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OK, all! Off to risk life and limb taking 130 high schoolers to L.A.!
What could possiblie go wrong!
See you all Monday!
Good luck!
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Let them hit every bar!.
FTFY!
>_>
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*Puts Kitty in a bag*
*Grins*
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Just blew out rear drivers side tire. Noone hurt. Waiting for AAA.
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Just blew out rear drivers side tire. Noone hurt. Waiting for AAA.
Blown tires at highway speeds are always a bit dicey. Hopefully it's not also raining on you.
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Just blew out rear drivers side tire. Noone hurt. Waiting for AAA.Blown tires at highway speeds are always a bit dicey. Hopefully it's not also raining on you.
Snowing, which means I am operating at peak efficiency.
Still, it could have been worse .
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Are you in mountains?
not anymore.
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Yay! We got enough snow for me to pull Tiny T-Rex to school on the sled.
It is ridiculously beautiful out, like calendar beautiful.
just had a sun snow shower so F%*+ YEAH!
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Grove city, PA.
We *should* be in Grove City, OH by now...sigh.
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The three inches (of snow) that fell overnight is almost completely melted.
It's a good thing we're supposed to get at least three more measurable snowfalls in the next week.
I guess.
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Today was the inaugural Cactus Smelling Competition in Limey's office.
There were no winners.
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*SIGH*. It's always fun to be reminded that while teenagers think they're adults, the whole, "Thinking through your actions and showing restraint," is still a bit beyond them.
NobodysHome, : "OK, everyone remember we're going into bear territory, so no scented personal products, all food in proper containers, oh, wait a minute..."
Senior who Knows NobodysHome Well: "Yeah! Everyone come heavily-armed and with high-end stereo systems!"
Well, depending on the bear, he's not wrong...
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When Whingey Wizzard was working on his dissertation, he had this amazing thing that was like a highlighter, but instead of turning a line of text neon orange, it scanned and copied it into a program that... did... something with citations... somehow. And I don't remember what it's called. But I bet it's still on Amazon.I want to figure out a way to write a script that, for every Google Classroom submission, auto-pops up a window to ask "Did you include a works cited page?"Speaking from the other side of things, getting Impus Major to remember his citations is SUCH a nightmare! He can remember amazing detail from the books he reads. But once he's writing the paper he says, "Oh, yeah, there's a quote that goes like this..."
...then it's 20 minutes of scanning the entire book to find the quote because he doesn't remember where it was.
SUCH a nightmare!
That would work... if he knew what he was going to quote.
The problem is, the process is:
(1) Teacher assigns book to read, and gives students an immense amount of time to read it. (2+ weeks)
(2) After they are supposed to have read the entire book, she gives them the list of topics for their essays.So while they're reading they have no way of identifying what might be useful quotes. They can either highlight everything that might possibly be useful, or re-read the book post-assignment.
Which is exactly how you don't do it if you want the kids to learn anything.
But it's sad this is still an improvement over how some works are taught via guided reading. Shakespeare, for example. So, it's not all bad.
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OK, all! Off to risk life and limb taking 130 high schoolers to L.A.!
What could possiblie go wrong!
See you all Monday!
Godzilla could attack, level the city, cause the San Andreas fault to finally try to sink half the state, and leave you stranded with the children on a small island that quickly descends into a Lord of the Flies scenario. And all hope of rescue is prevented by an ongoing alien invasion and zombie apocalypse.
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No, he's going to Los Angeles, not SIM City...
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"Don't care," I answered.
They stared at me dumbfounded for a moment and then went back to work. Student in front of me gave me a thumbs up. That coworker was politely informed later not to show up tomorrow.
Why, oh why, does a college atmosphere bring out all of the idiots?
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No, he's going to Los Angeles, not SIM City...
I didn't want to post any of the depressingly possible dangers that could befall the entire group.
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...the Rainbow killed the dragon.
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Poor dragon. They're so Fluffy and adorable, why would anyone want to kill them?
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Well, depending on the bear, he's not wrong...*SIGH*. It's always fun to be reminded that while teenagers think they're adults, the whole, "Thinking through your actions and showing restraint," is still a bit beyond them.
NobodysHome, : "OK, everyone remember we're going into bear territory, so no scented personal products, all food in proper containers, oh, wait a minute..."
Senior who Knows NobodysHome Well: "Yeah! Everyone come heavily-armed and with high-end stereo systems!"
For me I would think it as a joke but again, different environment here.
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No, he's going to Los Angeles, not SIM City...I didn't want to post any of the depressingly possible dangers that could befall the entire group.
Like Tom Arnold chasing them down so he can give them his autograph.
Or waking up to Tom Cruise bouncing on your hotel couch saying you're now a member of Scientology and you can never go home.
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Let them hit every bar!.FTFY!
>_>
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*Puts Kitty in a bag*
*Grins*
:P
*gives evil Kjeldorn puppy eyes*
Puts me outs of bags pls?
You see there are two types of drunks. The happy drunks and the angry drunks. I am a happy drunk. When I am under the influence of alcohol, I get happy and do silly things. Like sing.
However, angry drunks get angry when they are under the influence of alcohol. My dad had an overseas service personnel come over, got drunk, and punched the policeman. Next thing he's being charged with assault of a police officer.
The state has to come down harshly on these people, because police officers expect to be protected while doing their jobs.
