OK, being reminded of high school classes reminded me of this movie that we watched in civics class that I cannot recall the name of and now it is making me nuts. I *think* it was a trial where the defendant was beaten by someone (her husband?) and killed in self defense or something. And was a piece of work. There may have been an affair too and I vaguely recall a roadhouse or something. Any case, probably 50s , maybe early 60s, defendant was a sultry brunette . Any bells? I have NO IDEA why we watched this in civics class.

I think my brain stores these fragments just to make me nuts. Like the stupd fall of saigon movie that I've forgotten the title to AGAIN. At least that one is easy to look up.

Kristin, driving back from the grocery store, I had the same thought.

I think I will teach the following novels: Haunting of Hill House, The Great Gatsby, The House of Mirth, and The House of the Spirits.

Hmm. Seems I have an entirely unintentional "House" theme!

A friend of mine got to teach an elective early on, and she did Science Fiction -- using Frankenstein and all kinds of other stuff. I thought that sounded like fun, but then we'd had no English electives at all in high school ourselves. Kristin's idea of teaching something you really love is the key, I think. I also love the idea of Madness in Literature -- besides Lear and the Yellow Wallpaper, you could even fit in Jane Eyre and the first Mrs. Rochester!

Our CEO is convinced that LAy skipped the country, until they show the body.

If someone gay asks you out, what's wrong with "No, thank you"?

Because "No thank you" means "Please try again, but harder."

Whereas "I don't do your gender" means "No, really."

When I pretend to be gay to avoid a date it's not to spare anyone's feelings but my own. And that's to spare me the feeling of saying "no" seven million times. Not all guys who ask me out need or deserve that, but it does work better than "I'm involved."

Our CEO is convinced that LAy skipped the country, until they show the body.

That's kind of nuts. He may have been sick for awhile; they hadn't filed an appeal yet.

I might add "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Awakening."

I will definitely do a poetry unit; Herrick, Herbert, Donne, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Tennyson, Rossetti, Yeats, Whitman, Millay, at first cull.

Hmm. Maybe "The Once and Future King."

I think I will teach the following novels: Haunting of Hill House, The Great Gatsby, The House of Mirth, and The House of the Spirits.

I wouldn't pick The House of Mirth, but that's because my reaction to The House of Mirth was, "For God's sake, Lily, pull up your socks."

You could do a discussion of novels to film with your selection.

Timelies all!

G and I still split the bill when we go out to dinner, unless it's for a birthday or Valentine's day.

It's a short story by Charlotte Gilman. Creepy as hell. I love it too.

Yeah, that's right. My copy was a paperback called The Yellow Wallpaper and other stories, now that I think about it. Sort of like The Turn of the Screw, which always is a novel in my memory, but in reality is fairly short.