Okay, it’s not really about homework. Because that wouldn’t be funny at all. I just needed a title. It’s about those funny things kids do on paper. It may or may not be homework. I’ve worked in a classroom setting for the past thirteen years; the first ten of those were as a classroom teacher.…
So my husband is a sweet man. He’s thoughtful and spends time looking for gifts that he thinks I’ll like. It’s common knowledge among people who know me that I love owls. I have many things featuring owls. I’m at this very moment wearing a shirt with an owl on it. See? So it’s no…
Today is my birthday. I find it extremely convenient that it falls on a Friday this year, as it offers a useful idea for a Funny Friday topic. Side note: Googling “funny birthday cakes” yields horrifying results. Horrifying. The portrayal of body parts and functions in frosting form and too many to count. Google: I said…
There’s a hashtag going around on Twitter today: #20ThingsIWantFor2015. I thought the presence of “20” was amusing, because who can write about 20 things in 140 characters? Fortunately, I have a blog with unlimited characters. MWHAHAHA! That sounded more maniacal than I planned. Anyway. I’ll count down from 20. Because New Years. Some are serious,…
I was recently watching some old Simpsons episodes, and the one where Homer becomes an inventor came on. Remember that one? He wanted to be a better inventor than Edison, but his inventions were…unique. Like all good satire, much of The Simpsons is based in reality. So naturally, I remembered some odd inventions I’d seen…
My kids were playing Jenga this afternoon. You remember that game, right? It’s the one where you remove a block from a tower of blocks and add it to the top of the tower. So the tower always has the same number of blocks. Since you’re taking the blocks from the lower parts of the tower…
For some reason, I’m participating in a Christmas cookie exchange. I’m not entirely sure how that happened. It’s like waking up to a new life truth spoken into my dreams. You will now bake cookies and share them with your friends. So be it. Yes. Cookies. Friends. It has always been. *bangs gong* Being the…
This post isn’t really about cheese. Though it would be nice to see cheese in my tag cloud. It’s about opinions – more specifically, it’s about others’ opinions about something you produced. Earlier this week, my friend posted a video of a Christmas light display (don’t try to play it; this is a pic of…
There currently isn’t snow where I live, but it seems there is in other parts of the country. That can’t be fun as an adult. Driving in it sucks. It makes a mess when people drag it inside on their shoes. Shoveling it causes muscle strains and tendinitis. But kids love it. Know why? Because…
I seem to write about problems with writing as they’re occurring. Right now, I’m struggling to fix a section of one of my novels. The section begins right after the middle plot point, or the point that forces the characters into action, which eventually leads to the climax. Here’s the problem: the middle plot point…
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