Hand Motions in Heaven

If you've ever been to a youth conference...



It's funny 'cause it's true. Thanks to my dear Bookworm for reminding me of this.

How Could I Compete?

An e-mail I sent to a couple of my far-away ACE friends. Jackie and Zeiser are my housemates.

Last night, Guadalupe Regional had a fund raiser at Mr. Gatti's (pizza and arcade; kinda like chuckie cheese), which Jackie, Zeiser, and I attended. The three of us sit down at a table some distance from the "cool kids". Five minutes go by before one of my 8th graders comes over, points at Zeiser, and says, "Is that your boyfriend?"

With as straight a face and as flat a voice as I could manage, I said no. So she looks at Jackie, points Zeiser again, and says, "Is he YOUR boyfriend?".

It gets better. As the three of us are leaving, a 7th grader stops us, asks me the same question and gets the same answer, and likewise with Jack.

"Then why did they say he was dating one of you?" She looks at Zeiser, and says in a tone of voice that suggests HE wouldn't lie to her, "Are you dating either of them?"

Straight face, Zeiser goes, "Them? No. You ever heard of Shakira?"

Happy Friday, y'all.

I thought I knew the words to that song...

Whatever your feelings on the man, this is funny.

11 Years Old Today

Love you, Noona Fish.

Perhaps the best valentine I've ever received

The note says, "to a hardcore teacher/friend. when i'm up on the red carpet I'll give you a shout out. Happy valentine's day." I keep telling them i'm not their friend, but i like it anyway. And yes, that's a skelebunny.

Awkward Fest 2009

Staring Joaquin Phoenix and emceed by David Letterman.



Wow. I've heard a theory floating about that he's faking this whole thing as performance art or some such nonsense. It's either that, or high doses of... something.

Best line: "I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight."

h/t to List of the Day (Explicit content. You have been warned).

Southern Australia Needs Prayers

I have seen surprisingly little in the blogs about the series of bush fires blazing away in Australia. Certainly, it deserves our attention and our prayers. 181 have lost their lives, and something like 7,000 are now homeless.

In other news, the sky is blue.

Louisiana's Education System Needs Help.

Whaaaaaat? Naaaaaaaaaaahhh.

Seriously: people like my aunts Missy, Tara, and Kathy, who probably have several decades experience teaching between them mostly in Louisiana, and the teachers I met in New Orleans in '07 are a big part of the reason I'm in this gig. They inspire me.

Ahhh!

Readers of this blog who know my distaste and distrust of Obamamania (see here, here, here, and here) will understand how freakin' refreshing it is to me to see a big fan of the guy come right out and call him human.

Ripping off the bard

i once told my sister the sun was like God's eye. It might have been right after reading Shakespeare's sonnets, i'm not sure.