Wow - P-C - I don't think "wedding" accurately describes that entire affair. It needs a bigger word somehow.

I lived through my first day of student teaching.

And I'd like to offer a BIG FAT "You are all rock stars" to people who have done this for longer than, say, a day. Because it's fucking HARD.

But, yow, it was also fun. And I only said "slutty" once and it was in reference to The O.C.

But they prayed 9 times today! Before each class! And before and after school! Not that it's a bad thing, just SO nothing I've seen before. I felt like I had a giant "NONPRAYING NON CATHOLIC -- I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL!!! GOIN TO HELL YEEE-HA!!" sign on my head. But it was neato to see a different religion up close.

I am so damned tired.

And yo, with Hec on Indian women being some of the most drop-dead gorgeous women in the world. And I've seen some stunningly beautiful Indian men, too. YEOWRR.

Heh. Neil Gaimain included a post from his 10 y.o. daughter on his blog:

Hello everyone, it is your friendly neighborhood Maddy speaking. I'd just like to say a few words. My dad is a weirdo peirdo shmeirdo, My dad is a weirdo peirdo SPLAT! Thank you very much... now you can carry on with your day. P.S. Remember Dad is a weirdo, but Maddy is the best! P.P.S. La la la, sing with me!! Hmm hmm hmm, hum with me!! Dum de dum, dum de dum with me!! P.P.P.S. Thank you very much and now back to that one weird guy.

~ma to Cashmere and her mom.

Sounds like Gaiman doesn't hide the drug stash very well...

Loving P-C's pieces on India, especially the wedding.

Strength to Jilli's friends, and strength and calm to Cashmere and her family.

Anne, the all-white room sounds a little arctic. I actually loved the scary unicorn room. Well, maybe not the actual!unicorns, but the blue and the lavender were nice. Oh well, white will probably sell better.

Betsy, do ostrich plume dusters really do a better job than the magnetic fiber ones?

I've never owned a magnetic one. Do they work?

I have one. I've had it for about 3 years and it's GREAT for cat hair. Does well on the dust, too, but cat hair is my big litmus test.

I love mine. The telescoping one gets the wall and ceiling corners, I have a bent one for the ceiling fans, and the bitty one that looks just like a ballerina skirt (twirl! twirl!) is great for getting in between the knicknacks that I'd otherwise have to duct tape down and use the leafblower, a la Tim Allen. Great also for books and tv and monitor screens, plus vented surfaces. You have to take them outside and beat them on the brick periodically (or shake them over a trashcan), but they hold the dust and don't redeposit it, and don't push it around the way I've found ostrich plumes often do.

I just have a hand one. But this leads me to a rather prosaic cleaning question: I have three ceiling fans which I keep going constantly. I try to clean them once a year. but they are coated with this pernicious, greasy dusty buunyfilth. Does anyone have any tricks for getting this goo off of something that's 9 inches over my head?