a day late and a dollar short

I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into them I will never know.

------Groucho Marx

One of the best vaudevillian comedians in my opinion. Goooood Morning LGF!

from the last thread it's ice age we have to worry about

ITs a bit after 5 am here in new orleans and as usual, can't sleep through the night. Either Charles is up early or late.

Good morning dead-threaders, though I suppose since this is an open thread it isn't dead.

59 degrees already with a high near 80 today in the greater metropolitan Doraville area. Cat is staring at me ominously.

re: #3 hayseed

From the last thread, could you Express Mail some of that out this way before we melt in the heat?

re: #5 Lucius Septimius

It's a little under 13° C here in T.O. just had a sudden downpour interspersed with thunder and lightning. I love this weather.

/no really, I do. :)

What I don't understand is why with all the scary developments about obama, why hill isn't having a bigger lead. I'm not voting for either for sure, but if I were her, I would be really mad that this guy just comes out of nowhere after all the years of her paying her dues.

re: #5 Lucius Septimius

planted tomatoes yesterday,gonna do peppers today. I love hot weather,my joints move a little better.lol

re: #3 hayseed

Yeah, I read a longer article on that along with pictures of the clear sun. It's going to be an interesting few decades.

re: #3 hayseed

from the last thread it's ice age we have to worry about

A long, long time ago I had a course in college on Ice Ages, and that was the prediction then. The projections we were shown even made room for "man-made global warming" but showed that as a short upward blip in a long-term descent into the cold.

re: #9 hayseed

I am enjoying the warmer weather, though I had to give up the joints after I reached a certain age.

Don't like cold weather! THunder and lightning, yes

Lucius Septimius

We did Act III of R&J yesterday (the scene where Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt). As soon as the kids saw the foam swords, almost al the hands were in the air volunteering to act!

My energy bills were about $40 each month up until 3 or 4 months ago and are over $100! Not that much different useage either.

re: #7 BlueCanuck

It's a little under 13° C here in T.O. just had a sudden downpour interspersed with thunder and lightning. I love this weather.

/no really, I do. :)

When you posted that temp I did a double take; then I looked at the map. It's really warmed up there quickly. It wasn't that long ago that ya'll had snow on the ground.

re: #14 goddessoftheclassroom

Lucius Septimius

We did Act III of R&J yesterday (the scene where Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt). As soon as the kids saw the foam swords, almost al the hands were in the air volunteering to act!

That's because there are no guns to cling to...

re: #16 Lucius Septimius

Yes it did. We have been having unseasonably warm temperatures here for the past week or so. But to balance it out, Calgary got a lot snow last week.

re: #14 goddessoftheclassroom

Hope nobody got hurt. That's actually a pretty intense scene.

Most of my classes have student presentations this week; my Vikings class is reading the saga of Harald Hardrada of Norway who ends up being killed at Stamford bridge in 1066, the first of two invasions of England that year. Today Harald is in the Mediterranean fighting the Saracens.

Only five more days of class. Yippee.

re: #17 rightside

That's because there are no guns to cling to...

They may be angry, but they're not bitter.

re: #17 rightside

That's because there are no guns to cling to...

OMG--ROTFL!

What was even funnier to me is that most of the kids read pretty well but without any characterization, Suddenly, the girl playing Lady Montague gets up there and WAS the character. My head swiveled around and I got goosebumps, I said, "Finally someone is really ACTING." Then all the guys (most of whom were bodies on the floor by this time) sat up and started protesting about how dramatic they were.

I love my job.

Just before I woke up I had a dream I was talking to the Queen on the phone, too bad I can't recall what the conversation was. LOL

re: #21 goddessoftheclassroom

Best english class I had was in college. We were broken into groups to act out scenes from Macbeth. I was grouped with four Chinese students on student visas. We did the scene were Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches. Took a week, but I almost got them to speak King James english for the class.

re: #3 hayseed

Ice ages are not caused by lack of sunspots.

This site might be a parody, but not sure. obama the messiah [Link: obamamessiah.blogspot.com...]

re: #23 BlueCanuck

Best english class I had was in college. We were broken into groups to act out scenes from Macbeth. I was grouped with four Chinese students on student visas. We did the scene were Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches. Took a week, but I almost got them to speak King James english for the class.

