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Entries from March 2007

Warning: For VLARs Only . . .

March 29th, 2007 · 3 Comments

. . .like maybe this guy.
Because if you’re not, I’ll guarentee you couldn’t care less. Only read this if you’re absolutely sure you have nothing better to do.
Come to think of it, even if you are a VLAR (very loyal and alert reader), you probably don’t care about what’s to follow. In fact […]

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Tags: Uncategorized · Learning · Humor · Fun Stuff · Growth · mysteries · Around the house

Teacher Tools: This is Why I Deserve (or Don’t Deserve for that matter). . .

March 22nd, 2007 · 14 Comments

Once, when I was doing my student teaching, I created a test for a “Business Communications” unit. Back then it was all about me, so I titled it “The Greatest Business Communication Test Ever” or something just as ridiculous.
Anyway, for some reason, I thought it was pretty damn good. A great measure of […]

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Tags: Learning · Writing · Children · Teaching · Growth

Couple of Quick Notes

March 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

I haven’t found many notes this year for some reason. But when I do, they’re almost always amusing.
Found these two today:
Fine I will give you your leo bacfk on Monday. But first what did I say if I was talking about you. And someone. . . I’m not saying who but they […]

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Tags: Learning · Writing · Humor · Children · Teaching · Fun Stuff · Parenting · mysteries

You see silly male adolescence. I see masters of double entendre.

March 20th, 2007 · 13 Comments

From Webster’s College Dictionary:
double entendre n. a word or expression used so that it can be understood in two ways, esp. when one meaning is risqué.
Book projects/reports are due next week. For most, this is not news. Of course, these four had no idea this was coming. Well, maybe […]

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Tags: Learning · Writing · Humor · Children · Teaching · Fun Stuff

Direct Buy: A Consumer Report

March 19th, 2007 · 120 Comments

Direct Buy and the Magic of Lead Generation
I don’t know how many times I’d seen it. That chipper blond, the irritatingly giddy couples explaining how much money they’ve saved, the irrefutable logic of being able to purchase things directly from manufacturers, avoiding all those costly markups.
If you’ve seen the infomercial, you know what I’m […]

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Tags: Learning · Money · Growth · Home Improvement · Around the house

Funny Test Answers

March 13th, 2007 · 28 Comments

Funny Test Answers: The Collection

Today I present my collection of Funny Test Answers. They’re real, they’re fresh, and they’re hilarious. So lighten up and enjoy ‘em.
As a middle school teacher, many of these come from my own classroom, but I’m not above collecting funny test answers from other teachers. So I’ve decided to make […]

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Tags: Learning · Writing · Humor · Teaching · Fun Stuff

“Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously.

March 11th, 2007 · 15 Comments

Pooh was walking round and round in a circle, thinking of something else, and when Piglet called to him, he just went on walking.
“Hallo!” said Piglet, “what are you doing?”
“Hunting,” said Pooh.
“Hunting what?”
“Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously.
“Tracking what?” said Piglet, coming closer.
“That’s just what I ask myself. I ask myself, What?”
“What do you […]

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Tags: Learning · Children · Teaching · Fun Stuff · Parenting · Growth · mysteries · Around the house · Puzzles

das wiked. buh yo! u wanna get tada nxt levl? wateva.

March 10th, 2007 · 14 Comments

Now, I know what I said, and I meant every word of it. But then, I got this comment to a post,
“das wiked. som kid in ma clas did dat. evry1 freaked, even da teacha!it waz jokes, yo.lol. Buh… she went 2 ur web, got da secret n printed it n gave it 2 […]

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Tags: Learning · Writing · Humor · Teaching · Growth

Secrets of a Flash in the Pan

March 6th, 2007 · 12 Comments

Greg, an alert reader from–well, I’m not sure where he’s from–left this comment on my About page yesterday:
So, help me out here. Your blog is getting major hits, top five on Wordpress, and while I respect your writing, and it is interesting at some level–to what do you attribute so much traffic? Do you have […]

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Tags: Learning · Writing · Humor · Growth · Around the house

Global Warming: A Free Interdisciplinary Curriculum

March 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments

The picture above is of my family (minus me, I’m taking the picture . . .duh) and Will Steger. It was taken at this year’s St. Paul Winter Carnival in January. The temperature that day was about 5 degrees and the wind was really kicking out of the north, so the wind chill was actually […]

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