"Wows" and "Wonderings" she calls them. They have a star! And a thought bubble instead of a wand. I love my principal.

Does she make sure she does 2 wows for every wondering? This would have been... I can't tell you how much more helpful.

All you really need is one really good knife -- my bro recommends a Santoku knife

And not to disagree with a man who has his own restaurant, but I think that's craxxy. A Santoku is really only good for slicing -- for chopping/mincing/dicing/boning, you need a chef's knife. (Which can also slice tomatoes just as well as a Santoku if you keep it sharp.) I love my Santoku, but I'd never give up my chef's knife for it.

Does she make sure she does 2 wows for every wondering?

That's the goal, though I've certainly had her in classes where that would've been rather hard. Especially in my first couple of months teaching last year, when I was brand new. Generally, though, she gives a good mix.

Corn pops to say that I just read an e-mail that made me very happy and basically convinces me that yes, indeed, I DO have a girlfriend. Woot.

All you really need is one really good knife -- my bro recommends a Santoku knife

And not to disagree with a man who has his own restaurant, but I think that's craxxy.

A big sasquatch of a man who has knives and lives closer to you than he does to me....

Granted, the "one good knife"/get a Santoku advice could have just been directed to me, knowing what he does about my minimal cooking.

He's about 90 minutes away, Trudy, so probably not.

Oh I'm sorry.

I'm sure a card from you saying he is in your thoughts would make him feel loved. I can only assume he, too, thought there would be time to renew your friendship.

{{Ginger}} That sounds like a whole lot of hard.

Man, I had a horrible dream that my husband had left me, or was leaving me, and I was stalking him. I kept waking up from it all disoriented and unhappy, reminding myself it's just a dream, and going back to sleep to pick up the same damn dream. Not well-rested this morning, but I am damn sure staying awake.

Good luck, Emily!

I got nothing on knives. I have some crappy ones and a couple of good ones that were gifts, and a few nice Anolon (I think), but it's a very haphazard collection with no thought behind it.

{{{Ginger}}} I'm so sorry.

Thanks for all of the advice.

{{Ginger}}

Go, Emily!

I am teaching in a professor's class this afternoon. He asked me to do this weeks ago, and promised to get back to me with specifics. I offered a number of days/times I was available to discuss. He never got back to me. (This happened multiple times.) I looked at what my predecessor had done last year, and made up a presentation based on that. Last night he emailed at 6:05 p.m. to ask if we could talk about it this morning. I told him anytime after 9 a.m. would be fine. He said he'd come by at 11 a.m. It's now 11:15, the presentation is a 1 p.m., and if he thinks I'm going to change what I've prepared at this point, I have but one word for him. "No!"

All you really need is one really good knife -- my bro recommends a Santoku knife (not that specific one, necessarily; I just wanted you to see what the style *looks* like, with the hollow edge).

Does hollow ground mean the same as hollow edge? I know there are different qualities within a company name, is there good key words that will let me know it is a quality knife?