So I'll let LJ say it for me:

The Return of LJ

So rather than addressing the complaints of current customers (many of them paying customers), they'll just try to attract new ones...

While watching the miners being brought back up:

"So this is why you can never be a miner..."

"But I can still be a princess. Or a fairy. Or a fairy princess, right?"

"Yes, Charlie, absolutely."

"Oh, thank goodness."

Charlie was upstairs, supposedly in bed trying to sleep. Emily and I were downstairs, watching TV. Just now we heard her running busily about and then a loud crashing noise. Emily yelled upstairs, "Charlie, what are you doing ( Read more... )

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Yep, there he is - my lovemuffin.

He's been the winner for five years in a row.

You should see what he can do when he's allowed to use his hands...

Friday was a Free Dress day at my school. My students usually wear uniforms - khaki pants/black-watch plaid skirts, dress shirts, and sweaters. But about once a month or so, they get to wear whatever they want, as long as it's "appropriate" (no beer T-shirts or bare-midriff tops - not even for staff. *pout*Imagine my surprise when A*, one of our ( Read more... )

Last night, Emily finished her report on "The Good Earth". I really don't like the book. I just don't. I find it ineffably depressing.

But it never, ever occurred to me to question that she has spent the last month studying this book - even though it deals with some pretty sexual topics.

And yet here's a California school district banning the ( Read more... )

Just came downstairs to find Charlie exercising along with the woman on TV. I asked her what she was doing - because it was somewhat unexpected to see her doing modified push-ups in her princess nightgown.

"Tightening my buns, Mom"

...

on this man:


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I've spent most of the week getting my classroom ready for school to start. Tonight I've been organizing my new lesson plan book and gradebook. Just now, I've been entering my students' names. All 11 of them. I'm exhausted.

Damn, I love my school!

( Forgive me while I freak out for a bit... )