It's always "aim-ick" and "aim-ith", clearly.
::rolls eyes at crazy people::
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Amy - Apr 14, 2008 6:27:14 am PDT #4527 of 10001
Because books.
Miracleman - Apr 14, 2008 6:27:36 am PDT #4528 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Me: Just a moment...I'm sorry, the person you need to speak to is [Mgr of Payroll], but she is away from her desk at the moment. Would you like to leave her a voicemail?
How much did you enjoy saying this?
Probably way more than I should have.
Steph L. - Apr 14, 2008 6:33:21 am PDT #4529 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Okay, so tomorrow is the 5-year anniversary of my back surgery. Seriously. Five years. And I still haven't gotten tired of talking about it.
What I really want, to commemorate it, is a vertebra. Preferably a cast model, rather than the nifty rubbery models that doctors have to show their patients where exactly all the pain is originating.
So I found The Bone Room. I can get a cast of a vertebra for $5, or....an actual human vertebra for $20.
Would it be utterly creepy and ooky to get a real human vertebra?
They have nifty jewelryas well, including earrings made from mink penis bones (scroll down).
They also have capybara skulls (scroll down).
Vortex - Apr 14, 2008 6:37:15 am PDT #4530 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Would it be utterly creepy and ooky to get a real human vertebra?
Only if you try to pass it off as your own.
sj - Apr 14, 2008 6:37:51 am PDT #4531 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Wow! 5 years. I swear it doesn't seem like I've been part of this community that long, until someone posts something like that. The human vertebra looks kind of cool.
Emily - Apr 14, 2008 6:53:31 am PDT #4532 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Holy cow. Five years? Can't be. That JUST HAPPENED.
Go you!
Gris - Apr 14, 2008 7:00:48 am PDT #4533 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Gris, what's the age range of the students?
9th and 10th grade.
Thanks all. I feel a bit better. I did talk about it with my third period class, and I'll discuss it with my advisory. We'll see how 6th, 7th, and 8th go. Honestly, by that point I'll probably be the only person who still has any thoughts about it in my head.
I don't even think the rest of the teachers had close to the same reaction I did. My empathy hat may be screwed on too tight, but I can't help thinking about what my reaction would be if I found out something like that had happened when MY name was mentioned.
ION: I pronounce it "ah-mish"
Pix - Apr 14, 2008 7:04:16 am PDT #4534 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I think you should scrap your lesson plans in so far as it is possible and talk about their reaction and yours.This. Classic teachable moment. Kids need reminders sometimes that teachers are people, too. Sorry, Gris. I can't say it won't happen again, but I can say that those moments are ultimately outweighed by the moments when you think your kids rock. (And if that doesn't happen, time to change schools...for me, at least.)
Teppy, wow. Five years. That all happened the year before I joined the board, but I remember reading about the aftermath. Go you and your good back!
MM, you really must use these little conversations in your book. Seriously. Chapter could be called "Conversations with My Phone."
vw bug - Apr 14, 2008 7:14:04 am PDT #4535 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Steph, I can't believe it's been five years. That's just craziness! Congratulations!
Gris, ugh. But, yes. It does sound like a classic teachable moment. I hope your day goes better.
Toddson - Apr 14, 2008 7:15:18 am PDT #4536 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
goodness, so much is happening!
Had a lovely brunch with Hil and -t and her DH yesterday, which brightened up an otherwise so-so weekend. Got my hair cut and colored Saturday, so it was nice and bright (and short! really short!) for brunch.
Our printer came by and gave me a bag of Lindor truffles (suddenly, Monday doesn't seem so bad).
Aims ... Aimee ... Empress - whatever the name, you kept your tag (which I love).
MM - yes, you ought to keep a record of your conversations ... perhaps you could arrange an exchange of your FCOD with Hil's overprivileged students. Just think of the fun if they were talking to each other!
A friend - non-Buffista - called last night and she's now officially engaged. Very romantic proposal and whent they got to the restaurant, they'd had "Congratulations (name) and (name) on your engagement" printed on the menus (squee).
Gris, sorry about your students disappointing you ... it does, however, remind me of when they were having rehearsals for the first-ever graduation at my high school (new school) and the vice principal came by to watch. The students STONED him off the field (well, there weren't that many stones, so a lot of the kids resorted to clumps of dirt ... but it's the thought that counts). Unfortunately, he pretty much deserved it.
And the thing way back about asking people about their gender at birth - could there be some concern about possible infection from a transfusion during surgery? (I'm trying to be charitable here.)
ETA: Teppy! congratulations on the five years!