One of my students gave me a gorgeous upholstered chair that doesn't fit into her new decoration scheme. Although I was afraid that the cats would destroy it, I accepted it. The first time a cat put a claw up to the side, I yelled loudly. Then I brought out a brand new scratching pad, covered it with catnip, and put it near the chair. In the ( Read more... )

I made a delicious tempei stew this morning. Before I put in the tempei, I marinated it in lemon juice. Score! Other ingredients: onions, carrots, beet greens and stems, collard greens, an herb mix.

"You have that 2 pm feeling, but coffee doesn't work for long. So why not take just one [product that keeps you awake all day] and lose that 2 pm feeling?"

Why not get enough sleep?

The first 5 people to comment in this post get to request that I compose them a jingle advertising the enterprise of their choice, even your own wonderful self. When it's done, I'll send you a sound file. I will need some help on what to say about the enterprise ( Read more... )

In preparation for teaching a unit on the blues tonight, I was just listening to Big Mama Thornton singing Hound Dog. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUAg1_A7IE)

At the end, she says, "And bow-wow to you too."

This cracks me up so much. I'm going to be saying it all

Ring! Ring!

"Hello?"

"Hello. Is this Intelligent Service Solutions?"

"Well, I like to think of myself that way, but if you're looking for a business..."

Click.

Whatever happened to "I'm sorry, wrong number"?

"Three skiers are trapped on a chairlift."

Do they chat with each other? Do they look out over the mountains?

No. They play with their fancy telephones.

My screen stopped flickering after I downloaded a video driver from the Dell website.

Now it doesn't look quite right. Everything's a little fatter, and not quite as clear.

Although I can live with this, I wish I knew why it worked, and how to make it even better.

The most common peer pressure body modification, in my opinion, is not weight loss. It's ear piercing ( Read more... )

In the last couple of days, my screen has started flashing on and off. It's a fairly new monitor, so I think the problem is that something has gotten old in the guts of my computer. Any suggestions?