Attention Nation!

One of the things I love about my relationship with James is that we have very similar tastes when it comes to comedy (though we disagree on the cinematic importance of Dumb&Dumber). One of the shows we enjoy watching together is the Colbert Report and thus we were thrilled to find the new Ben&Jerry's flavor, Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream, in our local grocery. It's an amazing concoction of chocolate chunks, caramel, and waffle cone...a true feat of American ingenuity. I couldn't decide if I was more thrilled with the flavor or the description on the carton which described the treat as "Sweeter than the Bill of Rights, colder than Valley Forge, and with twice as much caramel as the Louisiana Purchase. " Either way, it was just the thing I needed after a long day of grading papers this past weekend.

Three weeks left

Ok, so I've decided that it may not be the most professional thing to do...but I've officially started a mental count down of how many more times I have to teach this current group of students until I get rid of them at the end of the term. I'm planning to celebrate with a dance of some sort. So I'm trying to decide: 1) moonwalk, 2) disco fever, 3) Elaine's move (Seinfield), or 4) the Chicken Dance (an "oldie but a goodie")?

While this semester haven't been the greatest, recently its been a little better at school. Well, as "better" as I can expect for this group as they still fail to turn in their work, take notes, listen, and participate, but at least I haven't had to write students up for disruptions this week. Yay for small victories! I'd like to think its because we're talking about the 1920s-1930s economy and the changing of the "guard" (i.e. president) and how it parallels well with our current age. Or perhaps not; if that were the case they'd be a considerably more decent group to teach on a regular basis.

Thus I'm leaning towards disco fever...