Well our guitarist lives in NYC now so, as soon as we get our act together and PLAN something, we will be playing up your way. I HOPE sometime this year.

SWEET!

My new apartment is large and I almost always have room for a Buffista (still feel rotten about that time I had to say no to CaBil)

Oh Suzi, there's plenty of ~ma for you and your mom. Sending more your way.

Corset I could see on Pix

t drools

That's what happens when you send your daughter to a GOOD SCHOOL.

Either you send her to a school that will challenge her and teach her to think and maybe just get her into a good college, or you send her someplace that teaches Where's Waldo in AP English.

t hearts Teppy

Also? Where's Waldo in AP English makes me laugh and laugh.

Yay girl band for the birthday girl!

Jessica, your hair looks great!

{{{{{VW}}}}}, {{{{{Vortex}}}}}

Dude, I'm hiding in the corner with Jen and rooting you on.

I appreciate the support and cheers, they do help! The kids were astonished that I was not going to give up on doing vocab. They were also blown away by how many of them had D's or F's when I gave them grade updates today.

Jilli, thanks for the endorsement on Walgreens stripy tights. I, too, am in desperate need of new ones. I'm down to fishnets, black tights and a couple pairs with patterns

or you send her someplace that teaches Where's Waldo in AP English.

Don't let my English 3 hear that. They'll think it is a great suggestion! It's about all some of them can handle, really.

My new apartment is large and I almost always have room for a Buffista

aww thanks!

this talk about school reminds me of something I read recently that made me laugh and laugh - I finished "It's Not About the Accent" and towards the end (after all the angst is over) the main character is thinking about the high school biology teacher. He was kind of twitchy and she was thinking he'd do better in a lab - the microbes would be quiet and "wouldn't string up the dissection frogs like holiday lights". And from the tone, it sounded like something that had actually happened.

Corset I could see on Pix: [link]

Yes please.

Very strange. A number from my mother's area code showed up on my cellphone. No one left a message. So, I googled the number and it came up connected to the first initial and last name of a woman my mother works with. So, figuring it may have something to do with the fact that Mom might be retiring this year, I called the number back. A woman who did not sound like Mom's co-worker answered the phone. So, I said "Hello, did you just call my number because it showed up on my caller ID." I ended up getting screamed at for bothering her until I hung up.

Darn you, GC! I had to order those nautical cutie socks! and some tights.

Yay lisah! Pictures, please!

Former RI senator and former Republican (he's now an independent) Chafee calls Sarah Palin a "cocky whacko".