Sigh, what are we TEACHING these days? You never had to read and/or memorize "I am the captain of my fate. . . "??

In light of another thread, I'd like to 'fess up about my "nom." About 25 years ago, I was involved with a group called the "Committees of Correspondence," which was composed of members of the National Association of Biology Teachers & National Science Teachers Association (along with a few strays from the American Humanist Association, People for the American Way & Americans United for Separation of Church & State). This was in those dark days before widespread internet access & the committees served to circulate information about local creationist activities & to develop "friend of the court letters" that were filed in various court cases related to the teaching of "scientific creationism" in the public schools. I signed some of my less official correspondence as "Darwin Invictus."

I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.

It's not just drawn from that William Ernest Henley poem (which I think I had to memorize in the 9th or 10th grade). The word "invictus" means "undefeated." It's one of those words that just makes you feel stronger to say it.

Does anyone have some suggestions for an appropriate "degree" for Advocate? I could pass it along to the BOGUS board of trustees, which is meeting at Point Clear this weekend...

Austin Eagle wrote:

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Honk!  Failure to cite infraction.  Invictus, please procede to the penalty box for 12 minutes.

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Like any good dissertation, the citations are in My Back Pages. More specifically, I think this one is buried in the FireShelby archives.

Advocate,

Thanks for your kind words about the bus trip report, and also for your good thoughts about the board in general.  I, too, will always have very fond memories of this board and I am counting down the days to the Bon Voyage Shelby celebrations.