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The Mic is On: And It’s Back to School Night!

August 19, 2008 by Liz 256 Comments

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

. . . Remember When Life Was Easy and School Was Hard?

Every year the first days of school bring back the idea of new clothes, new pads of paper, new supplies. Tonight it’s about school days”

  • remember firsts from school?
  • what did we take for granted?
  • what do we wish we could have back from school days now?
  • what did we think was hard that was really easy?
  • ahem . . .

back_to_school

And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey . . . and flamenco dancing (because we always get off topic, anyway.)

Oh, and bring example links to share —

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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  1. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:04 PM

    am I on time? Can be late for school.

    Reply
  2. Trisha says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:04 PM

    Hello!

    Reply
  3. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:07 PM

    Hi Trisha, we must be the keeners!

    Reply
  4. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:07 PM

    Welcome Glenda and Trisha!

    Don’t you wish life were as easy as just going to school?

    Reply
  5. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:08 PM

    “Keeners”

    That’s a new one on me. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:11 PM

    aw, what’s wrong with “keeners”, teacher?

    Reply
  7. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:12 PM

    Nothing wrong. Never heard it before, that’s all. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Trisha says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:12 PM

    I wish life was still easier!

    Reply
  9. Karen Putz / DeafMom says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:13 PM

    :::::slipping into the desk and plopping down my books::::

    Yo, class.

    Reply
  10. Suzie Cheel says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:14 PM

    Hi Glenda,

    See you were never in for detention:)

    Reply
  11. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:15 PM

    Although some things don’t feel that different. I am still chained to my desk, doing homework, though sometimes I do get paid for it now.

    Reply
  12. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:15 PM

    Yo, Karen!
    Ain’t you cool?!!

    Reply
  13. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:15 PM

    This was always my problem with School, I ended up late because I got distracted a bit to more important things like Breadfast, Gene London, Sally Starr, Popeye.
    Hey Liz, Hey All.

    Reply
  14. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:16 PM

    Hi Joe,

    Somehow I’m starting to feel Like I’ve landed in the middle of a sitcom!!

    Reply
  15. Suzie Cheel says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:16 PM

    Hi everyone,

    I liked school until I was about 15.

    Reply
  16. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:16 PM

    Karen, how’s the ebook? 🙂

    Reply
  17. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:16 PM

    Liz, actually, I almost had a detention once for talking, believe it or not!

    Reply
  18. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:17 PM

    Suzie, we used to call detention, Jug.
    Don’t ask me why, but that is what it was always called in my neighborhood.

    Reply
  19. Karen Putz / DeafMom says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:18 PM

    Ah, Liz I was never the cool kid in school!

    Reply
  20. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:19 PM

    Hi Suzie!
    Glad to see you, even when you’re not feeling so hot!

    Reply
  21. Karen Putz / DeafMom says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:19 PM

    Glenda, I can totally believe that!

    Reply
  22. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:19 PM

    Glenda,
    Details! Have to hear that story!

    Reply
  23. Suzie Cheel says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:20 PM

    Joe I like that Jug

    Glenda- talking and passing notes got me into strife and onto detention.

    Reply
  24. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:20 PM

    It isn’t fair; there’s so much cool stuff for school now. Going to Staples, i almost want to go back to school!

    Reply
  25. Karen Putz / DeafMom says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:21 PM

    Liz,
    It’s going slow. I have writer’s block– something that’s unusual for me!

    Reply
  26. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:22 PM

    Karen,
    Writer’s block usually happens when we don’t really know what we want to say. Set it down and figure out what your point is. 🙂

    Reply
  27. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:23 PM

    I went to a Catholic high school, and they called detention Jug there, too, Joe. Nobody dare ask why. For fear of getting some.

    Oh, and by the way, I FINALLY MADE IT HERE! Hiya, Liz!

    Reply
  28. Suzie Cheel says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:24 PM

    @ Liz- think congestion is to do with releasing stuff- plus a little self sabotage. The book has been a bit of a catalyst

    @ Glenda don’t you just love what kids have now

    Reply
  29. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:24 PM

    Liz, I have writers block more often than I’d like to admit. I have a good idea, a fair outline, and then can’t come up with anything that makes a decent post. 🙁
    Not good, maybe I should go back to English class?

    Reply
  30. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:24 PM

    Hiya! Rick Wolff!
    Welcome to Open comment night!

    Reply
  31. Suzie Cheel says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:26 PM

    writers block- good point Liz, I must use that on my blog, I really should be writing blog posts now:(

    Reply
  32. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:26 PM

    Rick, I wasn’t sure if it was just us Papes or what, but I was always afraid to ask what it meant too!

    Reply
  33. Karen Putz / DeafMom says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:26 PM

    I’ve been jotting notes, yet putting the actual writing off. I keep waiting for my kids to go back to school so I can think. Or, is that an excuse? 🙂

    Reply
  34. Suzie Cheel says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:27 PM

    @ Joe I have a book of blog post ideas, plus about 50 drafts at various stages. I know what you mean

    Reply
  35. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:28 PM

    ok, it was Grade Seven with Mr. Dingledorp. We working to be working silently. I didn’t understand something so I asked the girl beside me. He booms out, “Glenda, keep that up and you’ll have a detention.” I was mortified. When Mom came for me after school [she was a teacher too] and I told her, she laughed. My previous teachers tried encouraging me to talk. Adults.

