Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
At work yesterday the Internet chose to behave in a despicable manner, taking up to 40 minutes to load a page. A little after one o’clock in the afternoon, the system crashed altogether. I guess they don’t realize that a couple of months ago I started to mainline my email [...]
I really do love teaching. When I am in the classroom interacting with the students, life is good. Today’s writing prompt was: There are many exciting people in the world. Tell about one. I wrote the prompt on the board and then displayed a poster board with a non-example on [...]
And when you finally get off the wheel, you sip from the chrome nipple, grab a kibble and snuggle down in your bed of wood shavings … That was a comment on the post beneath this from a friend whose intent, I’m certain, was to entertain me after a long [...]
Our school day is arranged in such a way that I have two 40 minute work periods per day without my students. For one 40 minute work period, I am free to grade papers, make photocopies and do whatever else needs doing. For the other 40 minute work period I [...]
If you want a good belly laugh, go here and read this: Of Long Drops, Land Crabs, and the Prerequisites for a Life in Science. I’m still wiping my eyes and trying to breathe after laughing so hard. Besides, I got nothing for you today but the silly meme in [...]