you know what's on tv today?? spring! ok, spring training. mets vs. washington nationals in their first pre-season game. and it's on tv!

only snag is it is on during medieval lit. gah! how can i miss either. no problem. that's why i love my tivo.


class this morning...pre-school lite...

prof: does anyone remember the tool we used to examine culture?
dead silence, averted eyes, absent-minded page flipping
prof: c'monnnnn...you know how to start it?
yet more uncomfortable silence
prof: do we have to play hangman?
..................
then she actually goes to the board and draws out the "spaces" for us to play hangman.
you know _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
that's right, she was serious. i am not answering the question because i know the answer and she knows that i know the answer and she is hoping that the rest of the class gets a clue in the near future.


ok kids, the at home version: it's a shape...
r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and they got a few letters wrong.
hangman? honestly, hangman for $22,000/yr.


mental note: not ever going to use hangman as teaching tool in college level classroom.
also, not going to repeatedly gesture with upturned, cupped hands at waist height when boobs are droopy and hanging so low they can be tucked into belt thus emphasizing boob droopage. (i might want to remember that one!)