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Did you ever want to reach through somebody’s monitor and poke them in the eye? Me neither. The semester is nearly half over. Midterm exams are next week. The students have all had their very own copy of the syllabus, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2007
“Listen carefully to what country people call mother wit. In those homely sayings are couched the collective wisdom of generations.” — Maya Angelou Whenever I re-read the chapter in “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” where Marguerite visits Mrs. … Continue reading
Remember when most tv sitcoms had a theme song? With words? I remember having sing-a-longs on the playground, of tv theme songs. The Beverly Hillbillies. Petticoat Junction. The Brady Bunch. The Patty Duke Show. Car 54. The Addams Family. Green … Continue reading
Things that really, really annoy me, and there’s no good reason for it, they just DO: 1. . . . trying to read a piece of writing that might have been pretty good if the writer had not used DH, … Continue reading
See this snow cone? Now imagine thousands of them falling from the sky, painfully pelting you and covering your car with ice. Imagine walking through kazillions of snow cones all over the street. Can you hear the sound of snow … Continue reading
I had a doctor’s appointment this morning (11:50 is MORNING, as far as I’m concerned) Oh, whatever. While I was in the waiting room, I read up on the Oscars. They’re, what, Sunday night or something? Eh, I don’t watch … Continue reading