While out at dinner with some work people the other day (who are all mostly around my parents' age), they're talking about their kids (who are all around my age) and they're talking about one guy's son and how he's a good boy and is so nice to everybody, and then the father very meekly says "my son isn't very nice to me..." There's a moment of ( Read more... )

So my girlfriend says to me the other day: "I usually go for jerks... how did I wind up with you?"

Love you too honey.

(I was in a weird mood; I have no idea where this came from)

Smokesticks!

With scrabbling claws and blood red eyes
he climbs towards your face
twitching whiskers and leathery tail
your heart of quickening pace

But fortune now to frighten him away
for the hour strikes upon the clock
woe dread tomorrow tho inevitable return
Hickory Dickory Dock

So what's been new in the past year ( Read more... )

There's this thing called a thesis... I have no life.

Well hello there dearly neglected LJ world, how are things with you?

So I haven't done any real Christmas shopping in years. My family has never really been big on the gifts thing, and my "gift" to friends the last couple years has just been to host a party for everyone. Well, I figure maybe this year I should make the effort ( Read more... )

Eep, it's been a couple months. Let's proceed with an update shall we ( Read more... )

So... where have I been? Oh right, I had my doctoral candidacy. That was a bit of a time sink. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

In one of my classrooms I have a husband/wife team teaching. The wife went on maternity leave a few weeks ago, so the husband has taken over teaching duties (he's usually the TA). As he was explaining that he would be teaching for the rest of the term, a girl put up her hand and asked: "Is she gonna be in labour for the whole year?"

That was too