gosh...

i'm out for 2 days and the blog explodes! mary ellen...i went to the cracker barrell in cartersville and i thought of you! i'm in for sunday night too! that is...if i'm invited since i've been such a slacker on the blog! :)

working for idiots

last night I sold tickets at the football game...not a big deal..really - I have done it a thousand times...so why am I telling you this...well because -

as I am leaving the game I find out that I am going to get a nasty email on Monday or something like that because after we stopped selling tickets in the third quarter I went and sat down with our friend Leigh Ann - this is normal..

Apparently there were a lot of fights at the gate...so this is apparently my fault - mine and the other three folks working the gate- we were told we could leave once the ticket sales were done...the rules were changed after we left...please someone spare me..

meanwhile - the police and the other 7 or 8 administrators were standing on the field watching the game...really I wish I was joking...

So I am really mad - I was just trying to make a little money - do something nice for the school, avoid the football wive's club, etc... I REFUSE to be a police officer at football games...especially when the administrators stand in the end zone and chat...I am pretty sure that no fist fights are going to break out down there at least none that the men in striped shirts can't break up...

I was fuming last night...not because this is such a big deal, but because this kind of crap happens weekly if not daily...I cannot tell you how little patience I have for this kind of ridiculous stupidity...never in my 5 years have I been told that I have to stand at the gate for the entire game and play bouncer - never...until they have all these problems and now the rules change...so I am pissed off...

so there you have it - I work for idiots! the problem is...this is the best gig in education I have ever had...so Monday - I will go back to the hell hole and smile like normal...but I needed to vent...so this was the best place I could think to do it...did I mention that my boss's name is Nutt...really - just go ahead and make your own jokes about that...hope everyone has a nice weekend...we are getting ready for the party on Friday...anyone up for Sunday...

Pictures from the Windy City

After you guys finish drooling over Katie's newest addition to her wardrobe,
check out my Chicago Pics from June.

tada!!!

It's done ladies. I bought my wedding dress today. Now if only I had a date for the wedding. Wouldn't that be nice? And if anyone is interested, here it is...

so? what does everybody think? different huh? oh, but wait, the back sashes...they can be bustled. hold me, i'm scared!!!

trivial

I'm a sucker for these, and now that I can't pass it along to my high school kids, I am forced to pass it onto you.

Can you guess which of the following are true and which are false?

1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.

Answers:

They are all TRUE.... Now look back to #16.
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new CD for you...

Hey campers...well in the midst of my learning to be la jefe at work I have been compiling some stuff from my itunes files and have a little something to share...I may get them in the mail on Monday and of course Leigh Ann will find hers at work in her box...but hopefully there will be some things that you will love...one thing that I fell in love with last year was this guest singer with the Blue Man Group...could have been my state of mind during the holidays last year...but seriously mesmerizing...I am putting that track on the collection as well as some other tid bits.

Hope everyone has a great weekend...tomorrow starts football season for us - that means Leigh Ann and I will be spending many Friday nights under the lights at DHS...fun for us because the kids are a hoot and well most of the adults don't come...which actually makes it better.

So if imitation is the highest form of flattery - I was flattered by my friends talents in finding new music and hope to repay the gift with a gift of my own...peace out homies..

oh and here is a picture of the chick who sings with the blue man group...I don't know why I am so obsessed...reminds me of Leslie's obsession with that girl in college SMW or whatever her initials were...remember that?

and then she saw light.

Thank you all for being so supportive these last few months. The job has been a very trying time. No need to elaborate because well, it's just been hell on Earth. However, as the title states, there is light ahead because yes ladies, I quit my job today!!!!! Friday afternoon I got the call...that coveted call offering me a job at HRP. 7 months and 10 days after starting at Katz, I have officially tendered my resignation. Shocking, huh? It's not something I would ever do...work somewhere for 7 months and quit. However, please refer back to the 3rd sentence in the paragraph for reasons of why I would leave after said time period.

At this time, I'm still unsure of whether or not I will have to work two weeks, but I assure you, smiles will abound.

Love to you all!

Reunion

Sorry guys, no great pictures of Angel Lamb, but here are some others. Also, some great shots of the Lion's Club. Heather, so glad you could rejoin us, hope you will frequent ye olde blog more often. I'll check on Labor Day, might be a good idea for Sunday night?

get together

Is anyone/everyone available for Labor Day weekend? I thought I might have everyone over that weekend. The house painting is over. I am throwing a fiesta Friday night for Judson...but Saturday, Sunday, Monday are all free. It could be fun.

Let me know...gelato will be involved.

Information to Share from the Daily Show

Hey all...just finally getting back into the swing of things...good to see the blog is alive and kicking...anyhow schools seems to finally have calmed down...I had two beers yesterday after school and by about 9PM I was really sleepy...sad but true...

Travis showed me this lovely little clip from the daily show and it was pretty funny...hope you enjoy it...the Daily Show (when I can remember to catch it) always makes me laugh.

