Open Mike Night - Everyone is Welcome

[GeorgiaAristocat]

and.

just because I feel like being a post hog this morning (oink oink), UTMA - I want a report on Pirates when you get back. Because I remember Pirates at Disneyworld being WAY better than the one at Disneyland. Is that just faulty memory or is that real?

 

[TwinkieMama]

Great idea Georgia! I will do that. Then I can say things like

As a teacher, you know that the quizzes should be written to provide a normal distribution of data. That means that the majority of students should be earning Cs on every assignment. Also that only the upper 5% of the class should be in the A category. Obviously you are not in the upper 5% of the class. Despite the modern trends of our public schools, we can't ALL be above average. It just isn't mathematically possible.

See. I feel better already.

 

[Minnie_Moo]

LOL, I was just making up a funny nickname that popped into my head last night, not suggesting any thread name changes

Jeeps - Good one, Twinkie!!!

Hi, Amy! I have been to WDW the week before Christmas. The crowds weren't too bad at the beginning of the week, but they really grew as it got closer to the 25th.

My sister thought it was really crowded this past year around Thanksgiving.

 

[UtahMama]

Twinkie- Oooo, use big words and make it sound really smart. Put her in her place for her sheer rudeness. I can not imagine her points being valid. Old Hag! Hey, call her that in a P.S.!

GAKitty- I believe POC at DL is a complete "story" with a pre-story, a beginning, middle and end. The exterior theming is better. I use the word "better" loosely because in many ways DL is just "different" than MK. Plus, there's a kick-bum restaurant inside the ride I will be eating a $20.00 wedge salad (1/4 head of iceburg lettuce artfully arranged on a nice plate with fancy dressing drizzled zig zaggy). That will be a primary focus of my TR to do a comparison of DL with MK. I know it's been "done" to death.

MommyPoppins- I missed that you and your DH were feuding. SO sorry about that! Hang in there. I hate fighting especially about money or the lack there of. Nothing is more stressful than that. They can be so stubborn I know!!!!

Moo- you snuck in there.....Moo's Meeps! Oh MAN that's the BEST! I'm all over it. Good morning moo!!!

 

[WheatThins]

Twink - just read your post.

Here's what I do when getting that kind of correspondence. Write a response, don't send it. Let it sit (I usually let mine sit for the day, or overnight), then go in, delete all the stuff that made you feel better just to write it down, then have a collegue proof it and take out the rest of the stuff that made me feel better just to write it down.

Then send it back. It will, by then, be sane, logical, and not sarcastic (mostly).

And I feel better, b/c it FEELS like I got to say all the things that I really wanted to say.

And.

If you keep the original response and read it about a month later, you will be rolling on the floor.

My collegues used to make me keep mine. I have a file. Some of them are priceless.

Wow. You have colleagues? I never would have guessed.

Wheat Thins

 

[NAB]

Moo are you are work?

It was nice spring weather yesterday, snow was melting could even see grass. This morning .....snow heavy wet snow. It does look pretty but mother nature is not nice to tease me with the weather yesterday. And it is still snowing really heavy. Must be the snow UMA got earlier in the week because my dish is out this morning.

Kids had pajama day at school today. They were pretty excited, with that and the snow. They well have a good day. They have cards hanging all over my house. I will be running into them all day. DS had this idea to hang them from a string off top stair case and it just grow. Hubby will be surprised.

MommyP that is funny about the blind. Guess he was still grumpy and needed something else to pick on. At least he didn't say your wearing the wrong Pj's or something or the sheets are the wrong colour.

 

[Kay7979]

Oh dear, NO! Not Meeps! You see, that has quite a different meaning to me. Lowell always seems to need to use the potty at the same time I do, so I stand outside the door and say "meep" which is an abreviated form of Me Pee." So, please, no, I don't want to be known as the meeps!

 

[NAB]

Twinkie maybe you should ask her if she would like to teach the class. I knew you were a mean teacher..... You had that look...

 

[jw50]

In honor of the riddle link poster:

There'll be no strings to bind your hands
not if my love can't bind your heart.
And there's no need to take a stand
for it was I who chose to start.
I see no need to take me home,
I'm old enough to face the dawn.

Just call me angel of the morning, angel
just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby.
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
then slowly turn away from me.

Maybe the sun's light will be dim
and it won't matter anyhow.
If morning's echo says we've sinned,
well, it was what I wanted now.
And if we're the victims of the night,
I won't be blinded by light.

Just call me angel of the morning, angel
just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby.
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
then slowly turn away,
I won't beg you to stay with me

Through the tears of the day,
of the years, baby baby baby.

Just call me angel of the morning, angel
just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby.

 

[WheatThins]

I don't know NAB.... Mr. Nab is pretty adorable. Good luck with that.

MommyP-
Celery- glad to hear you are feeling better!
Utah! I am going to miss you girl!!! Have fun last minute packing, cleaning, making sammiches for Jordan and spinning the cat!

I am sorry I missed all the fun last night! I guess I can be a Meep. Better than Joe's Peeps (no offense Joe... you are great... I just don't fancy being called a Jeep).

In other news I got a hateful email last night from a student ... a non-traditional student so she is older than I am.... Maybe I am old fashioned but I cannot IMAGINE telling off a teacher or a boss.... she had one valid point cloaked in 5 paragraphs of things like "I think your tests are not designed to test what we know but to trick us" ... of course I am waiting till I am not emotionally "up" to reply which of course will imply that I didn't meet her concerns quickly etc etc

I would send her a reply. Here is my draft.

Dear Concerned Student:

Thank you for the time you took to send me a list of your concerns. I value comments from my students, both positve and negative. Comments like yours help me become more effective at communicating the class materials to my students. I look forward to communicating my thoughts to you after reviewing your next exam.