    Reply
  36. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:28 PM

    I came close to going to NYU film school. Imagine it: NYC is your backdrop, (pre-9/11), scholarship pays the budget, your imagination is your limit, it’s all you do all day besides eat, no mortgage, no dependents.

    Reply
  37. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:28 PM

    Go sit somewhere that has lots of space and stare at the sky until you get bored.

    Reply
  38. Karen Putz / DeafMom says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:30 PM

    Rats, middle kid has come in to remind me that I promised to take her shopping for school clothes tonight. I have to skip out. 🙁 Bye all!

    Reply
  39. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:31 PM

    Skipping detention, Karen,
    Not good!

    See you later! 🙂

    Reply
  40. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:31 PM

    Sometime I think I learn more on a Tuesday nights than I did in Classes in “real” school. 🙂

    Reply
  41. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:32 PM

    Karen, just start writing the first words the come to mind. If you get stuck, put xxx and keep going. Don’t edit yourself at this point.

    Reply
  42. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:32 PM

    The Tuesday Night Breakfast Club!

    Reply
  43. Delaney Kirk says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:32 PM

    Hi all, I’m working on powerpoint slides for faculty development workshop I’m doing for University of South Florida-Sarasota faculty on Friday!

    Reply
  44. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:32 PM

    Rick Wolff
    How goes the new blog initiative?

    Reply
  45. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:32 PM

    Dingledorp?

    Reply
  46. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:33 PM

    Dingledorp?

    Okay, give . . .

    Reply
  47. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:34 PM

    Hi Delaney,
    Boy it’s about time that the faculty went to school!

    Reply
  48. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:34 PM

    lol Rick, not his real name. The one we called him, behind his back!

    Reply
  49. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:34 PM

    Sitting out on the front deck and hearing Mr Softee tune playing down the street.
    When that stops, IT’S REALLY BACK TO SCHOOL TIME!

    Reply
  50. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:34 PM

    Actually, Liz, ideas are coming fast and furious. Not earth-shaking, but definitely bloggable. Feels like a garage sale in my brain. Except when I pull out an old idea, a new one takes its place! You’ll see my word count go down, too. That’s just natural.

    Reply
  51. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:35 PM

    #41 Great advice, Glenda!
    But you didn’t distract me.

    I still want to know about you getting detention for talking too much. 🙂

    Reply
  52. Delaney Kirk says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:36 PM

    Hi Liz. Pushing a button for faculty when indicating we don’t work in the summer. We just don’t teach. I’ve done numerous workshops, written and submitted 2 journal articles, updated my lecture notes…etc…

    Reply
  53. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:36 PM

    Seems an obvious trick, but when I get a blog idea, I make a draft in WordPress immediately. Sometimes just a cryptic few words in the title bar. Making sure to fix the automatically generated URL so it makes sense before publishing.

    Reply
  54. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:37 PM

    liz, see #35`

    Reply
  55. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:38 PM

    ((slips quietly into back row, sticks gum to underside of desk and slumps in chair}}

    Reply
  56. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:39 PM

    so let me get this straight,

    While Rick Wolff was in film school making a movie about Dingledorp, Glenda was talking to a 7th grade girl about her mom laughing at adults . . . and Joe was eating breakfast on a Tuesday night while Delaney was thinking about shopping at the University of South Florida. Did I get that right?

    Reply
  57. Delaney Kirk says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:40 PM

    Hi Marti…yep, we teachers DO notice you!

    Reply
  58. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:40 PM

    My first day of school:

    I then began Grade 1 in my purple heather sweater and purple plaid kilt. I was one bonnie lass!
    School was an older building; actually, it consisted of two buildings and a portable. The main building had four or five classrooms for the primary grades, the staff room, changing room and the principal’s office. The older kids were upstairs in the other building, accessible by a long, steep ramp.
    As this was before integration and mainstreaming had been invented, all the Special Ed students went to this school, which was actually an annex of a larger school, several blocks away. This was definitely segregation. But, at that age, I didn’t know any differently. I was excited to be starting school with my new notebooks, crayons and lefty scissors. And, I do remember hating missing school when I was sick. It was so boring to stay home.

    Reply
  59. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:40 PM

    My clue that summer’s starting to end: the crickets’ volume goes up. It’s a racket right now. Then you see the occasional renegade tree turn color. That’s actually a little scary.

    Reply
  60. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:41 PM

    Wasn’t Dingledorp some school’s headmaster? Or was that in a movie?

    Reply
  61. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:42 PM

    {{}}{{{}}}}Scratches Chalk on Blackboard like Sr Philameana used to do{{}}{{{}}}
    Marti, take that out from under your desk and put it back in your mouth!!! :-&

    Reply
  62. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:42 PM

    Hey Marti!

    Reply
  63. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:42 PM

    Marti,
    I see you. What’s the slump about?

    Reply
  64. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:42 PM

    Rick,
    I have about 60 started post like that. They often save me when I wake up with no ideas. 🙂

    Reply
  65. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:43 PM

    Rick, my clue that Autumn is approaching is the commercials for the Renaissance Faire.

    This is the first time in 25 years I have not had a child returning to school. It is liberating and terrifying all at the same time.

