Meet the new boss...

...not the same as the old boss, I hope. After 10 years, I will be leaving District 104. For those of you in the audience thinking: "Finally!", yes, I agree.

Henry Aldon

Taking his sweet time (ah, already like my brother) my nephew Henry entered the world yesterday (8 lbs 11 oz!). Pics when I have them.

JVC KD-G200 Car Stereo Innards

"Born to multiply, born to gaze into night skies, All you want's one more Saturday."

Looking like some sort of evil bread slice robot, my car stereo had a fatal case of indigestion while playing the latest Shins CD.

Obviously I had to take it apart completely to retrieve the disc.

Great Expectations

Spotted on a minivan this weekend: "We are ashamed of our LTHS 'B' student"

Some background: LTHS is a local high school, it is huge, and it has a diverse but generally upper middle class population.

I have seen plenty of bumper stickers bragging about a student being on the honor roll. And then of course there is the variation: "My kid beat up your honor roll student". But this is the first time I have seen one quite like this. (What makes it even more amusing in a sad way is that where I work, most parents would be more than content with their child being a 'B' student.)

Nothing like a little pressure to be amongst the best in a school with 3700 students.

I don't know what to say

Found on Craigslist. I would imagine there is a female version for the marshmallows?

Overheard

Overheard in the bathroom at a bar this weekend; a guy on his cellphone:
"You what? You got hit by car? Well what are you calling me for, call the police!"

cereal scented

So I have this razor...it goes in its' base every week to be cleaned, and the next time I use it, every time, I think: I cannot believe how much the cleaning solution for this razor smells like Trix cereal.
Because, you know, when I think "clean, fresh scent" I think "sugary cereal."

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