I went grocery shopping today. While walking along, a little boy about six or seven jumped in front of me, held a baseball bat horizontally before my cart, and said "Stop!"

I stopped short.

He then raised the baseball bat. "Go!"

I then continued forward as he skipped past me. I couldn't stop laughing.

19

Edit: I can't see the picture anymore, only the number 19, but if you click the link then you'll see the quiz: how many five-year-olds can you take in a fight?

Some months ago I cataloged a book I no longer remember the name of, and I read through it, but I didn't copy down any quotation. Instead, I just thought about it ( Read more... )

From the "about the author" section of Central at the Margins: Five Brazilian Women Writers, by Renata R. Mautner Wasserman.

"She is the author of one other book, many articles in American and Brazilian journals, and co-author of two excellent children."

"So you have decided that teaching is the career for you. Welcome to the exciting world of education -- no really, it is exciting. It's not just about marking and coffee mugs, you know. Well, maybe the caffeine fix is quite important -- but as you will quickly discover there is much more to it. Fight scenes that would rival your average action ( Read more... )

Just a note, the blog I put a link to in my last entry is by someone called "Jane." I.e., probably not a guy.

I approve of the following blog: http://ihateyourkidsnames.blogspot.com/

In a high school English class ( Read more... )

This is an autobiographical novel that covers the author's childhood in a village outside of Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia, in the late seventies and early eighties. The country was a Soviet bloc state, a fact which ruled over most aspects of life, and the author makes this very clear. She also makes clear her feelings about communism and ( Read more... )

'Sunday number one. I'm born ( Read more... )