I need to get out more...

Last weekend I decided to rent a movie. So I rented Super Bad. One of the funniest stupid movies I've ever seen. I loved it! Hilarious! Any other funny movie suggestions?

Today Again

It's with great sadness that I have to again report nothing funny happened today. Nothing really bad happened either. I finished this week's walkthroughs. Great stuff happening. I'm very pleased...or I could use the royal "we"...as in "We are very pleased." Hopefully something funny will happen tomorrow. Actually, now that I'm thinking about it...something funny did happen. But I can't really talk about it. Darryl did something to totally crack me up. And I cracked up at a very inappropriate moment. Damn him! He does that stuff on purpose. I think he does it on purpose to try to distract me. Just when I'm about to give him a list of stuff to do, he says or does something hilarious. Damn him!

I'm reading a new book titled, The Book of General Ignorance, Everything You Think You Know is Wrong. It's a fascinating book. The book explains that many of the facts we learned in school are just plain wrong. For example, we we're all taught in school that cannibals cooked their victims whole in large pots. This is totally bogus! It turns out that the technology to create large water tight pots big enough to hold a whole human being wasn't invented until the late 19th century. Cannibals cut up their victims and roasted, smoked, or salted them. Here's another one. What were Cinderella's slippers made from? Of course we all say "glass." We're all wrong. They were made from squirrel fur. True. Read it on page 233 of the book. It has to do with the French guy who rewrote the ancient Chinese story. He misheard the word vair (squirrel fur) for verre (glass). It's a totally honest mistake!

Today

This post will be quite boring. Nothing funny happened today. Sorry. Nothing really bad happened either. That's a good thing. Although...I was horrified when I read the bulletin Friday night. My "notes" section had many grammatical and punctuation errors. So sad. Second time this week my grammar/punctuation sucked. I need to take a class or something. It's really embarrassing. Did anyone see the series finale of The Wire last night? That show is so good. I'm sad it has come to an end. Project Runway is also over. So sad. Guess I'll focus all my energy on American Idol. I'm pulling for David Archuleta. That kid can sing! I haven't been watching much TV lately. My TV nights are Tuesday and Sunday. The Tudors will be back at the end of the month. That will be good. So much of TV is depressing lately. I'm so sick of all the Clinton/Obama stuff. It's depressing. I wish it were over. As the famous 20th century philospher Rodney King said, "Can't we all just get along?"

WARNING - This post may OFFEND some

I love the Internet. I especially love all the crazy pictures people post on various sites. There's some pretty hilarious stuff out there. Since it's Read Across America season, I'd thought I'd share a recent find. Please don't be offended. It's just a funny picture. Relax. I love reading. I love Read Across America. I love Dr. Seuss.

Don't scroll down if you are offended by crude language and disturbing images.










Admit it. It's funny.

The Rubber Room

My favorite radio show is This American Life. It airs Saturday morning at 10:00 on KCRW. I subscribe to the podcast so I'm sure I'll never miss a show. This morning I was listening to the podcast of the February 29th show. One of the stories was about rooms New York City teachers who have been accused of wrong doing are sent to. Teachers are to report to these rooms every day until their situation is cleared up or until they're fired. The rooms are referred to as "the rubber room." Teachers spend months and sometimes years in these rooms. They receive full pay while they're in the rubber room. They just sit and wait. They play cards. They sleep. They participate in book clubs. They participate in impromptu classes. Can you believe this? There's even a movie about New York's rubber rooms.

Check out the link http://www.rubberroommovie.com/

Who Knew?

Today at lunch, one of the fifth grade boys said he wished he were a bird so he could fly around and poop on people's heads. My first thought was "WTF?" I had to ask him why in the world he would want to poop on people's heads. Apparently in Mexico it's good luck to have a bird poop on your head. Mexicans in the house, please represent...is that true? So then I informed the kid that good luck and bad luck don't exist. What is, is. What will be, will be. Another fifth grader overheard my "I don't believe in good luck" conversation and told me "You don't believe in good luck? No wonder you're always in a bad mood." Kids...don't you just love them? It would be kind of cool to turn into a bird and fly around and maybe poop on someone. Kind of like the Wonder Twins. Remember them? Except they didn't poop on anyone...they just turned into things...ice and stuff...wow...that's old skool!

Balls

Today at lunch I had a three unflated red balls in my arms. They were sort of big balls, so my arms were full. I was taking them to the playground shed. Fifth grader Marcus kept trying to take one of them from my arms. So I started to say, "Marcus, stop yanking my..." I paused because it dawned on me what I was about to say and it could be misinterpreted. So instead I said, "Marcus, stop yanking my TOYS." Too late. Marcus started laughing uncontrollably, because he knew what I was going to say and he actually said it in a low voice. It was funny but it was also sad. The kids are growing up way too soon. Marcus is an interesting kid. Moral of this story...don't carry a bunch of balls in your arms. And stay away from Marcus.