    Hi Delaney! Knew you’d spot me.

    My report cards always said, “Talks too much” – LOL

    Reply
  66. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:43 PM

    [Glenda throws a paper ball at Joe]

    Reply
  67. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:44 PM

    Liz, I was trying to hide my tardiness…didn’t work – LOL

    Reply
  68. jennydecki says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:45 PM

    I wish the biggest problem in school was smoking behind the gym LOL

    Reply
  69. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:46 PM

    {{Marti slips Joe a note folded into a triangle and covered with puppie stickers}}

    Reply
  70. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:47 PM

    Liz, I’ve just got 5 or 6, but then I’ll find an even more immediate one. (This open-mic will suffice as my blog post today, though.)

    Reply
  71. Kim Fenolio says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:48 PM

    First time here. Let’s see. I’m always the overly prepared one personally and as the mom of a school-age kiddo. I stress out for days making sure everything is just perfect, but it turns out I always end up forgetting something! And it’s usually my head!

    Reply
  72. Delaney Kirk says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:48 PM

    OK, I’m going back to work. Discussing what faculty should do the first day of class. Need to decide what “I’m” doing that day also…

    Could someone pass me a Klondike? Need the sugar high!

    Reply
  73. Trisha says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:48 PM

    I’ve got to go everyone – I’m pretty worn out and I should try to do some more writing tonight!

    Have fun!

    Reply
  74. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:48 PM

    I just got a Skype call from my wife, in the next room, through wifi. And she doesn’t think she’s a geek. Hah!

    Reply
  75. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:49 PM

    I was always straigh “A”s in grade school, but once I found girls were cute, my grades went down as much as my attention to girls went up.
    That’s my story, and I’m sticking too it!

    Reply
  76. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:49 PM

    Bye Delaney and Trish, sorry I didn’t have longer to chat with you!

    Hello Kim! Delighted to meet you!

    Reply
  77. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:49 PM

    Welcome JennyDecki and Kim Fenolio
    If these guys weren’t so entertaining, I would have let you out of moderation sooner. Sorry you had to wait. 🙂

    Reply
  78. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:50 PM

    Ha! Rick!
    Gosh how could anyone survive in the world today without a little geekiness?

    Reply
  79. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:50 PM

    I definitely had a stronger delineation on the beginning and ending of summer. Now in the fall, I get stuck behind a school bus, and it’s a revelation. I remember having a feeling of impending dread as the leaves turned, for years after my graduation. Oddly, I miss that a little.

    Reply
  80. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:50 PM

    Rick, I call my kids on the cell phone when they are in their bedrooms – LOL

    Reply
  81. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:52 PM

    I wasn’t here to see it, but daughter said she went down and waved at the school bus when it went by, first time in 13 years without her on it. Gave me a tear and a smile.

    Reply
  82. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:52 PM

    Joe, my junior year in HS was my last in an-all boys Catholic school. I too discovered girls! People think I couldn’t hack the discipline with the priests. IT’s a longer story.

    Reply
  83. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:53 PM

    Every August I get the urge to buy new clothes!

    Reply
  84. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:54 PM

    Marti, my wife sometimes IMs me when dinner’s ready, from downstairs. Sometimes she has to yell up the stairs to turn on my IM. I ask her, “Why don’t you just tell me what you want?”

    Reply
  85. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:56 PM

    Liz, does Illinois have the “back to school tax holiday”? Missouri does it the first weekend of August. Purchases of school supplies, computers, clothes etc are not charged sales tax. Good time to shop, even if you have no back-to-schoolers – LOL

    Reply
  86. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:57 PM

    If my husband IM’d me, it would be from 10 feet away, our condo isn’t that big. 🙂

    Reply
  87. Suzie Cheel says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:58 PM

    Just before I go to write blog posts, have some school yard fun- who is for a game of hopsctoch- I have the chalk.
    I have a taw stone

    Reply
  88. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:58 PM

    That’s funny, Rick!

    I actually enjoyed school a great deal. I love learning new things, even now that I’m old and crotchety.

    🙂

    Reply
  89. Kim Fenolio says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:58 PM

    My first day of Kindergarten I walked over to the shorty counter top. I placed my hand on this thing that looked similar to a robotic monster mouth. I’d never seen something so peculiar in my many years. I put my thumb in it’s mouth to check for teeth and pushed down on the top.

    That was the day I learned what a stapler was.

    Reply
  90. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:58 PM

    Marti,
    I don’t think so. Sounds familiar, though, maybe Texas had one when Eric was growing up.

    Reply
  91. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:59 PM

    From Grade Seven with Dingledorp:

