Oh, no, poor Mickey!! Give him lots of hugs for me.
How are you, ChiKat? When does school go back?
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
Simon ,'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Kathy A - Aug 12, 2008 1:17:59 pm PDT #1284 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
ChiKat - Aug 12, 2008 1:19:06 pm PDT #1285 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I know!! Poor putty tat.
I'm about to head off to OfficeMax. They have a special on pocket folders. A penny each with a limit of 10. I require my students to have a pocket folder that is used just for my class and they can leave in the room. I have a lot of students who can't afford them, so I keep some around for those students. At a penny each, it's a good deal. I got 10 yesterday and will get another 10 today and probably more later this week.
ChiKat - Aug 12, 2008 1:21:35 pm PDT #1286 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Give him lots of hugs for me.
I will!
I'm good, thanks! I start back officially next Thursday and the kids start back on the following Monday (the 25th).
I've been working pretty diligently the past week on projects for school, so I feel like I'm in good shape to go back. Did a kickass PowerPoint on play production that I think is pretty cool.
vw bug - Aug 12, 2008 1:24:32 pm PDT #1287 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
That's such a great deal, ChiKat. You're a nice/good teacher!
Ok. Almost time to head out.
Toddson - Aug 12, 2008 1:24:40 pm PDT #1288 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
PowerPoint ... ptui! I'm facing our monthly (more or less) Bataan Death March of a meeting ... which is ALL PowerPoint. Last time - six and a half hours, the first half of which was people READING their slides. Slowly. Badly. With many pauses. Some of them seemed to have never seen the slides before (although most of them were just updates to the ones we've been using for ... four years). bah!
Vortex - Aug 12, 2008 1:27:05 pm PDT #1289 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Okay, we all know that there's correct grammar, and what people do anyway. When you see "bimonthly", do you think (or do you think people think) "every two months" or "twice a month"?
amych - Aug 12, 2008 1:27:38 pm PDT #1290 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Every two months.
Toddson - Aug 12, 2008 1:29:14 pm PDT #1291 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I go "huh? do you mean every two months or every two weeks?" ('cause I work with people who can't keep it straight. either.)
EpicTangent - Aug 12, 2008 1:29:19 pm PDT #1292 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I think every two months - but remember that this isn't exactly your "average reader" of a crowd in here. Are you afraid semi-monthly won't be understood?
ChiKat - Aug 12, 2008 1:32:54 pm PDT #1293 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I go "huh? do you mean every two months or every two weeks?"
This is me. Because bimonthly can actually mean either.
I like the Oxford answer:
I'm afraid it means both! But in the publishing industry, it is used fairly consistently to mean 'every two months'. The same ambiguity affects biweekly and biyearly. If you want to be absolutely clear, use a phrase such as 'twice a week' or 'every two years'.