What a great story! I'm giggling at the thought of the lines recited with a Chinese accent!

I would LOVE to play Lady Macbeth some day, or at least one of the witches, I do a terrific (IMHO) witch voice.

/as my students will solemnly acknowledge
/and yes, that is a "w."

Sheesh! I just get online, and this 'minor typhoon' starts a black, blowy downpour...

I can't risk another hit while I'm connected to modem... last time FRIED two hard-disks!

BBIAW....

Bangkok out

re: #9 hayseed

planted tomatoes yesterday,gonna do peppers today. I love hot weather,my joints move a little better.lol

I am SO jealous! Though mine are getting ready, living outside days. And today I am planting snow peas and chard and lettuces and carrots and radishes and spinach and whatever other early crops I have hidden up. First daffodil is blooming this morning.

re: #26 goddessoftheclassroom

I do a terrific (IMHO) witch voice.

Hopefully you can't pull off those spells I was reading about on an earlier thread.

My favorite English class was AP English in my Senior Year of high school back in...

...ok, it was a while ago. Let's just stop there.

But the highlight was the school trip to the Ashland Shakespeare Festival. Not only caught a few shows but got to meet the actors before them and learn a few things from them.

re: #26 goddessoftheclassroom

The best part was explaining the language and meanings to them. Poor people, I think they were having a hard enough time with modern english.

re: #29 Lucius Septimius

Hopefully you can't pull off those spells I was reading about on an earlier thread.

Well, my glare has been known to make a student stand, walk to the trash can, and throw away his or her gum without my saying a word. It also makes them stop talking.

Now if I can only get it to make them study and complete all their work well...

re: #24 freetoken

it was the lack of sun spots....well anyway I saw it on the innernut so it must be true.lol

penis snatching and a Hill-Billy win....I miss everything!

A little tidbit from yesterday's BotW (since the bitter guns thing has come up).

In the wake of Barack Obama's "bitter" brouhaha, some have defended him by arguing that what he said was true, or at least arguably so. Reader Rob Coker has a terrific analogy that helps explain why the comments were objectionable anyway:

It reminded me of a recent counseling class when different factors that make one irritable were being discussed. Women's hormonal cycles were brought up with the warning that even though that could be the source of a woman's being grumpy/offended, it was not best to say so to one's wife when she was annoyed at you. Why? The reason is that it invalidates her having genuine reason to be offended--there's something wrong with her for being hurt--and denies your responsibility in that. It's patronizing.

It is possible that economic hardship has indeed resulted in certain people clinging to God and guns and being resentful of immigrants. However, the underlying assertion is the same as above, namely that there is something wrong with the rural Pennsylvanians thinking the way they do, that it is obviously an indefensible position, and so there must be some external reason causing them to act so bizarrely.

I find it ironic that such "brilliant" people feel free to use psychological explanations on others and think they are being so smart, while they violate a basic principle of psychology and counseling by invalidating those they are explaining.

re: #28 galloping granny

What!? no arugula? Have you seen what the price of arugula is at whole foods lately?

re: #33 hayseed

There are always a variety of internet stories... that is the problem with the internet - low signal to noise ratio.

If you are interested in the topic of the timing of ice ages, here is a description of Milankovitch cycles, that might prove useful to you in delving into the subject.

re: #32 goddessoftheclassroom

Well, my glare has been known to make a student stand, walk to the trash can, and throw away his or her gum without my saying a word. It also makes them stop talking.

Now if I can only get it to make them study and complete all their work well...

Good luck with that. In one of my classes the students are all supposed to do presentations in the last week. Two students stopped coming to class a while ago and two more didn't show up for their presentations or turn in the rough drafts of their papers. I find myself asking "what are they thinking?" As it stands, I have four people in that class who are staring an F in the face. And I know what I'll get as an excuse -- "I'm depressed" or some such.

Whenever I hear that, I want to say "yes, and if I were as much of a f***-up as you are, I'd be depressed too."

re: #38 Lucius Septimius

Whenever I hear that, I want to say "yes, and if I were as much of a f***-up as you are, I'd be depressed too."

