I was originally scheduled to go third, but overnight I was bumped to 34th, after Disco. spinner Rob Crowther.
Last time I did this, you got all my cursing and swearing, but I'll try to restrict myself to commentary a bit more.
Right now, a teacher named Lee Wagstaff is holding forth in favor of the creationist "strengths and weaknesses," and getting lots of questions, including questions referring to an earlier speaker who got no questions. These are questions that the expert chosen to help actually write the science TEKS would have had great insights into, but they asked her nothing.
Disappointing.
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