with.

It will be slightly different this year, because my principal is now at the elementary, and the elementary principal is now at the junior high, my campus. Why was this change made? From what I gather, it's because the junior high campus has it's act together. Well, at least, that's what they tell us.

This is my son's last year in high school and my daughter's last year in elementary. We have a few more things planned before school gets underway, Summer Mummers and the Midnight Cellar Dweller Movie. And before that, I am making a solo trip to Louisiana to pick up a 1965 Ford Mustang.

Some interesting news has been coming down the pike about a correlation between fracking and ground water contamination. The article is easy to read, but just don't stop there...the comments are priceless.

The Urban Legend of Durango

Did ya hear about the oil company that said fracking fluid was safe? And did ya know that the reason for not disclosing what's in fracking fluid is because it'd be like Coke sharing it's secret formula? Yeah, Ron Heyden of Halliburton said that. What ever! What these companies will do to get out of telling the truth. It's scandalous I tell ya!

There's an urban legend about a nurse over in Durango, CO. Allegedly this employee of Weatherford International, walked into the emergency room with some fracking fluid on his boots. This ER nurse came into contact with the fluid and a few days later experienced a whole host of serious symptoms! Her skin turned yellow, she began vomiting and retaining fluids. This ER nurse had to be taken to the ER, where she found out her liver was swollen and her lungs were filling with fluid. Wow! And only ten minutes exposure to ZetaFlow...the alleged fracking fluid in question. The Weatherford employee has denied having ZetaFlow on him, but why was he at the ER? Well, because he'd been involved in a fracturing fluid spill where a 130 gallons of ZetaFlow had been released.

Since then BP has suspended it's use of ZetaFlow, stating they need to "understand this product better." You've been using it for three years and NOW you want to "understand this product better?" How quaint.