If you actually say that to a student, I'll chip in for your legal defense to help you keep your job. -:-)

re: #25 Teacake!

This site might be a parody, but not sure. obama the messiah [Link: obamamessiah.blogspot.com...]

Good morning Lizards.
While those with clear eyesight see Barry as a hustler involved in a con , the true believer sees Messiah

re: #38 Lucius Septimius

Good luck with that. In one of my classes the students are all supposed to do presentations in the last week. Two students stopped coming to class a while ago and two more didn't show up for their presentations or turn in the rough drafts of their papers. I find myself asking "what are they thinking?" As it stands, I have four people in that class who are staring an F in the face. And I know what I'll get as an excuse -- "I'm depressed" or some such.

Whenever I hear that, I want to say "yes, and if I were as much of a f***-up as you are, I'd be depressed too."

AARRGGHH! As I say to my students, how are YOU going to solve this problem? Choice have consequences.

(When it's a less serious situation, such as their not having a pencil, I say, "Stinks to be you.")

Of course my students are 15, but I still expect them to TALK TO ME about whatever help they need.

re: #28 galloping granny

I'm so happy that spring has sprung. my soil temp is up to 65 degrees
now

re: #41 goddessoftheclassroom

10th graders?

re: #37 freetoken

ya mean I can't trust fox news.lol

re: #43 rightside

10th graders?

9th grade. I taught 10th last year, American lit, which I LOVED, but the junior high is a GREAT place to teach.

Denmark has evacuated staff from its embassies in Algeria and Afghanistan because of an increased threat level, officials said Wednesday.

Danish intelligence officials have warned of an "aggravated" terror threat against Denmark since the reprinting in February of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The warning specifically singled out North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. (AP

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

re: #45 goddessoftheclassroom

oh! so close...off by a year!

Fortunately, my students are all in their 30's and 40's LOL

re: #44 hayseed

Personally, I don't "trust" any of them... As a result I have to spend lots of time (when I'm interested in a given story) digging around looking for corroborative information...

Sleuthing 101 ought to be a prerequisite for cable TV enrollment...

Happy St. George's Day, Lizards--and Shakespeare's birthday to boot!

I'm off to educate the masses--have a wonderful day.

re: #49 goddessoftheclassroom

Have a good day goddess.

SPOKANE -- Former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has canceled a public speaking engagement at Eastern Washington University because of an undisclosed illness.

Snow, who was supposed to hold a public lecture at Eastern Tuesday afternoon as part of the Presidential Speaker Series, was taken to a local hospital around 9:30 a.m. for medical care.

[Link: www.kxly.com...]

re: #46 storagemanager

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

Not Afghanistan!. We liberated them from the Taliban. They are grateful practitioners of the Religion of Peace. Can't be.

re: #41 goddessoftheclassroom

I have one student whose father keeps calling and emailing to check up on him. Of course this kid is probably the worst offender in the "I can't get my butt out of bed and into a seat" department. Part of me wonders whether or not the fact this kid cannot get it together derives from the fact that his parents as still, at 21, covering for him. I mean, I can't imagine my dad calling one of professors in college to ask about how I was doing.

The other thing is they all have cars, and I know they're not paying the insurance. Isn't there still that "B"average thing on auto insurance for college students? If nothing else, the fear of losing that kept me engaged with classwork.

re: #48 freetoken

I should have used a sarc tag on my #3....sorry

re: #53 Lucius Septimius

Helicopter parents!

The next question is: will he sue for his injuries?

Pinellas County woman finds 8 foot alligator in her kitchen

The Associated Press

OLDSMAR, Fla. - This alligator made himself at home in Pinellas County.

Authorities say 69-year-old Sandra Frosti of Oldsmar found the 8-foot long alligator in her kitchen late Monday night.

She says the gator must have pushed through the back porch screen door and went inside through an open sliding glass door. It then walked through the living room, down a hall and into the kitchen.

A trapper with Animal Capture of Florida removed the alligator, which had been cut when a plate was knocked to the ground. But no one inside the house was injured.

re: #55 MandyManners

Helicopter parents!