    Within a couple of months, the school needed a full-time vice-principal; much to our disappointment, we lost our great teacher. Another one was hired to fill his position. We quickly discovered that our new teacher had some unconventional teaching methods, which caused a few waves. His first day he came in and ripped down all of the spelling tests from the wall. I don’t know if he felt we were too old to have work up on the wall or if he wanted the space for something else. Either way, I felt it was hurtful and disrespectful. Things didn’t improve from there. Being typical Grade 7 kids, we soon had a few choice nicknames for him. As far as I know, his teaching contract was not renewed at the end of the year.
    But, he did have us do one exercise regularly to get us writing. He would pick a word, like cars, and we had five minutes to write as much as we could about cars. I think the purpose was to get us over the fear of putting words down on paper and to get thoughts flowing. On a couple of occasions, as a replacement assignment if there was something I couldn’t do, he had me pick one moment or incident and write as much as I could about it by describing all of my five senses. The idea was to expand that one moment in time as much as possible and to include as many details as I could remember.
    I still use those techniques if I’m stuck while writing. I start writing to get the ideas flowing and to get something down on paper. From there, I can go back to pick out the portions worth keeping, and then I can proceed. Despite him not being my favourite teacher, I do remember him for encouraging my writing, and I do owe him some gratitude. Perhaps he saw potential and knew that writing would have to play an important part in my life.
    On the last day of Grade 7, Mom wheeled me out to the van like she did every other day. There were a few tears as we passed Mrs. Peart in her classroom. She gave me a gift that I still have to this day – a butterfly necklace, symbolizing freedom in a new life. And then Mom and I left, not to return, as it was the last day for the both of us. Mom had resigned her teaching position so that she would be available to assist me in high school; a risky move financially and professionally but one that she felt was necessary to give me the best chance of success.
    We went through those doors, neither one of us certain of what the next chapter would bring but knowing we would get through it, one way or another.

    Reply
  92. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:59 PM

    Suzie, I don’t hop so good any more, but I’d take some scotch – LOL

    Reply
  93. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:59 PM

    Hi Kim,
    I got curious about a stapler in Kdg too. I managed to push a staple into the palm of my hand. I think you and I will be good friends soon. 🙂

    Reply
  94. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:01 PM

    Oh Kim and Liz! I am ROTF!

    Reply
  95. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:02 PM

    Wow, Glenda. I sure hope you blog. And I’m off to see, perchance to subscribe.

    Reply
  96. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:03 PM

    My question is…
    If my son went to Catholic school (which I paid for), graduated, went to College (which I also paid for) and I have no children of school age, WHY am I STILL paying school taxes (that go up every year)?

    Reply
  97. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:03 PM

    Good Evening Liz and Friends-Here you are talkin’ about school-my favorite subject! Just had back to school night for my 10 and 13 year old! Lots of memories of back to school night in my own classroom!

    Reply
  98. Kim Fenolio says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:03 PM

    Well Liz, someday my thumb will meet your palm and we’ll be lifelong friends for sure!

    Reply
  99. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:04 PM

    wow! Glenda, That’s a fabulous piece. Is that from your book?

    Reply
  100. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:05 PM

    yes, Rick, I blog, therefore I am! Those two passages are from my autobiography.

    Reply
  101. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:06 PM

    Hi Angela!
    Welcome tonight!

    Reply
  102. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:06 PM

    Kim,
    We’ll know each other by the pair of holes in our hands. 🙂

    Reply
  103. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:06 PM

    Terrific writing, Glenda!

    Reply
  104. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:06 PM

    Liz, if Kim and Marti don’t behave, you should threaten to turn this blog RIGHT AROUND.

    Reply
  105. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:07 PM

    Hey Angela!

    Reply
  106. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:07 PM

    Glenda, I didn’t think you were old enough to have an autobiography. 🙂

    Reply
  107. Suzie Cheel says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:07 PM

    @ Marti I like a good malt too:)

    Reply
  108. Kim Fenolio says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:07 PM

    I’m going to jump in on the praise for Glenda. That was truly beautiful writing.

    Reply
  109. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:08 PM

    Glenda-
    That was a beautiful story. What is your book about?

    Reply
  110. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:09 PM

    aw, you’re so sweet, Joe! Yep, I did the autobiography sooner rather than later in case later doesn’t come.

    Reply
  111. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:09 PM

    Joe, these kids today…tsk, tsk tsk…what are we to do?

    Reply
  112. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:09 PM

    Blogitus Ergo Sum.

    You know, Liz, I took the StrengthFinder 2.0 test, and it told me I should do something to exercise my skill with words. So I said, “But I’m an artist, ergo this test is flawed.”

    Reply
  113. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM

    Glenda, please tell me you cut and pasted that passage! Surely you didn’t write that for our benefit?

    Reply
  114. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM

    Rick,
    I’m an artist too . . . so paint with words while you paint with colors. 🙂

    Reply
  115. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM

    Kim- Indiana looks like Iowa did a few short months ago. It has been devastating for friends and family who were hit by an F5n Twister earlier this summer.

    Reply
  116. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:12 PM

    Glenda, don’t think negatively, you will outlast most of us here, Someone has to keep the good thoughts going. 😉

    Reply
  117. Kim Fenolio says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM

    Angela,
    It’s truly frightening, isn’t it? I’m working as we speak on a 2-week post tornado video. Should have it out tonight. I’m a little on edge with the winds and rains these days.

    Reply
  118. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM

    Thanks Kim and Angela. In my autobiography I’ll Do It Myself, I share my life living with cerebral palsy to show others cp isn’t a death sentence but rather a life sentence. I’d provide the link but then this comment will end up in the fish pond for some unknown reason.

    Reply
  119. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:15 PM

    Tornado drills.

    Reply
  120. Kim Fenolio says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:17 PM

    Glenda, I’ve actually visited and poked around on your site before. You have a great story and you really are quite amazing. I enjoy stopping by to visit and gain some inspiration.