Very Truly Yours,


Twinkie Mama

 

[Kay7979]

Twinkie Another vote here to write what you're thinking and edit later. Sometimes I do that in my reviews. I write what I think, but edit out the scathing sarcasm to sanitize it before I submit the review. At the bottom of the form there's a comments box that only management and our own personel can read, so sometimes I insert the original version there. I get an IM in a few minutes with: Got to give management a laugh now and then!

NAB We're getting the snow here, too. I have a dish also, and the snow doesn't knock it out if it covers it evenly, but if the snow melts and slide, then we have to go out and clean off the dish.

MommyP I hope the fight with your DH is over. Sometimes if you can make the other person laugh, you can break through their bad mood and it helps a lot. I remember when I was married to DH # 1 (he passed away when I was 22) he always made me laugh and I could never stay mad at him. If I was grumpy and nagged him, he would pull a long face and howl grumpily like our neighbor's basset hound. That always got me.

 

[UtahMama]

Oh dear, NO! Not Meeps! You see, that has quite a different meaning to me. Lowell always seems to need to use the potty at the same time I do, so I stand outside the door and say "meep" which is an abreviated form of Me Pee." So, please, no, I don't want to be known as the meeps!

Your explanation even makes it funnier! I'll never look at my kitty named Meep the same, Kay!






meep, meep, meep!

 

[NAB]

Awww Joe that was nice,

Hope Angel sees it.

Pumba How terrible for you to go thought that. And now all this. You are one tough cookie. We won't let you crumble. Vent away.

 

[WheatThins]

Last edited by UtahMama : Today at 10:49 AM. Reason: I stand outside the door and breathe really huffy in the door crack. He just says "Whaaaat???"

And then you hide the remote.

And then you take the batteries out of the remote.

And then you fill the sink up with water and put the remote in and let is soak.

And then you find a way to pull off all the numbers on the remote.

And then you disconnect the cable from the outside.

And then you go outside and point the satelite dish to the west.

Reason numbers 133 - 138 that I am glad we are not married.

Wheat Thins

 

[celerystalker]

Who wants a job? My assistant just backed out.
It pays 30,000 to 35,000 per year. You must relocate to Nashville. Some travel will be involved (frequent flyer miles to use for WDW! Woo!).
Any takers?
I will gladly hire any open miker who seriously applies.

 

[UtahMama]

Last edited by UtahMama : Today at 10:49 AM. Reason: I stand outside the door and breathe really huffy in the door crack. He just says "Whaaaat???"

And then you hide the remote.

And then you take the batteries out of the remote.

And then you fill the sink up with water and put the remote in and let is soak.

And then you find a way to pull off all the numbers on the remote.

And then you disconnect the cable from the outside.

And then you go outside and point the satelite dish to the west.

Reason numbers 133 - 138 that I am glad we are not married.

Wheat Thins

I'm glad too. You forgot "put TV on QVC or Lifetime" before the sabotage.

And, reset parental controls to ANY thing rated PG or worse. And "lose" the password. Ooooo, that's a good one!

Do you honestly think I'd go up on the roof for any reason?

How are you, Wheat? Gonna miss me?

 

[TwinkieMama]

.

Dear Concerned Student:

Thank you for the time you took to send me a list of your concerns. I value comments from my students, both positve and negative. Comments like yours help me become more effective at communicating the class materials to my students. I look forward to communicating my thoughts to you after reviewing your next exam.

Very Truly Yours,


Twinkie Mama

I Knew I could count on you!!!! That is perfect!

 

[Grammyof2]

Who wants a job? My assistant just backed out.
It pays 30,000 to 35,000 per year. You must relocate to Nashville. Some travel will be involved (frequent flyer miles to use for WDW! Woo!).
Any takers?
I will gladly hire any open miker who seriously applies.

Pick Me!!!!!

I need to be in Tennesse. It is closer to the world. Just how long does it take to drive from there? Does it come with an apartment? Can I meet country singers? Do you have strange grocery store names like piggly wiggly? I would be all over that.

And just what am I assisting in? Plus I want a signing bonus

 

[celerystalker]

Morning all!

Pumba and Lil g - you both got pretty deep with those posts! Thanks for the words of wisdom for us all.

WT - quit foolin! We know you have a crush on Utah!

Ute - I'll miss you! Have fun. Take lots of pictures. I've never been and I can't visualize it.

Twink - this summer I sent the email heard round the world. I had an administrator send me a nasty email and I replied immediately with no cooling off time. Meanwhile my friend Phil was desperately calling around the country trying to find out where I was to stop me from sending it. I was in Albuquerque. He didn't try there before I hit send.
Oops.
The administrator is still kinda peeved at me.

MommyP - sorry about the fight. That sucks.

Nab -I'm sure hubby is going to love his cake - brown or white!

Kay - I don't say meep. I just say "HURRY UP!! I GOTTA GO!"
But now we have two bathrooms so it solves most of the problems.
Tammy would never hear me loud breathing like Utah.

Hey Utah - I keep worrying that a ute is offensive or something. It's not, is it? Is it ok if I call you that?
I'm such a dork.

Still looking for takers on the assistant!!!

 

[WheatThins]

I'm glad too. You forgot "put TV on QVC or Lifetime" before the sabotage.

And, reset parental controls to ANY thing rated PG or worse. And "lose" the password. Ooooo, that's a good one!

Do you honestly think I'd go up on the roof for any reason?

How are you, Wheat? Gonna miss me?

Oh for the love of missing your computer too much. You're not going anywhere. As if.

Wheat Thins