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Let them hit every bar!.FTFY!
>_>
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*Puts Kitty in a bag*
*Grins*
:P
*gives evil Kjeldorn puppy eyes*
Puts me outs of bags pls?
Awwwwww...
That's so cute!
*Lets Mort out of the bag, gives her a small plate with a couple of spoonfuls of Crème fraîche on it*
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...You see there are two types of drunks. The happy drunks and the angry drunks. I am a happy drunk. When I am under the influence of alcohol, I get happy and do silly things. Like sing.However, angry drunks get angry when they are under the influence of alcohol. My dad had an overseas service personnel come over, got drunk, and punched the policeman. Next thing he's being charged with assault of a police officer.
The state has to come down harshly on these people, because police officers expect to be protected while doing their jobs.
Three types.
There's the depressive drunk too. Someone who's negative emotions are magnified and tend to overwhelm them while under the influence.
And Yes, I consider myself a depressive drunk, as I get moody, weepy and downright whiny when I get really drunk.
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Awwwwww...
That's so cute!
*Lets Mort out of the bag, gives her a small plate with a couple of spoonfuls of Crème fraîche on it*
*purrs at the Good Kjeldorn*
Ok, the depressive drunk I didn't quite know about. So say you bring 130 high schoolers who are not known for their restraint into a bar. How many are happy drunks or depressive drunks, who are not likely to cause trouble, and how many of them are angry drunks that have potential to cause trouble?
You might be able to keep an angry drunk out of trouble, but how about several?
That's why it's better NOT to bring them to a bar, until you know for sure what kind of drunks they are. Or whether they will have the self control not to get themselves drunk.
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Alcohol releases your inhibitions - there may be something regarding your personality and how you behave while drunk which would be something I would be interested in, if there were any studies, but I know nothing about.
That is not including potential alcohol poisoning. I know someone who took 20 shots of whisky and had totally no memory of the entire night, and had a horrible hangover the next day. The people there said he passed out and had to be carted off. In his case he got off lightly with a hangover. Alcohol poisoning can be fatal.
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I know.
What I said was mostly meant in jest ^^
Then again, I'm from a pretty open drinking culture (alcohol under 16.5% is legally buyable when you turn 16, when you turn 18 there no longer a limit on what you can buy) where climbing lamppost while singing is pretty standart behaviour, even in the backwater town I live in (drinking in public is legal, and you have to practically relive yourself, ie pee, in public to be fined).
If you're so drunk that you could be a hazard to yourself or others (with your drunken stumbling, falling asleep in the snow or similar situation), you will be taken in to sleep it off, at the local policestation.
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Kjeldorn maybe I really should watch videos of humorous clips on drunken behavior in humans. It should be funny. Failing to climb a lamp post while drunk and singing is fine, but falling off once you get off the top is not.
How many people get taken into the police station to sleep it off everyday?
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Just blew out rear drivers side tire. Noone hurt. Waiting for AAA.
Oof. The same happened to me this morning, though it was front passenger's side.
Some genius decided to whip around me at almost double the posted speed limit after turning off the main street and I overcorrected and hit the curb, destroying that tire.
Managed to limp it to the Walmart across the street from work and got a new tire on lunch. But that's nearly $100 out that I wasn't expecting to have to spend.
Also work never answered the four times I called for some reason, and upon running to the office and speaking with the receptionist she claimed the phones had never even rung when I called. Weeeeird.
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Scorpio -The idea that nothing can offend you anymore is shattered when you find out what atrocities George Lucas has in store for the 35th anniversary of Star Wars.
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For me I would think it as a joke but again, different environment here.Well, depending on the bear, he's not wrong...*SIGH*. It's always fun to be reminded that while teenagers think they're adults, the whole, "Thinking through your actions and showing restraint," is still a bit beyond them.
NobodysHome, : "OK, everyone remember we're going into bear territory, so no scented personal products, all food in proper containers, oh, wait a minute..."
Senior who Knows NobodysHome Well: "Yeah! Everyone come heavily-armed and with high-end stereo systems!"
Black bears occasionally catch rabies. That's the time when a handgun or shotgun is generally called for.
About the only other case where you need a weapon is a polar bear, and then an anti-tank rifle becomes practical.
Unless you're dumb enough to anger a grizzly. Then you'll probably want an AK-47 or light machine gun. You've probably got about six seconds at most before it kills you, so spray and pray really is your only option for survival if you're an average citizen. Luckily, it's not hard to avoid that.
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Also work never answered the four times I called for some reason, and upon running to the office and speaking with the receptionist she claimed the phones had never even rung when I called. Weeeeird.
I've had that happen far too many times. It is a pain every time.
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Well, the last evening before the start of this year's Tekko is here. The first two days of which I will not be attending, because the staff in the office claim they "lost" my Time Off Request form. *sigh* I hate my job. :(
Ouch. I'm sorry for that. Time to resign?
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That's really really s+@$ty of your management, John. Here's hoping you don't need a reference so you can tell them exactly why you'll have quit.
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Pandora keeps showing me an Indian ad. In Indian.
I have no idea what's it's for.
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Made it to the con.
20.5 hour drive total.
The hotel I am in is ATTACHED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER SCOOOOOOORE
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When I get back yes
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Glad you made it there in once piece (more or less). I hope that you have a wonderful time there.