    Reply
  121. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:17 PM

    Joe, I sense I’m here for a good time, not a long time.

    Rick, yes, copied and pasted the passage. My left thumb doesn’t type that fast.

    Reply
  122. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:17 PM

    Glenda, I’ll take a dip in that fish pond. http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/ill-do-it-myself-the-book/
    I can swim, but be sure to grab me if I don’t come up in 5 minutes. 🙂

    Reply
  123. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:17 PM

    Glenda, my wife was diagnosed with scleraderma 2 years ago. She blogs about it, much less formally than you. It’s a Live Journal, and she has this coterie of friends who cheer for her when she has good days and give her coping tips. Should you care to see, she goes by the name of Zaduzbina there. Since she’s a lot more mobile and capable, she still works a full-time job. Don’t know how much longer that’s going to happen.

    Reply
  124. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:18 PM

    Thanks Kim.

    Reply
  125. Kirk M says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:18 PM

    Ah, school. Last three years of high school were the best:

    >The friends.
    >Getting a license and using it.
    >Favorite teachers(2).
    >Not so favorite teachers (the rest).
    >The theater group (local, not school and all classic musicals).
    >Riding around with my best friend in his 1956 Buick Special with that ever present 6 pack of Molsen Golden Ale (just one mind you).
    >Laurie Despres (sigh).
    >Being able to “rat race” an old Chevy station wagon better than my arch rival could handle his AMC Gremlin.
    >Late Saturday nights foggin’ up the windows.
    >The Eagles, America, Simon and Garfunkel, Led Zepplin, Air Supply, Crosby, Stills and Nash, ZZ Top and all the others you don’t hear any more.
    >Home.

    And all the rest…

    Time for bed. I just wanted to stop by and say hello. Think I’ll go dream of those bygone days of lesser responsibilities.

    Have fun.

    Reply
  126. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:20 PM

    Kirk!
    How I’m smiling to see you here again!

    Reply
  127. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:22 PM

    Rick-Do you have the link to your wife’s blog?

    Reply
  128. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:22 PM

    The music of our school days is really something. I metioned “Basketball Jones” on Twitter today and so many people started talking about it.

    Reply
  129. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:23 PM

    I remember tornado drills.

    Going down into the bowels of that ancient brick building, (the one that still had desks connected in a row on iron rails and a cloakroom at the back of every classroom)with the giant boiler rattling, and the smell of fresh bread baking (yes I am so old they baked fresh bread at my elementary school).

    We all lined the walls and sat cross-legged on the cold concrete floor, us girls daintily tucking our petticoats in around us (girls only wore dresses) and ducked our heads into our laps, holding our arms folded over our heads.

    Reply
  130. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:23 PM

    Thanks for posting the link, Joe. I think Liz has my comments booby-trapped if I include a link.

    Rick, I will look for your wife’s blog. Take it one day at a time, and don’t put off something you really want to do until tomorrow if you can possibly do it today.

    Reply
  131. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:23 PM

    Many blog-and-run guests tonight. Or maybe that happens a lot. What else do I remember from school? Oh yeah.

    The roots of a ginormous tree that fell, in the property behind the schoolyard. Anthony Addessa and I would climb up and flex and twist the roots as if they were control levers. We played Gigantor.

    I haven’t thought of that for decades!

    Reply
  132. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:25 PM

    Zaduzbina is Albanian for “obligation to one’s soul.” (You should see the Google results. A lot of Cyrillic, or something.)

    Reply
  133. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:25 PM

    I do not, Glenda!
    Your email misfires somehow. You could always tell me and I’d set them free. 🙂

    Reply
  134. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:26 PM

    Liz-who is basketball Jones? How are you?

    Reply
  135. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:27 PM

    Angela,
    “Basketball Jones” is a song . . . a “jones” is like an addiction.

    I’m doing excellent. How’re you?

    Reply
  136. Timothy Johnson says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:27 PM

    Hi all. I have my backpack and I’m waiting for the bus.

    How is everyone tonight?

    Reply
  137. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:29 PM

    Tim!
    School wouldn’t be the same without YOU!!

    Reply
  138. Timothy Johnson says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:30 PM

    I brought you an apple and a link, Ms. Strauss.

    http://carpefactum.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/08/i_trust_youll_t.html

    Reply
  139. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:30 PM

    Marti-Happy Belated Birthday!

    Liz-doing great! Did six teacher training institutes this summer, book is done and turning in final copy tomorrow (yeah!), and just starting back to my “normal” job working with individual schools. The kids start tomorrow!

    Reply
  140. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:30 PM

    Hi Timothy! Wanna share lunch box stuff?

    Reply
  141. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:30 PM

    Hey Mr T! A noon-hour sock-up is definitely in order for today.

    Reply
  142. Timothy Johnson says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:31 PM

    Hi Marti, I’ll trade you my celery and carrot sticks for your chocolate bar.

    Reply
  143. Kim Fenolio says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:32 PM

    Fire drills!

    I have a story that’s not so much about a drill as it is about a real fire. I was in high school and a boy ended up lighting the bathroom on fire because he was angry at his mother (he and the family had issues). Of course, we were all rushed outside. This was during the middle of winter in Chicago when there was already 9 inches of snow on the ground. We all know that when there’s a fire, there’s no chance to stop to grab a jacket. Two and a half hours later they decided to get the busses out so that we wouldn’t be frost bitten. Thirty minutes after the entire high school population had been loaded onto busses, the firemen declared it all-clear.