Lord grant me patience; that or a Stinger missile.

re: #54 hayseed

I should have used a sarc tag on my #3....sorry

It's "Climate Change" that is the issue.
If July is warmer than last February and if this January is cooler than June, that will prove the theory.
Climate change will be proven beyond a doubt & we will be doomed if Gore does not get another award.

Re: Pennsylvania Primary Summary
(all delegate counts are approximations only at this point)
160 Delegates up for grabs

085 for Clinton (55% of votes)
075 for Obama (45% of votes)

010 Net Gain for Clinton

Obama was about 160 delegates ahead of Clinton before PA.
Obama now about 150 delegates ahead of Clinton after PA.

Clinton Win = much ado about nothing
Obama Loss = so what, hardly any ground lost - he still wins

re: #58 opnion

"Climate Change", as if it ever was static.

LOL

re: #60 Ojoe

"Climate Change", as if it ever was static.

LOL

If Obamamama becomes president, he will make sure that the climate always remains the same.

That's the power of "Change."

re: #56 Lucius Septimius

I ate some alligator , it was pretty good

re: #59 zinowl

This will lead to chair throwing at the convention, because the more level headed Democrats know that Obama, ahead that he may be in convention delegates, cannot win the general election, and there will be a superdelegate push to nominate Hillary, and, ...

pass the popcorn.

re: #15 Teacake!

My energy bills were about $40 each month up until 3 or 4 months ago and are over $100! Not that much different useage either.

Teacake, where do you live? Certainly not New England. Our gas bill for last month was 320 and electric 170. We have a 50 year old house but no extra power or heat hungry appliances. You are still getting a bargain.

re: #61 Lucius Septimius

If Obama becomes President..the air will be filled with the smell of death.

re: #57 Lucius Septimius

Lord grant me patience; that or a Stinger missile.

Is this a new thing?

re: #60 Ojoe

Which is why the term is prefixed with "anthropogenic", which itself is not really adequate to describe the phenomena; however, if someone should use the term "anthropogenically perturbed climate change" they would run out of breath from all the syllables!

re: #67 freetoken

And all the panic about the climate is driven by a lack of faith.

Doubt driven panic, what is a latin based one word description for that?

I need coffee.

re: #69 storagemanager

Doesn't your store have an air pot of the stuff, and a stack of styrofoam cups?

re: #68 Ojoe

Doubt driven panic, what is a latin based one word description for that?

Change!

re: #36 rightside

What!? no arugula? Have you seen what the price of arugula is at whole foods lately?

Not to worry rightside, I am putting in quite a large arugula patch, having got an exceedingly large pack of seed for a premium strain of wild arugula from Italy for

re: #69 storagemanager

I need coffee.

You know, I made a pot and clean forgot all about it. Thanks for reminding me. Want some?

RE: # 069 Ojoe

Denver Tour Bus Highlights, November 2008

..................... and, folks, here on our right is our brand new sight - the "Clinton Colorado Crater" that used to be the Pepsi Center.......

re: #66 MandyManners

Is this a new thing?

It has gotten demonstrably worse since 2000. The only times I ever saw parents before then was a graduation. Since then they are on campus more and more and calling and leaving messages. This week I've talked with two parents who wanted to make appointments to schedule their kid's classes. I wanted to ask "do you still wipe their butts too?" but I'm afraid that they'll say "but of course!"

Infantalize your children and don't be surprised when they still act like toddlers at 21.

a school bus just went by........

the wheels on the bus go round and round

re: #76 hayseed

a school bus just went by........

the wheels on the bus go round and round

Nice to see that folks over at the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services are doing something useful for a change.

re: #64 bolivar

Teacake, where do you live? Certainly not New England. Our gas bill for last month was 320 and electric 170. We have a 50 year old house but no extra power or heat hungry appliances. You are still getting a bargain.

