I just can't help but fall for David Gray every time. So much for being as cold as ice, Foreigner.

My mom, the Lutheran, and my dad, originally Catholic now religiously indifferent, bickered last night about whether or not communion was really the flesh and blood of Christ ( Read more... )

I need some new books to read. Any suggestions ( Read more... )

Gah, I love sixth graders. They're so easy to manipulate and still like to read books. Too bad my certification is 7-12.

Like a bolt of lightning, I had the greatest idea for a mix cd to impress my cd club: juxtapose songs about Satan with songs about Jesus. It's a final showdown to see who is truly cooler.

Help me with my playlist, and remember that my musical taste tends to side on the truly musically accomplished or absolute ridiculousness. Oh yeah, and don't ( Read more... )

Today I was explaining the vocabulary word "myriad" to a student who was working on composing sentences using the aforementioned word.

Me: Well, it basically means "many "or "having many parts."
Student: Oh, bunnies!

There is an incredibly apt vocab sentence out there, folks. Marvel at my skills of an educator.

F0? Come on National Weather Service, that tornado ripped up the golf cart place and tore the roof off of Rodger's barn. That at least deserves an F1.

You should have heard the resounding laughter at my house when we heard a news reporter say, "Reporting live from Caledonia."

Here is a list of words that I can never seem to spell correctly.

maintenance
receive
lose/loose
procedure

But, of course, I can spell hors d'oeurves, fuchsia, and bouttonniere with hardly a synapse firing. Once again, it is demonstrated the complete uselessness of my knowledge of the world.

Did you know that Stephen Hawking once appeared in an episode of Star Trek? They had him playing poker with Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton.

I just feel that Stephen Hawking and I are intended to be best friends someday.

Drinking mead and eating pie (peach, of course).