Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
First, I have a coffee stain on my favorite white t-shirt. Any suggestions on how to get it out? I mean, besides soaking it in Polident? Second, I came home this evening to find my front door standing wide open. I approached with extreme caution. Both my cats were sitting [...]
I have never taught a class who had such a hard time with negative numbers. I told them it was just a matter of subtracting more than you actually had. I showed them how to count backward on the number line. I talked to them about borrowing money. They didn’t [...]
I let my hair go too long without a haircut. My hair is thick and heavy, and it grew long enough that even hair spray couldn’t keep my bangs out of my eyes. The other day in the classroom they kept falling into my face. Finally I got fed up. [...]
This came through my open window, loudly: “Fu@&in’ thank you!” “You’re welcome you fu@&in’ retarded bitch!” “Oh shut the fu@k up!” “If I didn’t fu@&in’ love you, I’d knock you into next week!” I shut the window and missed the rest of their foreplay. [...]
When I went to college at 18, I wanted to be a famous writer. My Gram was paying the bills and she wanted me to apply myself to a career. Blah. I took journalism, thinking it was a crafty compromise. Double blah. Already in 1977 reporters were being groomed for [...]