I don't know how old your appliances are, but we replaced the rather old electric stove and small fridge that came with the house (age 78) with new, energy efficient models and saved quite literally $80 a month. (We live in VT.) Our electric has been running ~$125 for the winter for stove, washer, dryer, fridge, 3 computers + peripherals, 4 TVs plus assorted gaming systems and two electric space heaters we use in the schoolroom and winterized porch. Just got 150 gallons of oil. last delivery was mid February for the same amount. (Half the usage of last year because I spent lots of time and $100 putting plastic on the windows, weatherstripping, etc.)

re: #75 Lucius Septimius

It has gotten demonstrably worse since 2000. The only times I ever saw parents before then was a graduation. Since then they are on campus more and more and calling and leaving messages. This week I've talked with two parents who wanted to make appointments to schedule their kid's classes. I wanted to ask "do you still wipe their butts too?" but I'm afraid that they'll say "but of course!"

Infantalize your children and don't be surprised when they still act like toddlers at 21.

What do you say? Isn't there a law about privacy you can invoke?

Since this is new, I wonder what causes it.

re: #75 Lucius Septimius

It has gotten demonstrably worse since 2000. The only times I ever saw parents before then was a graduation. Since then they are on campus more and more and calling and leaving messages. This week I've talked with two parents who wanted to make appointments to schedule their kid's classes. I wanted to ask "do you still wipe their butts too?" but I'm afraid that they'll say "but of course!"

Infantalize your children and don't be surprised when they still act like toddlers at 21.

You have parents of college students trying to schedule their student's classes?

Words fail me. . . . .

re: #68 Ojoe

I think the Latin based word you are searching for is 'hysteria'

re: #79 MandyManners

What do you say? Isn't there a law about privacy you can invoke?

Since this is new, I wonder what causes it.

Yes there absolutely is. Parent's of "children" over 18 are not entitled to access to academic records unless the student gives written permission. Even if Daddy and Mommy pay all the tuition.

So now we have a poster claiming that guns and God and anti illegal immigration folks are acting bizzarly but don't tell them it's cause those bible thumpin folks are unemployed, cause they are too fragile or too stupid to handle the truth and might instead go postal on your super smart ass.

Bad Company - Bad Company

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

re: #82 galloping granny

Yes there absolutely is. Parent's of "children" over 18 are not entitled to access to academic records unless the student gives written permission. Even if Daddy and Mommy pay all the tuition.

I thought so. I wonder how many parents squawk over this.

re: #84 storagemanager

[Link:

Tehran, 23 April (AKI) – Former Tehran police chief, Reza Zarei, who was arrested in a brothel in March, has attempted suicide in prison.

Zarei was reportedly transferred to hospital for urgent treatment after the suicide attempt.

News of the suicide has not been confirmed officially but was published on the Iranian site, Peyknet.

Zarei was found with six naked women when he was arrested in a Tehran brothel last month.

The former police chief was responsible for the moralisation campaign spearheaded by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The so-called "public security plan" is aimed at enforcing Islamic dress code and fight 'indecent' behavior by young people in the Iranian capital.

The moralisation campaign led by Zarei resulted in the arrest of hundreds of young men and women accused of failing to respect the Islamic code

. [Link: www.adnkronos.com...]

re: #86 MandyManners

Good tune.

song of my youth.

re: #84 storagemanager

storage rocks.....I think that's the first tune you linked to that I saw

re: #85 MandyManners

I thought so. I wonder how many parents squawk over this.

They shouldn't squawk. The legal age of majority in the United States of America is 18 - unless you want a beer. Or would like to be counted as an independent student because you support your self. Or unless you don't make squat flipping burgers at McD's and would be eligible for an earned income credit if only you were 25.

re: #60 Ojoe

"Climate Change", as if it ever was static.

LOL

Well if temperatures do not stay level during the year, then we are destroying our planet.
However, if we buy carbon credits from Al Gore's company maybe we can beat it.

re: #82 galloping granny

Yes there absolutely is. Parent's of "children" over 18 are not entitled to access to academic records unless the student gives written permission. Even if Daddy and Mommy pay all the tuition.

It drove my dad crazy when I had the university stop sendng my grades home. Yep, I was a little s--t at 19.

re: #61 Lucius Septimius

If Obamamama becomes president, he will make sure that the climate always remains the same.

That's the power of "Change."

