School is out (as of yesterday) and work is done (as of today).  I'm excited to have very little planned until my trip to England toward the end of July....

Quin should become my legal nephew sometime in August.  He's been a part of the family since his birth in February and I've seen him several times already, but it will be nice to have it all ( Read more... )

I am an uncle again.  Quinton was born today at 10:47am.  My brother, his wife and their son got to the hospital around 3pm, and they go back for him on Monday to take him home.  The adoption won't be finalized for several months.  I'm a little nervous to post about this in case something falls through, but I can't really keep this one in....

Tragedy struck my refrigerator this morning when a can of Diet Coke mysteriously exploded, spilling its contents on my fizzy water, fruit salad, whole wheat bread, condiments and other various edibles.  Apart from the soft drink, no other food items suffered serious injuries.  Foods were temporarily sheltered on countertops (with a few unfortunate ( Read more... )

When attempting to use the word "columnar" in a sentence (on a written assignment), one of my students came up with the following:

"The whore trade center had a columnar shape." 

Yesterday, one of my darling students asked me:  "Do you have to go to college to be a porn star?"

What do you suppose your major would have to be?

One more disturbing incident from today....  As I pulled into the parking lot at work today, I saw the oldest teacher in our school - this Santa Claus-looking older gentleman who never gets my name right - pulling in to a spot near mine.  For whatever reason, I looked at his license plate and noticed that the first three letters were VJJ.  Having ( Read more... )

As we were lined up 6th period waiting for the bell to ring, one of my students began petting my arm.  "I like your hair," she said as I pulled my arm away ( Read more... )

Friends,

Please take some time today to wish
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I just found out today that a family friend committed suicide back in March.

I was just three years old when my family left Des Moines for the sticks of west-central Wisconsin.  Despite my young age at the time of the move, I fondly remembered Des Moines throughout my childhood years - and my family kept ties with a few families there.

I watched ( Read more... )

The heat has been unbearable, and I've locked myself away like a bald Rapunzel.  I always have such great intentions for my summers off - and then I spend too much of my time mindlessly surfing the web or watching tv.  I'm not down, really - I just realize that I'm not living life to the fullest at the moment.

I did spend two weeks in England ( Read more... )