No seriously my legs and stomach are dotted with itchy red bumps. I'm hoping that they are a psychosomatic reaction to Christmas (I've determined that despite my resolution to enjoy Christmas this year, it is really not my favorite holiday) rather than poison ivy (how in December I'm not sure)or a newfound allergy. I ate an obscene amount of olivio ( Read more... )

A teacher at Page Elementary in Middleville told me that a boy stuck is tongue to the flagpole last week (when it was really cold), doubtful that the scene from "A Christmas Story" was accurate.

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( my xmas stocking )

Watched a news report about an 84-year-old Kenyan man who decided to take advantage of the new policy of free elementary education in his country. Never having the opportunity of being literate before, he wanted to enroll, but the school officials turned him away. He showed up on the first day wearing the school uniform and has been attending ever ( Read more... )

Did you know that the company that makes Preparation H tried to use June Carter and Johnny Cash's song "Ring of Fire" for a commercial, but their daughter Roseanne absolutely refused ( Read more... )

The most perfect moment in cinematic musical history didst occur as prophesied this week when The D joined forces with Meatloaf and Dio. 

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I'll miss Garden Bill standing out there like a be-khakied scarecrow. He used to leave vegetables and fancy loose tea on my camp desk and knew how to grow tomatillos and peanuts. The world needs more scientist cultavators.

Thanks, Bill. The garden was delicious.

My mother offered to bring the pumpkin pies to Thanksgiving, and Evil Grandma said, "No, that's ok. I'm sending Ange to the store to get some frozen ones ( Read more... )

They say quality of life is enhanced by human companionship. Case in point: you laugh more when others are around. Except for last night when uninhibited by the presence of others, I dislodged the fruity loaf from a can of jelled cranberry sauce by shaking it with such frustrated furor that the resulting kurrrschploiiinhk of it finally dislodging ( Read more... )

Yesterday I subbed a half day in a SmartLab classroom where we just played with KNex blocks. They showed me the roller coaster they built and I was unspeakably charmed when a boy laid underneth to watch the balls drop down the first hill. Just like I used to do with our Christmas tree ( Read more... )