Monthly Archives: August 2006

Here we go again – Round 5

Categories: Work

It’s strange to think that this is my fifth year teaching. Some of it seems so routine now. I’m not nervous about what comes next. I know what to do. I take charge of what I can and feel like … Keep reading

Random question about smells

Categories: Questions, Random

Why does my bathroom periodically smell like dead fish lately? It’s really gross. What could my neighbors possibly be doing in their bathrooms that would make my bathroom smell? Maybe I don’t want to know the answer to that question.

What I learned about some impersonations

Categories: Learn Something, Random

I learned over the weekend that I do some impersonations that are at the very least humorous. I can impersonate a baby with gas and then one that has been burped. I can also do an Egyptian mummy.42D I also … Keep reading

Questions from my trip

Categories: Questions

As I was traveling this weekend, I was struck by several ponderables. Why on escalators and moving sidewalks can they not get the timing right so your feet and the handrail go at the same time? The handrail always goes … Keep reading

My vacuum sucks

Categories: Life, Science & Tech

My vacuum sucks, big time. And it’s great. It’s a little louder than I’m used to. It has swivel caster wheels, so it’s a lot more maneuverable than I’m used to as well. But it really sucks. And because it … Keep reading

What makes it work

Categories: Learn Something, Random, Science & Tech

Last summer a friend of mine told me a very important piece of information. Just about everything we use runs on smoke. If you let the smoke out, the thing doesn’t work so well. He discovered this amazing fact one … Keep reading

I get paid for this?

Categories: Happy Things, Work

I think when you have a job that lets you just lie in bed till 11 in the morning, not because you are tired and not because you are sick and not because you were up too late, but because … Keep reading