Buffista puppers, your humans love you so much; please don't have so many digestive issues indoors. Poor noodles.
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JZ - Jan 27, 2021 9:15:04 pm PST #2838 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Hil R. - Jan 27, 2021 10:43:53 pm PST #2839 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And it's yet another Jewish holiday that our community can't celebrate together. Blah. (This one is a relatively low-key holiday, and it actually could pretty easily be done with an outdoor celebration -- it's a holiday for trees, so outdoors is actually on-brand for this -- but really, nobody at this point has the energy to plan something like that.) And I didn't plan ahead well enough to even get some almonds and dates, which are the foods that we're supposed to have.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 28, 2021 7:30:09 am PST #2840 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Hil, have you tried "think, pair, share"? You give the class a question that they all think about (you could probably send it via email ahead of time), then you pair up the students to discuss it, then one (or both) of them reports out on their conclusions/ideas. If you pair up the two talkers, the others will have more pressure to step up.
My other thought is to have a Padlet, and have it shared on screen, maybe with some prompts, and have the students type simultaneously, and let them comment on other answers. Then if you see something interesting you can point it out and have the person share more....
Jesse - Jan 28, 2021 7:58:08 am PST #2841 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not encouraging how, Jesse? Like, society is fucked? Or something else?
Yeah, just like that. I mean, they weren't like, "BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES!" or anything, but they also weren't like, "This is obviously a six-week blip that is automagically gone now and all is well."
Amy - Jan 28, 2021 8:04:01 am PST #2842 of 30000
Because books.
They (Homeland Security? I forget) issued a warning about the possibility of domestic "unrest" for the next little while, too,
Sara is positive for COVID. I am ... exhausted, and getting tested again later, but Ben and I have to quarantine for two weeks either way. I am also angry at her, guilty and ashamed, and just over everything in general.
Sorry to whine.
-t - Jan 28, 2021 8:11:49 am PST #2843 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just saw that about the domestic terrorism, Amy. Expires in April, from what I read. Because of the March 4 tarradiddle.
Sorry to hear about Sara, hope she comes through ok. Bummer about needing to quarantine, I hope you escape the actual virus
-t - Jan 28, 2021 8:13:33 am PST #2844 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I guess it is not their job to comfort us with lies, Jesse. Alas.
Jesse - Jan 28, 2021 8:22:09 am PST #2845 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sara is positive for COVID. I am ... exhausted, and getting tested again later, but Ben and I have to quarantine for two weeks either way. I am also angry at her, guilty and ashamed, and just over everything in general.
Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear all of that.
I guess it is not their job to comfort us with lies, Jesse. Alas.
"Lie to me"!!!
dcp - Jan 28, 2021 8:23:44 am PST #2846 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
guilty and ashamed
It's easy to say, "You shouldn't be," but one feels what one feels, regardless.
Any form of "Make it didn't happen!" takes time to ebb away.
lisah - Jan 28, 2021 8:25:41 am PST #2847 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Ugh I'm so sorry, Amy.
My parents moved into their apartment in Frederick yesterday. It went pretty smoothly. I'm still dead tired and sad and cranky though.