Enjoy!~
http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=16979

where's mary ellen?

did she fall off the face of the earth? where did she go?

tastes like the real thing...

okay girls, i might have found the closest thing out there to pizza marghertia! it's called the "naked pizza" or something close to that and you can find it at PIEBAR. i'm not sure if you are familiar with the old bank that resembled something out of the Frank Lloyd Wright collection, but it is off 85south and sits on Monroe Drive. it has just recently been resurrected as Piebar. it's tapas and pizzas. and kids, the naked pizza was damn good.
so, if anyone is up for it....we could try a little piebar...

grossest picture ever

ok, so this is mr. afghanistan...body builder of the year! yuck!

giada - oh good lord...

- hold me...i'm scared-

Chocolate Math

Ok Leigh Ann.. after your really bad math joke I've got to give you some better material. Follow these instructions:

1. First, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2.

3. Add 5 (for Sunday cravings).

4. Multiply it by 50.. I'll wait while you get the calculator.

5. If you have already had your birthday this year (2005) add 1755.. If you haven't, add 1754.

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born. You should have a three digit number.

7. Check the comments section to see what this all means.

all is well....just really tired!

so i have managed to work 21 hours in the past 2 days! if they paid teachers over time, i'd be making some bank! no really funny stories as of yet except i did reply to an email today to the whole faculty instead of one person...opps! good thing i didn't write anything embarassing! here's a little math humor for you...

what did the acorn say to the squirrell when he grew up?

gee, i'm a tree... (gee-om-e-try)

ha! math humor is great! happy day!

it's all too quiet on the homefront

Clearly everyone is a little busy these days. I hope work has started off well for you two (Heather and Leigh Ann) and I hope that Mary Ellen, you have a successful first day as well.

Hurry up and get back to this blogging business. I'm not much up for reading posts that I write.
; ) Hope to hear from you guys soon.

love,
k

an evening at the brickstore

Hi it's 1015p on a Saturday night and I'm online. Does that make me a loser you ask? As a matter of fact, no because I've already spent a night out with some of my closest friends at a fine place called The Brickstore. Yes, that's right...




I hope you all had as much fun as I...and I hope we do it again soon.

ps. i'm going to start making cds for everyone and will get them to you soon. and there will be no country on it. sorry leigh ann. i think it's time you were exposed to the magical sounds of well, my music. ; )

remember when SNL was funny?

Click on the above title for a a trip down memory lane, back to the days when Saturday Night Live actually made you laugh. Oh, the good old days. Heather, Mary Ellen and I were in college at this point, and Leigh Ann, I think you were still in the junior high.

In the words of a fake Sean Connery, "I'll take the rapists for a 1000, Alex".

"Britney Spears and Kevin Federline name baby" (courtesy of The Superficial)

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline name baby (courtesy of The Superficial)
Permalink | Comments | Thursday - August 04, 2005
According to a friend of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, they're currently fighting over what to call their baby. Britney is determined to name her child Charlie, after watching Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but Kevin wants to name the baby after him.

"Kevin loves the idea of calling the child Kevin Jr... but Britney has dug her heels in and loves the name Charlie. She feels Charlie is a great name for both sexes. Kevin is considering it after she talked him around. He says so long as their child is fit and healthy, the name-choosing comes in second place."
Plus Britney Spears has all the money and Kevin Federline is a useless hobo, so it's pretty much impossible for him to ever win an argument in their relationship. Until he gets sick of eating caviar and riding around in limos, he pretty much has to put up with whatever stupid idea Britney has, like naming her baby after a damn movie character. She could have at least used Willy Wonka's name instead. I mean Willy Wonka Spears Federline? That name's so great I might start using it. Actually yes, I think I will. From now on just call me Willy Wonka Spears Federline.

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I think I can safely say that Britney Spears is the dumbest person to ever walk the face of the earth.
Oh...and this was another cheap ploy to throw in a picture of Johnny Depp.

interesting educational quotes

mep - thought you might enjoy these since you love quotes!

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. - Socrates

Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. - Winston Churchill"

The only kind of learning which significantly influences behavior is self-discovered or self-appropriated learning - truth that has been assimilated in experience. - Carl Rogers

The teacher if he is indeed wise does not teach bid you to enter the house of wisdom but leads you to the threshold of your own mind. - Kahlil Gilbran

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William Arthur Ward

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. - Oscar Wilde

What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand. - Confucius

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain

Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all. - Arthur C. Clarke

Cogito, ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.) - Descartes

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. - Gail Godwin

There are two types of education... One should teach us how to make a living, And the other how to live. - John Adams

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. - Joseph Addison

The paradox of education is precisely this-- that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. - James Baldwin

He who dares to teach must never cease to learn. - Richard Henry Dann

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen. - Lee Iacocca

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats

another one year to celebrate.

i forgot to tell you guys that ashley and i just celebrated our one year (engagement)! yeap, one down and one more to go. crazy, huh?
ps. no updates on the wedding yet. it's a shame that the person we're trying to work with in bermuda isn't responding.

uhhh...just kidding...

i can get together on SATURDAY night instead of friday night! the group who went to the dr is getting together to watch the video and share pictures on friday night! i have a cheerleading rules clinic (shoot me in the foot fun) on saturday morning, but i am free for the rest of saturday! what should we do?

by the way...my trailer is decorated fabulously!