Random anecdote from school:

Cute Wee Japanese Kid: Miss Fay! What does it mean, grobbering?

Miss Fay: Er...can you give me a context? I mean, where did you hear it?

CWJK: On TV.

Miss Fay: Okay, but what was the sentence? What were they saying? Who said it?

CWJK: On 'Fantastic Four', Ben Grimm like to say it.

Miss Fay: AHA!

grabs pen. writes down 'clobber'

Miss Fay: It's this! It means 'hit'!

demonstrates by punching invisible assailant with gusto, while putting on booming The Thing voice.

Miss Fay: "It's Clobbering Time!" means "It's Hitting Time!" So when Doctor Doom has been up to no good, Ben Grimm wants to hit him! Like when the Hulk says "Hulk Smash!"

CWJK: Aha! Cool!

I love that liking cartoons and comics and pop culture HELPS ME DO MY JOB! Yay!

Too FUNNY, FAY!

Hey, you need any high school teachers over there? I teaches tha English! I teaches real gud.

Hey, does anyone know when we do superSekritFfistaSanta? I haven't done it the last couple of years and I'd like to participate this year.

Well, not at this school at the minute, but there are plenty of International Schools, and it's a lovely country - worth considering! (Although I think you'd be v. good at the Outreach job you mentioned too.)

I just completely collapsed for a couple of hours after work. Iris came upstairs and gave me a hug, after she got over the shock of me not being in my office.

Windsparrow is wise. {{vortex, ND, daisy jane, and everyone else ( who does brackets ) for good measure}}.

Hey Erin, we probably need some here. While not a foreign country, it does seem like the moon. I could use someone to help me keep what is left of my sanity.

(Although I think you'd be v. good at the Outreach job you mentioned too.)

I second this!

Aimee and I stuffed a lot of Peeps into our mouths at the LA F2F. I think she managed, like, a strip and a half or something ungodly that made everyone go, "DUDE, MM IS THE LUCKIEST FUCK ON EARTH."

I think we were actually sober at the time.

Job~ma for Erin.

Hugs and love all around, just for general purposes.

Hugs and -ma to all the sickies.

I'm going to my doctors tomorrow because I have been having days where I'm more depressed than when I started the ADs. I think it is the seasonal depression kicking in, but it's still no good.

Windsparrow and I are watching Bill Clinton on last night's Daily Show.

That man would win a 3rd term right now, I bet.

That man would win a 3rd term right now, I bet.

At least until some whack-a-mole from Utah decided he needed to be removed.

not even bothering to try and close the cynical tag