Now Fay needs to tell us about knocking someone up.

And the day she scolded her students for not bringing rubbers to class.

Actually, I'm very vocal in my disapproval of rubbers. Only under very special circumstances are they allowed to use rubbers. Generally speaking, I'm of the opinion that rubbers don't improve matters at all nine times out of ten, and that there's no shame in making a mistake, recognising it and putting a line through. This also has the advantage of letting the teacher see what you did. Rather than doing some thinking and writing, and then wasting ten minutes rubbing it all out, and then having bugger all to show for twenty minutes' work.

...er. That was rantier than I'd intended. Um.

Sean, I'm glad you had the opera to go to, weird and grisly though it may have been. Mate, I wish I could be there to take you for cocktails/waffles/icecream/other distracting type thing. I cannot believe the crap that you and S are dealing with.

Oh ya, I remember what I wanted to ask. I'm getting to the hang shit on the wall stage of moving in now. And Target had some of these: lilink.com/bem

Has anyone tried them? Seems to be a smaller hole, easier to use (no tools!) and holds a lot.

Actually, I'm very vocal in my disapproval of rubbers. Only under very special circumstances are they allowed to use rubbers. Generally speaking, I'm of the opinion that rubbers don't improve matters at all nine times out of ten, and that there's no shame in making a mistake, recognising it and putting a line through. This also has the advantage of letting the teacher see what you did. Rather than doing some thinking and writing, and then wasting ten minutes rubbing it all out, and then having bugger all to show for twenty minutes' work.

The funniest part is I had to read this twice to realize you were talking about erasers.

No, I didn't think you were talking about condoms.

I, half-asleep and remembering an incident I've heard told from shortly after my parents moved to this country, thought you were talking about boots.

(My mother, shopping for my at the time seven year old sister, went to WigWam and asked them where they kept their rubbers. She meant boots. It was 1967, and the person she asked was shocked. Shocked. There were a few other culture shock language incidents like that, but none so funny.)

Interesting was the word we used in Grad School for shows that sucked. Folks in a swarm of adrenaline didn't realize we didn't like it, and always took it for a positive reaction.

I wouldn't necessarily say it sucked....

But I've never seen an opera before, so I really had nothing to compare it to. The music was good, but very modern (meaning atonal).

On the other hand, I got to meet David Cronenberg briefly, and praised his show. I figured it was good form. And he's made so many movies I thought were excellent, he earned praised, whether I thought this opera deserved it or not.

Please tell me that they don't do musicals or anything with dancing on that. My ankles are hurting just thinking about it.

All Chorus concerts are done in there and we have a show choir that dances. I rehearse for District competitions in there for about 3 weeks because of the proscenium width and competition requirements. This year the Chrous teacher wants us to do a musical together (Bye Bye Birdie) and it will have to be done in there. (I have no idea how the sets and dancing will be able to work)

The wings were only connected to backstage on one side of the stage, so if anyone had to made an entrance from the other side, they had to just hang out in the wings for the entire act up until that point, and if someone exited and then entered again, the entrance and exit had to be from the same side of the stage.

This is similar to what I have to do in the Industrial Arts room I use for many of the shows.

The room wasn't wired for the built-in headsets, and there were no other headsets available, so any messages I had to communicate to someone in the opposite wing, I wrote down in thick marker on a notepad and held it up while shining my flashlight on it.

Yep, this is us. My tech students will also set their cell phones to vibrate and use text messaging. My stage manager student always does a cell phone check with the crew before a show starts so there are no "surprises".

Sound and lighting are set up on a table in the back of the room and they both follow the script. I sit near them and cue as needed by pointing or whispering the call.

The sound system was that all our sounds were on a CD in a player hooked up to the PA system, and the second night, that stopped working.

I use a stereo or my laptop hooked up to speakers. In the Cafetorium, we use the chorus sound system. The school's system isn't worth bothering with and produces crappy sound anyway.

Erin, you'll take a tax hit if you do. And down the road you could regret it.

Have you talked to the hospital about reducing the bills? Sometimes, you can negotiate a lower bill, especially under dire circumstances. If you go in and explain that you're unemployed, they may be willing to write some of it off. Then you can negotiate a manageable payment schedule. It doesn't hurt to try this, no matter how you pay them. If it's a significant amount, every little write-off helps.

Dear fellow road warrior,

When it is nearly dawn and tropical rain conditions it is really difficult to see your grey unlit car.

No love, The person behind you in the well lit orange car. I know you saw me.

The deal I struck with the kids was that they take the bus unless it is raining. Well Hanna, I'm driving today.

fried egg sandwich:

Pics of my new great niece: [link]

Cutiehed!

Pics of my new great niece

She's beautiful! Congratulations.