http://cuteoverload.com/2009/12/03/if-john-hughes-had-cast-the-frog-and-lab/

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You’re ashamed to be seen with me. You’re ashamed to go out with me. You’re ashamed your rich friends won’t approve of me! Well, at least I’m not a sell-out who allows ridiculous people to wear my image on their ties and belts while attending clambakes in Nantucket!  You’re all, “Hi, I’m the Labassador of Americana!” And then you forget what you said because you’re too busy chasing a Kennebunkport squirrel wearing loafers! But you’re right, I should be embarrassed about my camouflage.

Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to wait here for Duckie to pick me up.

He didn’t become part of “the breakfast club” did he, Brian B.?

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Blorp, Disapproval, Pups

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/12/chilly-and-statuesque.html

http://cuteoverload.com/2009/12/03/not-the-type-of-head-shot-she-had-in-mind/

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After a dozen rolls of film, Amaryllis really thought that this one would be a keeper. That coy smile and twinkle in her eye were about to work pig wonders, and she knew it. Unfortunately, it was that apparent giant bullseye on her freshly coiffed ‘do that did her in.

Poor Amaryllis. Who knew that Big Bird could fly?

I wonder if Snuffy was riding sidecar, Riana P.

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Gee-ross!, Unusual animals

http://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2009/12/02/bits-post-getting-beyond-words-in-visual-analysis/

http://www.tengrrl.com/blog/?p=1234

Take a poster into the classroom, and what will students see when you ask them to analyze the message? Most of the time they zoom in on whatever words are included. They may later come back to other aspects of the poster, but the words color what they see. Here’s an easy technique to emphasize the other aspects of these visual messages.

http://www.jonathancarroll.com/blog1/2009/12/carrollblog_123_7.html

What the Dark-Eyed Angel Knows

by Eleanor Lerman

A man is begging on his knees in the subway. Six-thirty
in the morning and already we are being presented with
moral choices as we rocket along the old rails, through the
old tunnels between Queens and Manhattan. Soon angels
will come crashing through the ceiling, wailing in the voices
of the castrati: Won't you give this pauper bread or money?
And a monster hurricane is coming: we all heard about it
on the radio at dawn. By nightfall, drowned hogs will be
floating like poisoned soap bubbles on the tributaries
of every Southern river. Children will be orphaned and
the infrastructure of whole cities will be overturned. No one
on the East Coast will be able to make a phone call and we
will be boiling our water for days. And of course there are
the serial killers. And the Crips and the Bloods. And the
arguments about bilingual education. And the fact that all
the clothing made by slave labor overseas is not only the
product of an evil system but maybe worse, never even fits

so why is it that all I can think of (and will think of through
the torrential rains to come and the howling night) is
you, sighing so deeply in the darkness, you and the smell
of you and the windswept curve of your cheek? If this
train ever stops, I will ask that dark-eyed angel, the one
who hasn't spoken yet. He looks like he might know

http://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2009/12/01/inbox-blog-how-to-move-closer-to-school-2-0/

http://www.tengrrl.com/blog/?p=1232

William Kist’s article “From Web 2.0 to School 2.0: Tales from the Field” includes vignettes of students using digital technologies to connect to one another and to the texts that they explore. How can you get to School 2.0? I outline three steps to using social networking in the classroom in this week’s NCTE Inbox Blog.

http://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2009/12/02/newsfromtengrrl-for-2009-12-02/

• Send a Free Holiday Postcard Courtesy of Gmail – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/64WwY5 #
• What Lincoln Would Have Tweeted: History Re-enactments via Twitter – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5Ugze3 #
• U. of California at Irvine Builds 'Cyber-Interaction Observatory' – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8n3EgV #
• Why The Economics Of Social Gaming Are So Attractive To Investors | paidContent http://bit.ly/8O67ZO #
• Loneliness can spread through social networks, study suggests — chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/63hHU7 #
• Contest: Letters About Literature – Reflect and Connect – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/4Rfexa DEADLINE: Dec 12 #
• Media Mania: Book Tie-ins to High-Interest Movies, TV Shows, and More – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/6X0tR2 #
• Dude, The Journey Was Epic! – 12/2/2009 – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/6XcaFn –Books for students studying The Odyssey. #
• Be Prepared – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6kcpPe –outlines questions asked during a job search #
• Suit: College Lowered Standards For Revenue – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4Mij1s #
• Adjunct Breakthrough (II) – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8bof2w –on the New School union contract for part-timers #
• The Great Community College Experiment – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/52G3Fv #
• Cuppa Coffee | Council of Writing Program Administrators http://bit.ly/4A5CWE –a new CWPA initiative provides cash to build community #
• New York Times Launches Times Skimmer: A New Way to Read the Paper Online | ReadWriteWeb – http://bit.ly/57hUj9 #
• Where Google Goes From Here, Part 1 – Room for Debate Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/60o04u #
• Pulitzer Prize winning author Frank McCourt honored by Congress | SILive.com http://bit.ly/6FK6Mk #
• ‘Writing for a purpose’ – CU students help nonprofits through class | The Longmont Times-Call http://bit.ly/7DHA3p #
• Why You Should Read Comics Aloud to Your Kids | GeekDad | Wired.com http://bit.ly/4vS2OY #
• USC to Offer ‘How to Teach English Overseas’ Program | Madison County Courier – http://bit.ly/7qYlIb #
• What the Best Writing Teachers Do, How Students Can Learn From Them | Poynter Online – http://bit.ly/5I2HLe #
• Too Much Experience? – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/88LXLP –on job search challenges for community college teachers #
• George Washington U. Experiments with Robotic Book Digitization – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4IK927 #
• Quiz: Advent in literature | Books | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/8hp4u8 #
• Readable Classics Rewrites Great Literature — Publishes Jane Eyre | PRWeb http://bit.ly/59rw7D #
• GrammaText: New Computer Game Makes Solving Writing Problems Fun http://bit.ly/5HjHso #
• Facebook announces major changes to privacy structure http://bit.ly/5fUgKD (via @BreakingNews ) #
• Darpa Puts On Contest to Find 10 Red Balloons Across U.S. – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6xn2nZ –Looking for Insights to Online Behavior #

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I’m not fooling around here, New Guy. I’m going to tell you one time, and one time only: Take a hike. Now, before you go…where did you get that pink Frisbee, because Heavens to Betsy, it looks as comfy as the dickens!

Split personality, Courtney B.

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Bunnies, Kittens