    Reply
  144. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:33 PM

    Wow. Tim! That’s good stuff. Thanks for bringing that along. It’s a smile and a memory in one. 🙂

    Reply
  145. Timothy Johnson says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:34 PM

    Thanks, Liz… that DV essay has always been a favorite of mine.

    Hard to believe my little sweetheart is starting third grade already.

    Ms. Glenda. Sock-up at noon? You’re on!

    Reply
  146. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:34 PM

    ** Ha-Ha** I have the Klondikes in MY lunchbox… Buuhaaahhaaaa!

    Reply
  147. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:34 PM

    Well Timothy, if you throw in your applesauce…OK

    🙂

    Wow, Kim, what a story!

    Reply
  148. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:35 PM

    Timothy, I loved your blog post!

    Reply
  149. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:35 PM

    Anybody want one, or two? I got a REALLY BIG lunchbox, plenty to go round. 🙂

    Reply
  150. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:36 PM

    Awesome Mr T. How are you doing?

    Reply
  151. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:36 PM

    There was a school year between my late mother and my father’s marrying my stepmother. One day my father asked me what my favorite sandwich was. I said it was ham and Swiss cheese. He bought a six-foot wedge, made it all ham and Swiss cheese, cut it into two-inch lengths, wrapped them individually in paper, labeled each “RW, H&S, 2/6/70” (or whatever), and put them in the freezer. After the first month of ham and Swiss daily, it was difficult to see where the ham ended and the Swiss began. I complained to my younger sister, who couldn’t sympathize. She got a half-year of cream cheese and jelly!

    Don’t get me started on haircuts.

    Reply
  152. Timothy Johnson says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:36 PM

    Kim – you learned a valuable lesson that day about how government bureaucracies work. You probably didn’t realize the whole experience was staged by the business and sociology departments. 🙂

    Reply
  153. Timothy Johnson says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:39 PM

    I’m doing OK, Miss Glenda. Trying to figure out how to boost my Amazon rankings without sounding like begging.

    BTW, Liz, on Thursday I’m talking to that publicist I emailed you about.

    Marti – glad you liked it.

    Reply
  154. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:39 PM

    Cream cheese and jelly? Hadn’t thought of that! Is jelly different than jam?

    Reply
  155. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:40 PM

    Hey Tim! How are you?

    Reply
  156. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:40 PM

    Tim,
    That’s a great response. Business and Sociology departments. 🙂

    Reply
  157. Timothy Johnson says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:41 PM

    Hi Angela. Long time no see. How have you been?

    Reply
  158. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:42 PM

    Joe (if you’re still here) your complaint about school taxes didn’t go unheard. I pay taxes indirectly through rent, and I have no kids.

    Reply
  159. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:43 PM

    Glenda, I guess “jelly” is New Yorkish for “jam”, like “soda” is for “pop”.

    Reply
  160. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:43 PM

    Doing great-and you? Has your year begun?

    Reply
  161. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:44 PM

    Good luck with Amazon, Mr T. I haven’t figured out how to even get my self-published listed and making a profit with each sale.

    Reply
  162. Timothy Johnson says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:44 PM

    Angela – I’m teaching only weekend classes this fall. My first class is the weekend following labor day.

    Reply
  163. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:45 PM

    I guess the thought about school taxes is supposed to be something like . . . if the kids are illiterate they’ll be a pain to you too!

    Reply
  164. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:47 PM

    Pay for them now or pay for them later, eh, Liz?

    Reply
  165. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:47 PM

    Of course I’m still here Rick, I just threw you a Klondike (hope you got it).
    And as far as “jelly” I think is homogonized (sp?) and “jam” is more like a preserve (more pieces of fruit). Not sure, I grew up in Philly, I can only go by what the sold in the Acme. 😉

    Reply
  166. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:48 PM

    Yeah, Rick, I think it’s something like that. 🙂

    Reply
  167. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:49 PM

    Summer’s almost over and school’s starting? Awwww.

    Hi, everyone!

    Reply
  168. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:49 PM

    Joe gets a gold star for sharing!

    Rick, that was such a touching story.

    Glenda, from my knowledge of spreadable sandwich products, jelly is firmer than jam. Jelly is almost translucent, because it is made with only fruit (or berry) juice, whereas jam has bits of the fruit or berry in it. I’ve made both, coming from hillbilly roots where all the womenfolk had to learn how to can fruits and vegetables.

    Wow, I managed to say something educational – LOL

    Reply
  169. Meikah Delid says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:49 PM

    Hello hello everyone! 🙂

    Reply
  170. Kim Fenolio says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:50 PM

    Oh Tim, of course it was staged. Everything’s a conspiracy.. just.. like.. school!

    Reply
  171. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:50 PM

    Yo, Rick C!

    Reply
  172. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:50 PM

    Joe, you guys have hoagies, or grinders, or something. We have heros. (Note the lack of second e)

    Reply
  173. Timothy Johnson says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:51 PM

    Kim LOL

    Well all – I’m going to go catch Olympic coverage. Want to watch Shawn Johnson grab her gold. Always great to see the local kid do well.