One can "HOPE"

Storage is gonna put me out of business!
lol

I am at a Holiday Inn Express. Not feelin' that smart. Meh.

re: #89 hayseed

storage rocks.....I think that's the first tune you linked to that I saw

I linked this one too. [Link: www.youtube.com...]

re: #93 opnion

One can "HOPE"

Obammunism: The Hopium of the Asses

re: #95 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I am at a Holiday Inn Express. Not feelin' that smart. Meh.

But are you a skinny fucko carnivore yet?

re: #88 storagemanager

song of my youth.

I missed their concert somewhere along the Gulf Coast years ago when Hurricane Bob showed up.

re: #92 Jim in Virginia

It drove my dad crazy when I had the university stop sendng my grades home. Yep, I was a little s--t at 19.

My kids and I have a deal. Once they turn 18, they are adults. I will move heaven and earth to help them, but I don't get a copy of their grades and they don't get my signature on student loans.

re: #94 BabbaZee

Storage is gonna put me out of business!
lol

Just got here. Is he starting a "raging spleen" franchise?

re: #101 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

No LOL
he is spinning tunes

re: #98 BabbaZee

Just as rotund as ever.

re: #103 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

{Your Circumfernce!}

re: #97 BabbaZee

Obammunism: The Hopium of the Asses

Word

re: #90 galloping granny

They shouldn't squawk. The legal age of majority in the United States of America is 18 - unless you want a beer. Or would like to be counted as an independent student because you support your self. Or unless you don't make squat flipping burgers at McD's and would be eligible for an earned income credit if only you were 25.

Oh, I know they shouldn't squawk. I'm just trying to figure out why they hover since Lucius says it's been an issue only since 2000. Are these the last of the Boomers' kids and they cannot give up control?

True to the liberal penchant for blaming every ill in the world on the USA, ABC News has produced a “report” claiming that the increasing number of guns and drug cartel violence in Mexico is all the fault of... the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That’s right, it isn’t the drug dealers and killers in Mexico that are at fault, it’s James Madison and the Founding Father’s fault! Now, before you imagine that I am employing hyperbole in my introduction, just look at the title of their piece: “U.S. Guns Arming Mexican Drug Gangs; Second Amendment to Blame?”

[Link: www.stoptheaclu.com...]

Circumfer e nce

re: #102 BabbaZee

No LOL
he is spinning tunes

You are the morning DJ at WLGF!

Harry Chapin was a good guy.

re: #93 opnion

One can "HOPE"

And then we might make "PROGRESS!"

re: #75 Lucius Septimius

It has gotten demonstrably worse since 2000. The only times I ever saw parents before then was a graduation. Since then they are on campus more and more and calling and leaving messages. This week I've talked with two parents who wanted to make appointments to schedule their kid's classes. I wanted to ask "do you still wipe their butts too?" but I'm afraid that they'll say "but of course!"

Infantalize your children and don't be surprised when they still act like toddlers at 21.

Why do people do this? The depression babies were all skinflints. Most of today's parents of college age children are fifty or so. They came of age during the late 70's.
Should we blame Carter or disco?

re: #105 opnion

I got a WORD
in mah MOUTH!

re: #90 galloping granny

FIRPA stipulates that college student records remain private. That said, if the student signs a release, then the parents can get all the information they want. And from what I'm seeing, more and more parents are demanding that their kids sign the release. Regulations (both FIRPA and ADA) were also relaxed after the VaTech shooting, mainly because it was difficult for instructors and advisors to get information about their own students.

I don't have any problem with the people footing the bill having a chance to see things like grades, but it has really gone too far. I'm seeing more and more kids (they don't act like adults even if they are legally adults) who are totally unwilling or incapable of taking responsibility for their actions. "W" is becoming a common grade, and no shortage of students will just fail and then petition to get a "W" retroactively.

re: #95 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I am at a Holiday Inn Express. Not feelin' that smart. Meh.

Those Cinnamon rolls suck. Nuke em in the microwave.

re: #108 BabbaZee

If I know what you meant, you don't have to correct spelling. Just when it throws the syntax or something off. Think I know how to spell cer cer cer cer...roundness?

Wow..just wow

......"You have to marvel at the naivety of former American president Jimmy Carter. The man who gave us the Iranian revolution is now in Gaza trying to resolve the Palestinian crisis." <