Snow, slush, same difference.

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:28:31 GMT

You guys up north, stay warm. The snowfall here turned out to be a slushfall.

I'm handing out warm lap cats for those without power.

Any near an Occupy Wall Street group, don't forget to bring them warm, waterproof camping gear and blankets. And hope for an easy winter.

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Snow. In October. blank look Snow.

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:35:23 GMT

It's supposed tomorrow. Not flurries, like might see in Michigan around, say, November 15th. But total, all-out, full-blown, three to five inches of snow.

In October.

And I work tomorrow. With all the kids' college applications essays due November 1. Or maybe not, if the snow's bad enough.

Have a vignette from work:

I was in a session with a 12th grader who whinged, "Can't I read something easier?" when I assigned him Frankenstein.

"Sure!" I said.

I got up, marched across the room and fetched him Dr. Seuss.

"Yeah!" he said, and started reading it aloud. "Left foot, right foot...."

Foiled!

"Noooo!" I said. "I was kidddddinnnnng!" But he held onto the book and kept reading. Laughing, I managed to pull the book out of his hands.

And he still has to read Frankenstein. (Okay, I might relent and let him read The Three Musketeers instead.)

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icarusancalion

Snow, slush, same difference.

Snow. In October. *blank look* Snow.

Snow. In October. blank look Snow.