My third grade teacher wasn’t too bright, but she was a great story reader. She did all the dialects in a loud, raucous voice. We ate it up. One day she was reading a story — I have no idea what it was — and someone made reference to a “shotgun wedding“. Maybe it was in the story, but equally likely was that someone in the class just asked her because they’d heard the term.
She boldly looked right at us — and lied. (more…)
My third grade teacher was a lot of fun. But she wasn’t too smart. The best thing I learned in third grade was that I was smarter than my teacher. That’s also the worst thing I learned. (more…)
I bought something on eBay last month. Now that they’ve integrated PayPal, it’s even easier to pay for the item. So I did, by clicking the large, yellow “Pay now” button.
I got a confirmation email. Two weeks go by; no package.
So I went to send an email to the seller. I scanned the message for his email address. And I noticed something strange: the wrong zip code. (more…)