Very recently we received a new microwave oven in the cafeteria. Can you guess which one it is? Wrong, it's the one on the bottom, with the big dial on the front, the yellowed push buttons, and Carol Brady's favorite recipe taped to the side.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Day 36 - Lever 1500?
EVERYTHING is down-sized nowadays. Or as the marketing department says "new fun sized" or "more convenient space-saver size". Upon opening my new-make-up-your-own-positive-spin-size bard of soap, I wondered if they didn't need to just change the name to Lever 1500.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Day 35 - Goodbye Mt. Dew :-(
Today I isolated and confirmed what has been causing me so much gastrointestinal distress the last few months. It was not anything I would have imagined. I'm 99% sure it's Mt. Dew. I'm saddened and disturbed because Dew was my drink of choice when I go out. Someone asked me why all of the sudden after 40+ years. I don't know except perhaps the intolerance has built up over time. What I do know is that I have drunk my last drop of this extreme minded ambrosia.
Image of "Black Death" from the Tonngeburg Bible courtesy of Wikimedia Public Domain.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Day 34 - Dark Hallway
This is the usual scene for me each evening as I leave my classroom to head home. Now that the days are getting longer, there is a little light at the end of hall. In December it would be pitch black when I finally left.
I'm frequently of the last five or ten people to leave school. That includes secretaries and other coaches. I once commented to a colleague that he was very dedicated. He and I usually leave about the same time - 5:30 PM. His response? "Nope, I'm just incredibly inefficient." I know that feeling.
I'm frequently of the last five or ten people to leave school. That includes secretaries and other coaches. I once commented to a colleague that he was very dedicated. He and I usually leave about the same time - 5:30 PM. His response? "Nope, I'm just incredibly inefficient." I know that feeling.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Day 33 - bird at feeder
I don't know how they know when we fill the feeder, but within minutes, they come. This is one our frequent visitors, the male partner of a tufted titmouse pair that live somewhere near by. Someday I'm gonna get a closeup of his head and show you how he reminds me of a blue marlin.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Day 32 - bees on snow
Yesterday I cleaned away the snow blocking the entrance to the bee hive. Today while I was up on the hill I could tell they had come out. The janitor bees had deposited the latest pile of deceased bees on the snow. This happens everyday, but something about seeing them gathered on the snow made it more dramatic.
P.S. Now that we are into February, it's going to be harder to keep track of the day number!
P.S. Now that we are into February, it's going to be harder to keep track of the day number!
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