Drivers in the hands of an angry God
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captainsblogYup, definitely: my washing the car did us in. Our brief respite from winter ended yesterday morning with a coating of snow and a wicked wind. Today, lots more of the former and still plenty of the latter. At one point, driving to the office, I passed the south end of an out-of-state Saab pointing south; its north end was firmly implanted in not one but two other cars he managed to take out while passing ECC North in a snow-driven windstorm. Care to guess which state HE was from?
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Answer? Fuggedabutit.
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No accidents, but still plenty of greminlry here. The garage door is now sticking in both the upward and downward directions. The office copier broke just in time for a major copying job to get deferred until tomorrow, when hopefully it will be fixed. And just now? Before we could put the leftover turkey kielbasa into the fridge after Eleanor cooked it on the stovetop and we then left it there to cool? Dog or dogs unknown proceeded to jump up to the stove, shove the lid off the pan, and claim the remaining meat products- and THEN bang on the water dish as if to say, hey, now I'm thirsty!
Much of my day in Rochester tomorrow has been postponed (at least I think it has), but the rest of my travels from there have not been. Yet. Give them an hour or so tomorrow morning and we'll see what can be arranged.
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Emily went into school today, despite having no midterms or Regents exams, mainly to frame one of her pieces that's going to be at the Daemen art show in a couple of weeks. Her art teacher, who's been a mentor to her (at least in her own mind) "talked at" Em at length during the framing, mainly expressing displeasure with the kid now having a boyfriend. Her concern, apparently, is that she won't be as focused on her work.
Oh pish. I told Emily that any relationship, especially one at her age, is destined to lower the IQ of both participants by at least 20 points, no matter WHO the other party to it happens to be, but that, in time, good relationships result in the intelligence level stabilizing, or maybe even going back above where it was to begin with. This guy has the potential to be that for her, and I really don't think it's any of a disgruntled academic's business, thankuvermush.
There's a nice piece in the local town paper this week about the musical her BF is starring in (though it doesn't mention him by name). I'll see if I can find a linky to it.
And that's all he wrote.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Answer? Fuggedabutit.
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No accidents, but still plenty of greminlry here. The garage door is now sticking in both the upward and downward directions. The office copier broke just in time for a major copying job to get deferred until tomorrow, when hopefully it will be fixed. And just now? Before we could put the leftover turkey kielbasa into the fridge after Eleanor cooked it on the stovetop and we then left it there to cool? Dog or dogs unknown proceeded to jump up to the stove, shove the lid off the pan, and claim the remaining meat products- and THEN bang on the water dish as if to say, hey, now I'm thirsty!
Much of my day in Rochester tomorrow has been postponed (at least I think it has), but the rest of my travels from there have not been. Yet. Give them an hour or so tomorrow morning and we'll see what can be arranged.
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Emily went into school today, despite having no midterms or Regents exams, mainly to frame one of her pieces that's going to be at the Daemen art show in a couple of weeks. Her art teacher, who's been a mentor to her (at least in her own mind) "talked at" Em at length during the framing, mainly expressing displeasure with the kid now having a boyfriend. Her concern, apparently, is that she won't be as focused on her work.
Oh pish. I told Emily that any relationship, especially one at her age, is destined to lower the IQ of both participants by at least 20 points, no matter WHO the other party to it happens to be, but that, in time, good relationships result in the intelligence level stabilizing, or maybe even going back above where it was to begin with. This guy has the potential to be that for her, and I really don't think it's any of a disgruntled academic's business, thankuvermush.
There's a nice piece in the local town paper this week about the musical her BF is starring in (though it doesn't mention him by name). I'll see if I can find a linky to it.
And that's all he wrote.
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Date: 2010-01-28 01:56 am (UTC)I don't think I've ever heard a parent say anything that sensible to and about a kid before. Wow.
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Date: 2010-01-28 07:20 pm (UTC)Sorry about your assorted gremlins. They have attacked here too, but more in an emotional than physical way (see journal).
As for boyfriends and their potential effect on school work, the fact that Emily was AT school with no tests seems to debunk the teacher's theory. Besides, Emily has great parents watching out for her.