Busy days

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

I thought that things would be a little more relaxing now that school is out for the semester. Wrong. Things are busier than ever at work, which is a good thing because I'm grateful every day that I have a ...

Kids do the darndest things

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Last week I had a link to an article about a cafe owner who caused a controversy by putting up a sign. The sign in question said: "Children of all ages have to behave and use their indoor voices." Apparently ...

Wikipedia in the media

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Don't know if many of you ever read my previous post on Wikipedia, if not you can read it by clicking here. It seems like Wikipedia has been in the news lately because of a false entry that according to ...

Imagine

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Twenty-five years ago today I don't think I was in kindergarten yet. I was probably sitting at home watching Sesame Street and learning about something that was not like the other. Back then I didn't know that one of the ...

Finals

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

It's final exam week at UHV. Things should be back to normal after today. I have my last exam today and will turn in my last assignment for the semester this afternoon. I have so many things I write about ...

City employee fired after radio appearance

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

This will probably be the only time I wish I had listened to 95.1 KVIC. (Not a fan of morning radio shows, sorry.) Watched the local news this evening and saw a report that mentioned the Recreation Superintendent for the ...

Victoria College wins teaching award

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

I thought this was interesting: Source: PETA media center Victoria, Texas — For its compassionate decision to stop using live cats to teach endotracheal intubation to students, The Victoria College has been presented with PETA’s "Compassionate Teaching" Award. The cats ...

Introverts

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

All my life I have been a quiet person. As a kid I was called shy, timid, scary. Ok, maybe not scary. But ever notice how the quiet ones seem to scare everyone? Not because they have done anything scary, ...

Wake me up

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

If you are going to need some help getting out of bed Friday to do some early shopping, Target is making wake-up calls. Target wake-up calls On that website you get to pick which recorded call you want, such as ...

The phone call

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Every year around this time, this day to be exact, I am reminded of a phone call we received early in the morning. It's one of those calls that you know can only bring bad news because it seems that ...