    Reply
  174. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:51 PM

    If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

    http://www.cafepress.com/enterlaughter/1682711

    Reply
  175. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:52 PM

    Yo, Glenda!

    I saw you talking in class. Don’t think I can’t see you sitting in the back, there.

    Reply
  176. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:53 PM

    Hello to everyone who showed up.

    Goodbye to those who are leaving.

    Reply
  177. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:54 PM

    Hi Rick!
    Will any of your household be going back to school this year?

    Reply
  178. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:55 PM

    Marti, I have an idea for a t-shirt. I should submit it someday:

    INFOTAIN ME.

    Reply
  179. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:55 PM

    I loved school, especially once I learned to read. New worlds sat in the pages of every book. What more could anyone want?

    Reply
  180. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:57 PM

    My granddaughter is starting pre-school, Liz. She’s excited about it. She knows she has to have a physical and see the dentist first, so everyday she asks when she gets to go to the doctor so she can start school.

    Reply
  181. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:57 PM

    Hey Rick C, have a Klondike, I have plenty (big lunchbox)
    *Rick W, we have hoagies and grinders and Cheesesteaks. but our only heroes are the firemen and cops (and the Iggles). 😉

    Reply
  182. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:57 PM

    Oh Rick, I like that! Is it original? Can I steal it?

    Reply
  183. Meikah Delid says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:57 PM

    What’s up in school these days?

    Here in the Philippines, I don’t like much the present curriculum – it’s not balanced because the extra curricular activities were made optional. It’s up to the students to choose the physical (like sports) or the sedentary (like art) clubs.

    Reply
  184. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:58 PM

    Marti, yes, and no.

    Reply
  185. Suzie Cheel says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:59 PM

    got lost in my own thought- lots of doodles
    see you next week.

    Glenda sent you an email re my book

    Reply
  186. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:59 PM

    Rick Cockrum, I felt the same way. I loved getting an education. Still do.

    Reply
  187. Kim Fenolio says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:00 PM

    This was fun, I look forward to coming back again next time. I must depart from the multiple monitors for some much needed relaxation. Take care all.

    Reply
  188. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:01 PM

    Thanks, Joe. Don’t mind if I do. Want a bologna sandwich? It’s got mustard.

    Reply
  189. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:01 PM

    Hi Rick! Hi Meika!

    Reply
  190. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:01 PM

    I wish we could have school instead of work. 🙂

    Reply
  191. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:02 PM

    😉 yeah Rick C, I didn’t understand adults. Some wanted me to talk, others gave me detentions [almost]. Go figure. Not that it really mattered since I was the first kid to school and last to leave. Even even there on pro-d days. No fair.

    Reply
  192. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:02 PM

    Hi Angela! Way to go on the book!

    Reply
  193. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:03 PM

    What are pro-d days?

    Reply
  194. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:04 PM

    Rick Wolff, I like a man who gives me a straight answer

    🙂

    I understand, and appreciate your forthrightness

    Reply
  195. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:05 PM

    professional days, Liz

    Reply
  196. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:05 PM

    Good night, Kim.

    Reply
  197. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:06 PM

    Thanks for coming, Kim!
    My hand to yours!

    Reply
  198. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:06 PM

    As an aside, some of the cast of MadMen are on Twitter, in persona. Gives me a little chuckle.

    Reply
  199. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:07 PM

    Ah. We called them in-service days when I was in school.

    Reply
  200. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:08 PM

    Suzie, I sent a reply but had to use my new addy. The other onE was pitching a fit.

    Reply
  201. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:08 PM

    Yeah, Rick,
    Some real-life madmen are there too!

    Reply
  202. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:12 PM

    I had a teacher in college that compared going to school to hearing the call of the Lorelei. I agreed. I often wished I could be paid to go to school.

    Reply
  203. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:13 PM

    A nice wealthy patron who wanted to pay for our schooling would be a wonderful thing. 🙂

    Reply
  204. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:13 PM

    Just read a line from up above. “Keeners.” Heh!

    Reply
  205. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:14 PM

    Rick,
    Do you know that word, Keeners ?

    Reply
  206. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:16 PM

    Never heard it before. Looking forward to putting it to good use soon.

    Reply
  207. Marti says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:16 PM

    Ah oh, I’m out past curfew.

    Don’t anybody get cooties! LOL

    Delightful as always. Thank you for brightening my day!

    Peace and joy to all….

    Reply
  208. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:17 PM

    (Ahem, how did you get italics in a comment? You can use HTML here?

    Reply
  209. Angela Maiers says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:17 PM

    Night All! Have a GREAT week!

    Reply
  210. Meikah Delid says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:18 PM

    Scholars in a way are paid to go to school and make good in school. =)

    Reply
  211. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:18 PM

    Bye, Marti. Go well.

    Reply
  212. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:19 PM

    Good night, Marti!

    Reply
  213. Terry D. Kennedy says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:19 PM

    Soory I can not add some worhty content, next time. I am on task with writing a couple of new post.

    Reply
  214. Terry D. Kennedy says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:20 PM

    Sorry, no spell check on the previous comment, am I spoiled or what !!

    Reply
  215. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:20 PM

    Bye Angela.

