Different Steph, but I really like Henckels, also.

(You draw a wee star, and then note something GOOD about the work. And again. [and perhaps again and again, depending.] Then a wee magic wand, and note something that would help their next piece of work be better.)

I wish my principal last year had used that! Er, possibly without the star and wand, though who knows?

In other news, I had a very vivid dream about Buffy and... maybe Jack Harkness? It's really sticking with me.

I had weird dreams. Actually, Emily, Eleanor and Fergus were in one of them. So bizarre.

Just talked to one of the classes about the new scheduling plan. I'm hoping the blank looks were because it was 8:30 a.m.

Funny we're talking dreams, because I had a crazy night of them. Really intense, freaky ones that kept waking me up all night. This is what happens when you spend a week studying Greek mythology and the Bible in preparation for teaching pieces of them. I have been reading and researching like a fiend, and it all melded together in my dreams. Wow is the Bible a lot to digest when you go past the basics and start asking questions about authorship, geography, related mythology, and contradictions. Ack. I thought I was familiar with it; now not so much. Part of the dream included going to a lecture Drew was giving about it. Makes sense given how much I've been picking his very well educated brain. That boy knows his Bible, I'll tell you what. All those years of Christian education and a really great comparative religion focus in college paid off for me, at least!

Anyway, it all adds up to another night of crappy sleep. Gronk.

I like Henckels too, but the America's Test Kitchen people have rated Forschner/Victorinox as the top chef's and paring knives. [link]

I need to be writing a "I'm sorry you're dying" card. I'd rather be doing anything else.

Henckles or Wustof are good, sj.

Poor Kristin!

We actually talk the Bible at school a lot, being English majors and all. It's really quite fascinating to see what different people know. My knowledge is actually pretty blocked. It's in there, but I can't get it out and make sense of it. Wonder why that is? ;)

I need to be writing a "I'm sorry you're dying" card. I'd rather be doing anything else.

Oh, yuck.

I need to send a sympathy card to my Aunt's family. I may write my own. The ones that are out there are just so...well, trite. Or something. Me hateses them. I did finally choose one yesterday, but I still don't like it.

Sympathy cards are the worst. They're always filled with sappy sentiments and bad verse. I usually end up with a blank card.

This process is not helped by the fact that I carefully put my collection of greeting cards somewhere in a fit of organization. I have no idea where that somewhere is.

Ginger, that sucks beyond the telling of it.

All the houses we want to look at in Wisconsin are available online (virtual tours on almost all of them). And yet, I spent last evening printing up listings for 16 houses because DH "needs to see them on paper." The pictures are awful and my printer is now nearly out of ink. *sigh*

I'll be spending my birthday this year house hunting, since we're flying up to SP on Friday.

I second any of the knife brands mentioned, but the most important thing is to find the one that feels right in your hand -- it doesn't matter what the brand is if the balance is off in a way that keeps you from being able to use it comfortably. (This is one of the two reasons I hate the block set thing.)