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Tomorrow the kids go to moms and I go into low earth orbit for 5 days....

lots of movies in the theatre....

and classic horror on the tube...

oh and christmas....



Feliz Navidad

3 days out....

All my fellow teachers are all excited for Xmas break (can someone suggest a good atheist replacement for this please, I love the spirit of the holiday; family, togetherness, charity, etc; but I don't need a big g god thank you very much). I finally got the ex to finalize the plans for her brief visit from the kids, you'd think I...
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Four days until winter break begins...

Happy Life Day

Christmas shopping Done... check
Strep Throat Clear... Check
Mandatory Meeting Fri... Check
Shaping up to be an exciting week..


Music....



so funny story, youtube seems to think that Amanda Palmer does not have a yuletide ditty, so hope you enjoyed that... Gaimen as Bowie as The Goblin King cracks me up

Thanks to the lovely ladies who helped find the panda scoodie (<---I learned a new word) I'm sure the Princess will love it. I have fully, or near fully recovered from my yearly battle with Strep. Throat even feels like post-blitz London, battered and bruised but still standing.

Was hoping my mind was just in a fuge state, but I think I may actually have...
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So I'm looking for some last minute gift ideas for the younglings.... and I was hoping someone might have an idea where I can find one of those "adorable" hat/scarf/mitten combos that look like someone imaginatively scalped a Panda... if it also pink you'll win an authentic early 90's Marvel comic No-Prize... I'm not the worlds best shopper so feel free to say "At Target...
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What a week... I suppose I have learned a few things, so I'll take that as a positive.

Nervous people or people stricken with crippling anxiety should not work with my students. They will test your patience, and push you to your limit everyday. All you can do to keep a grip on your sanity is find the small bright spot in everyday and hold...
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Happy Birthday!!..... Geronimo!!

What is it that the poor have, the rich lack and gods fear?

When is a door not a door?

What has a lock but no door, space but no room, you can enter but never go in?

How is a raven like a writing desk?

The man who invented it,
Doesn't want it for himself.
The man who bought it,
Doesn't need it for...
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Never check your ex-wife's facebook page, right when your about to go to bed....

now I'm have a headache and I"m in a mood....

but I"m still keeping the flu at bay like a horde of the undead... 3 more days and I get to be really sick and not get out of bed, it will be sweet.

how about some tunes......



I <3 Ben...
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