    I’ve never heard the word either.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=keener

    But then, I’m not Canadian. 🙂

    Reply
  216. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:22 PM

    Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy days of Summer
    Soon turn into something other

    Than the kids would like to remember
    When parents say “See you in September”

    And the days of autumn soon turn to winter
    Then Christmas tunes will soon be the winner

    Then all of a sudden it is Spring once again
    And childish thoughts turn away from the din

    Cause Summer will be upon us once more
    And children and parents will run to the door

    With thoughts of spending some time in the sun
    And the whole family will once again have great fun.

    Burma Shave

    Nite Liz
    Nite All

    Reply
  217. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:24 PM

    Nite Joe!

    Reply
  218. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:24 PM

    Yes, there’s something very relaxing about this. I’m getting all sleepy too, Liz. I enjoyed it! It’s sort of like Twitter, with blinders. (Twitter still my frame of reference, as a newcomer. I know I’m backwards!)

    Reply
  219. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:24 PM

    Hi Terry.
    Welcome and no worries, we never think about such things on open comment night. 🙂

    Reply
  220. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:25 PM

    So long, Angela!
    Thanks for coming! Great news about the book!!

    Reply
  221. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:26 PM

    Rick,
    I’m a clever commenter

    I can

    blockquote here too.

    Reply
  222. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:26 PM

    Isn’t someone who is keen a keener? Just makes sense to me!

    Reply
  223. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:28 PM

    Glenda,
    I might suppose that would be true! I’ve just never heard the word used that way. I thought maybe it was a regional term. 🙂

    Reply
  224. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:28 PM

    Hi Meikah,
    sorry I didn’t say hi earlier!

    Reply
  225. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:29 PM

    And there you go. The urban dictionary entry that Rick brought shows it’s Canadian slang . . . for exactly what you thought, Glenda. 🙂

    Reply
  226. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:30 PM

    Glenda – I dare say most Americans have never heard even the word keen used outside of a book. 🙂

    Reply
  227. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:30 PM

    yeah Liz, I didn’t realize keener was Canadian slang. Finally something not American.

    Reply
  228. Meikah Delid says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:31 PM

    And our science scholarships really paid much! 😉

    Reply
  229. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:32 PM

    Rick, perhaps there needs to be more American keeners? 😉

    Reply
  230. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    Americans don’t get keen . . . we go crazy!

    Reply
  231. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:35 PM

    Amen to that. Then our educational rankings in the world wouldn’t be so bad.

    Reply
  232. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:38 PM

    re 230 I ain’t touching that one, Liz!

    Reply
  233. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:39 PM

    :`(

    Reply
  234. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM

    Joe?

    Reply
  235. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:41 PM

    Good night, Joe,
    I did see your work of art.
    Sleepy swell.

    Reply
  236. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:42 PM

    Rick you said goodnight, but Liz and Glenda didn’t.
    I actually thought the little ditty was pretty good and no one noticed. 🙁

    Reply
  237. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:44 PM

    ah, Joe, I’m sorry. I liked how you filled it with hope. {hugs and g’night, my friend}

    Reply
  238. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:45 PM

    🙂 I feel much better, I can’t sleep on Tuesday nights unless Liz tells me to Sleepy Swell.
    Ok, I’m really a kid at heart.
    Nite Liz
    Nite All (again)

    Reply
  239. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:46 PM

    [Joe, thanks for not telling Liz about that paper ball that bounced off your head earlier]

    Reply
  240. Meikah Delid says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:46 PM

    No problem, Liz! 😉 There’s a busy thread going you know.

    And keeners are?

    Reply
  241. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:46 PM

    Sleepy Swell doubly swell, Joe.

    Reply
  242. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:47 PM

    Nite again. 🙂

    Reply
  243. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:48 PM

    it’s not Tuesday night if Liz doesn’t tuck in joe.

    Reply
  244. Meikah Delid says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:48 PM

    Goodnighty, Joe! 😉

    Reply
  245. Rick Wolff says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:48 PM

    Liz, Glenda, Joe, Marti, Other Rick, everyone else I forgot, goodnight! And thanks! This was fun!

    Reply
  246. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:49 PM

    Good night, Other Other Rick. We’ll see you again soon. 🙂

    Reply
  247. Meikah Delid says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:50 PM

    Let me share some useful info here (on blogging and on women) 😀

    http://www.retailwire.com/Discussions/Sngl_Discussion.cfm/13173

    Reply
  248. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:50 PM

    good night RW, nice hanging with you.

    Reply
  249. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:51 PM

    Thanks for coming, Rick Wolff,
    It was fun to have you here!

    Reply
  250. Rick Cockrum says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:52 PM

    Hi, Meikah!

    I’m off, too, so goodnight Glenda, Meikah, and any other keeners who like to stay late to school.:)

    Bye Liz. Thank you for the evening. ‘Til next time.

    Reply
  251. Joe says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:52 PM

    |-)

    Reply
  252. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:53 PM

    Good night Rick!

    Reply
  253. Meikah Delid says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:54 PM

    Goodnighty, too, Rick! 🙂

    Reply
  254. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:58 PM

    Night Rick!

    Reply
  255. Glenda Watson Hyatt says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:59 PM

    I am going to slip out too, before I get caught for something. Race ya to the monkey bars!

    Reply
  256. ME Liz Strauss says

    August 19, 2008 at 10:10 PM

    Good night, Glenda!
    I think it’s time to go! I just heard the bell!

    Reply

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