Thankfully, they weren't so much charismatic. At least not to me. But she was nice, and I liked her because she was a good teacher. I got 95 on my finals in the subject she taught, and it was a hard one (bible, but we don't study it religiously here, mostly as "this is partly your history and partly your heritage"), and it was because of her.

I have no problem with them being fired: I think it's reasonable and fair. But I have problem with the witch hunt (I can't think of any other word right now, though it might be exaggerated) against them, and how it all became really ugly real fast. They had to move out of the town after being threatened. Now, I don't think they're lambs and certainly can take care of themselves, but as much as I'm creeped out about them being cult leaders, I'm also creeped out from the town's reaction to it. If it was my kid in question, I have no doubt I wouldn't want them in town or being my kid's teachers - but it's not, so I don't really know what to think.

Do you own a curvy bladed knife?

No, but now I want to have one! (I wonder what my trigger word is...)

Heh. Maybe Shir IS a charismatic cult leader!! Sure, she comes on all nice and sweet, all "oh, I know Nilly", and we think we like her...that's how she GETS us, see!! Soon, Buffistas will be the HOME to a new international recruiting center of the cult!!

Shirism. Doesn't sound so bad to me.

I just saw the tagline for .45 movie.

"Nobody does revenge like a woman".
This isn't real, right...?

Well, hell hath no fury, etc.

It sounds like a vacuum cleaner commercial.

"Nobody does the cleaning like it! Best results guaranteed!"

(I was about to write "Nobody does the sucking like a woman", but, you know, I'm just shooting my own leg).

Interesting enough, in Hebrew the expression (came from a poem, I think), very loosely and literally translated as "Devil didn't create yet the revenge for a child's blood". No woman involved there.

Yay! Someone just canceled a meeting I was going to have to hustle to be on time for. Also one of six meetings on the calendar today, so a good thing even if I wasn't a lazy slacker.

would so much like another day off. mac expressed what I think we are all feeling as he pouted on the walk to school, proclaimed to hate said school, and also had strong words for the rain. He summed it up with " I will NOT have a good day."

Oh msbelle, I almost clapped my hands to mac's words.

Your stories might change my opinion about being a child, Buffistas.