"The Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, is organising a virginity competition for female secondary school students, where any student discovered to be a virgin will go away with N10,000 cash gift." And that's a little bit fucked up ( Read more... )

( Dave Barry makes me laugh. )

Okay. Funny story ( Read more... )

Oh man, my classes are terrific ( Read more... )

Up until now, all the awesome kids on my floor thought we were at summer camp. And this, the day of my daughter's wedding the first day of classes, threatens to ruin my happy little illusion ( Read more... )

I like it here. AJ came to help me move in; that was really sweet and it gave me more time to say goodbye (but that last part couldn't really have sucked much more). People here are nice and kinda weird and I'm making friends. The dining services won best in the nation so I'm happily eating. UMass = Good ( Read more... )

Happy Late Birthday, Aerin and Charlotte! Your cards are in the mail ( Read more... )

The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories ( Read more... )

Last night was an adventure -- a really, really good adventure. So good that it makes up for the ensuing day of solitary confinement. That was fun. Getting in at 2:30 in the morning wreaked a tiny bit of havoc on my Japanese lesson this morning but the adventure was good. In short, "I like adventures." The four of us need to form a club with ( Read more... )

Playing dumb does not solve problems and rational people do not believe you. Stop making excuses and stop fishing for pity. You cannot guilt-trip your way into exoneration.