(There are lots of poems I simply can't read to kids, even though they're very good, because they BREAK me.)

I can't read The Velveteen Rabbit. I can't even describe it or explain the plot to someone else, because I get very very emotional about it.

It is the very best Disney movie bar none. OMG. And Lilo, bless her, in her wee (WhateverTheHawaiianWordForGalibeyaIs), and the other bloody wretched little girls in their pink tops and clean sneakers and jeans, with their bloody Barbie dolls, argh! And Lilo is so entirely fabulous, feeding Pudge the fish because he controls the weather, and suspecting her sister's boss of being a vampire with legions of undead, and loving Elvis, and just being The Coolest Wee Person Ever, and I...as it turns out, need to stop typing, because I can't see the bloody screen anymore. Argh. Am snotty mess.

Enough already.

Anyway, on a more cheery note I have a wee Grade 1 in my end-of-the-day class (3 wee boys & 2 wee girls) who is pretty much as adorable as Lilo. But in a much less heart-breaking way. Which is good. Yes. Having her in my lesson always makes the day end on a high note, because she is unspeakably endearing. Although sans monster.

ev(il)+(a)dorable.

Hmm. It's no adorkable, I'll tell you that. I think it doesn't work for me because you don't get to do the fun eeeeeeevil part of e[eeeeeeee]vil.

Hmm. It's no adorkable, I'll tell you that. I think it doesn't work for me because you don't get to do the fun eeeeeeevil part of e[eeeeeeee]vil.

Yeah, but you get to put in a stealth adorable and get a delayed narrow-eyed squinchy face from Pete.

Speaking of evil, CEO just sent my boss an email requesting a three-way with her and one of the senior VPs. Not enough ew in the world, I don't care that he didn't mean it that way.

(WhateverTheHawaiianWordForGalibeyaIs),

(Muumuu)

a delayed narrow-eyed squinchy face from Pete.

Mmm. Squinchy face.

vibing hard for Fay...

What do you think of compulsory voting? It saddens me that so few Americans vote, but I can often understand their reasons, and I can't understand the rationale behind mandating it.

I think the question is one of benefits. It is certainly no greater infringement than paying taxes, so the question is does it have benefits that outweight that infringement. Or to put it another way are there social costs to not having mandatory elections? I think you could argue that there are; poorer and younger people tend to vote less than richer and older. It skews the process towards the haves.

I doubt mandatory voting is in the near future in the U.S. - so I would agree with a four day voting period - Friday through Monday. Also same day registration. (Same day registration brings higher turnout than vote-by-mail.)

I can't read The Velveteen Rabbit. I can't even describe it or explain the plot to someone else, because I get very very emotional about it.

The hardest for me is In Which Christopher Robin and Pooh Come To An Enchanted Place and We Leave Them There. I can't read it without sobbing, and it's only getting worse as these children are getting older.