Season 3 of the Office, from the Episode 'The Return'....Oscar comes back to work and Michael wants to throw him a Welcome Back party.  They're discussing it in the conference room.

Michael, "A celebration of Oscar. Oscar night. And I want it to be Oscar-specific. N-N-Not because you're gay.  Your gayness does not define you.  Your Mexicanness is ( Read more... )

 I'm just now fully grasping the hilarity of The Office.  Yeah, it took me awhile, and quite a few attempts, but oh man.  So good.

PS.  I think I'm in love with Steve Carell.

Firstly,  I edited my last post to include a photo of the "Half-Ton Dad", so check it out.  If you enjoy a freakshow.  Thank goodness it turned out well.  The doctors sliced those fat pockets off his inner thighs, and gave him a gastric bypass.  He lost like 700 pounds.  He looks amazing.  It took him 8 months (I think?) just to sit upright for the ( Read more... )

When it comes to television, I like true stories.  You wanna go ahead and label it Reality TV, be my guest.  I happen to find it much more interesting to watch something about real people than something acted out by a bunch of actors.  (Psssst.....House kicks ass though.)  One type of show I've been drawn to in recent years is usually dubbed "True ( Read more... )

Last night I watched a documentary about the technicalities of the destruction on September 11, 2001.  It was quite interesting, and quite distressing at the same time.  It brought me back to the moment, when I was teaching my fourth graders 6 years ago, and I stepped into the hallway to talk to a student.  Outside my door I found 4 other teachers ( Read more... )