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My cat prefers my other half.

My dog likes sleeping outside. Sometimes he just looks at us when we call. So un-doglike.

The Dual Dilemmas of Duela Dent doesn't look as though it's going to be a rebirth book soon

I woke up to heavy rain.

It's still Sunday here.

It's still raining here.

It seems it's never the mean kids, the bullies,... It's almost always the foolish, those that cannot make sound decision, probably were never raised to make decisions, and won't listen to advice. Lost another one, this one arrested for murder. Gentle kid, polite kid, can't even imagine him with a gun but just couldn't follow a rule, didn't understand advice...

When mushrooms rot, do other mushrooms grow on them?

I'm so sorry, BB.

I appreciate that. It takes some getting used to it but when it's something like this, for a few days anyhow you'll see the photo in the paper but the mind changes it to how you remember them as 15 year olds as opposed to 19 (yes, that young) year olds. So all you see is a 14-15 year old, dead or accused.

It must be very jarring indeed. I really wish our knowledge of psychology and the human mind and human development would progress to the point where we would know how to diagnose and help people who need help...

I went on a five mile hike up a mountain yesterday. We got to sit on the edge of the rock face overlooking a several mile drop. It was like sitting on the edge of the world.

I once hiked up one of the tallest mountains in the country. I brought my camera.... but left the battery at home.

Hiking up one of the tallest mountain in the country and forgetting batteries for the camera sucks, generally.

It does indeed. I still get a twinge of pain every time I remember.

Because my birthday always fell around Colombus Day, and my mother is Canadian which means it was their Thanksgiving, nobody wanted to come to my birthday parties when I grew up. Hard to have birthday cake after eating a Thanksgiving dinner without any football to watch. My friends just found it too weird. Thanks Mom.

Aww

It is raining here while the sun is shining

My wife also teaches that age group and I can appreciate what you're going through. You try and guide them as much as you can, but in the end it's always up to them.

What does she teach?

Well, they're the ones held for the consequences anyhow.

I'd like to see "decision making" part of the curriculum in these highly single parent, lower income neighborhoods. Guidance is one thing the kids don't have as much but opportunity to practice decision making is most what is lacking basing that on my observations.

Being able to seek and see alternatives is a learned skill, most instruction to be provided at home. Instead, we rely on Darwin. I've got more parents than I can count, working more than one job just to pay rent and basics and try and give their kids something. Unfortunately, it's politic to say they're bad uncaring parents. Some are of course better than others but very few of them are "uncaring" and not trying for their kids.

The first six Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies end the action in the same way. Tarzan initiates an elephant stampede.

Well if a formula works, Hollywood tends to stick with it.

When I was little my best friend had asked if I could go with his family. My mom told me to be on my best behavior and be a gentleman.

When I came home I told my mom I never wanted to see Andrew ever again. He was no longer my friend.

My mom asked why and I between sobs said that I had been really good like she told me and was told I could not have snack.

My mom was confused at first, then she realized what the problem was.

I was invited to my friend's church and they had had communion. At my age we did not see this rite yet in our church and had a real snack while in Sunday school.

I remember seeing a gigantic spider, larger than a dinner plate, in my cousin's dining room once. I threw a shoe at it and ran away.

Just want to interrupt to say that I'm sorry to hear about your former student BB, and can only imagine what that must feel like. I appreciate your sharing it with us.

Thanks. It's one of those things not ever mentioned in "teacher school," the sheer volume of the community that you come in contact with. Between the high school and the college, that's nearly 250 human beings (and that kid in the corner that drives me nuts) this semester. And still, the unexpected can occur.

Since I generally bid the classes which have lower performing students, grade repeaters, I tend to have a lot of males. Think Welcome back Kotter. Third period, emphasis on "period" this year, there's only three of us hardy souls huddled together in fear of a class full of girls. And do they pull out all the "female" stops every chance. One has claimed to be on her period I think for the third week straight. Another loves adjusting her boobs, for effect. Of course belching is a must. They're having a blast "embarrassing us." Oh and did you know that "roll-eyes" is an effective weapon? They do. It's all pretty funny but I think I'm losing even more hair. Every instinct I've got wants to get them quiet, stop the talking and get them working but, observation shows, they do get their work done, it's fair quality and when the problem is particularly challenging, then they quiet and get to it.

I've determined that all their talking and socializing is just their way of filling in the dead-time between my taking breaths.

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