Monthly Archives: October 2009

F-f-f-Friday foolishness

Posted on October 30, 2009 by evenshine

HAD to post this. Just makes me giggle each time I watch it. Happy F-f-f-Friday!  

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N-O spells…

Posted on October 29, 2009 by evenshine

Yes, of course I have time to meet with you. Allow me to ferret out my grade sheets from last semester, put off the grading and planning I have to do, and continue to ignore my frigid coffee so we … Continue reading →

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Don’t cry for me, Argentina

Posted on October 23, 2009 by evenshine

I went in for a cleaning today and left five hours later with a root canal. Praise Jesus and pass the Vicodin. Happy Friday, everyone.

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Shenandoah

Posted on October 22, 2009 by evenshine

Why does it amaze me that things like this still happen? We’re supposed to be so enlightened, ushered in to a new age of racial friendship by President McNobelPrize, the deeply-rooted problems of this country solved miraculously over a Bud. And … Continue reading →

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A day for the inimitable Mr. Collins

Posted on October 20, 2009 by evenshine

The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of, as if, one by one, the … Continue reading →

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