"There is one fish, the hatchet, which skulks about in the deep darkness with protuberant eyes on the top of its horned head and the ability to electrically light its anus to blind predators sneaking up behind it. The electric anus, however, is not an innate feature. It comes from a colony of luminescent bacteria that house themselves symbiotically ( Read more... )

I am now listening to the King's Choralaires rehearse "O Holy Night" in the blue room.

My box of raspberry and blueberry (eeyuch!) paczkis features two charmingly anthropomorphized paczkis in mardi gras garb. Around the perimeter of the cellophane window is printed what must be multicultural paczki translations:  fastnacht, malasada, pampushky,  gogosi, krapfen, berliner (ich bin ein ( Read more... )

Perhaps you've viewed the newest TGI Friday's commercial that advises you to "forget about grabbing a bite and letting a bite grab you." (Insert disgusted groan here.)

It goes further to advise allowing Friday's to take over your senese until "your tastebuds explode like fireworks."

Since when is it liguistically ethical to confuse an audience in a ( Read more... )

Found a copy of Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary in my bookcase, and was struck by the perfect hilarity of the following passage:

"Poor us. Ramona included Howie and Willa Jean in her pity as she wished that someday, just once, she too could sit on an accordion. She knew she never would..."

The following playlist makes me run like the wind (except that wind doesn't run ( Read more... )

Taught Kindergarden/1st grade today and it wasn't awful. We drew whales, lions, and dragons; sang songs about milk; and petted sheep and a holstien calf ( Read more... )

I am so freaking in love with my new ipod, and don't care how much I dropped to buy it ( Read more... )

I try to be careful with the role sarcasm plays in my sense of humor, being as children aren't as skillful at interpreting even though they are masters at using it at times. There's the preface for this ( Read more... )

Lederhosen?!

Monogrammed lederhosen!!

Songs that mention rocket ships!!!