Class, I have to say I am quite pleased with your recent assignment.  You all get a gold star and 100% and a smiley face sticker.  You will also be given money for the school store where you can buy Cheetos because we all know that the best way to reward academic success isn't praise, it's junk food. 

Rob_of_the_Sky, I thought I told you to go to the principal's office.  Get that finger out of your nose and get to the office.

Here's your next assignment:

Make sure you clearly state the books and how they impacted you.  You may say something like "Fight Club" impacted me because it taught me to think that not everything is as it seems.  Good luck and get to work.

My books:
1.  "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk   I saw the movie first and then read the book.  It was an awesome adaptation; I think the best book to movie adaptation ever.  After I read "Fight Club" I became addicted to Palahniuk.  I have read all his material.  "Fight Club" isn't my favorite book but it did introduce me to one of the best current American authors.

2.  "Kick Me" by Paul Feig   This guy was one of the creators of Freaks and Geeks and a few of the storylines from that TV show came straight from Feig's life.  I remember reading this book when I was teaching and thought, "God, this kid was bullied" but the funny thing is, he never really complained.  He made something of himself.  I love Feig's other book "Superstud".

3.  "Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream" by H.G. Bissinger   I love football and this book pretty much captures my love for football.  There was a movie based upon this book and of course the greatest TV show of all time is based upon this book.  I loved reading this book when I was coaching football although I never had any of the problems that occur in this book.

4.  "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury   I remember reading this book in high school and the teacher who assigned it tiptoed around the political aspect so it felt weird but I cam to that conclusion on my own.  It really moved me and

5.  The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder   The first time I was introduced to these books was when I was in 1st grade and out teacher read them aloud to the class.  The books aren't what you'd call literary classics but the ease in reading makes them memorable.  Even though Wilder isn't the greatest writer in the world, her descriptive writing is what brought me back to these books.  She was writing for her blind sister to make her remember those past vibrant colors.

The heat...the heat...the heat...it is sapping my energy.  I barely have enough strength to keep one eye open and type with one finger.  At 10PM, with the heat index it felt like it was 100F even though the thermometer said 85F.  I woke up and it was hot.  I went to church and it was cool actually.  They keep the air conditioning on in there and they keep it low because I think a lot of the people are old so we are trying to prolong their lives.  I don't know what that is supposed to mean other than my brain is sweating and not functioning.  I was the last one to leave church today because we had a meeting and I made sure everything was locked up.  As I was shutting the main doors I saw a Harley round the corner by the church.  The female passenger on the back saw fit to show me her breasts.  I appreciated her effort but it was too hot to do anything about it.  I went home and sat in front of a fan and tried to stay cool but it was difficult.  It was so hot in my house that my asthma started acting up and I couldn't inhale.  I then get a call saying I had to go pump gas for my mom because even though she has lived all these years on earth she doesn't know how to pump gas but then this is the woman who said she didn't know how to use a garden hose.  Ugh...I go out in the heat and am sweating like someone turned on a water faucet on my skin.  I pump the gas and then realize I have to go pick raspberries.  The only good part of picking raspberries was that I got about 6 cups worth but the bad part was the heat got to me and I think I fainted.  All I know was that I fell and was woken up with a friend dumped a few buckets of cold water on me.  I came home and sat in front of fans all night.  I'm thinking of checking into a motel for the next week. 


Even though they lost to Japan, they won my heart's world cup.  Once this heat wave breaks...better invest in hand lotion stocks.

I love watching women's soccer with all the dirty innuendo that creeps in...she loves headers....wait that isn't dirty.  My brain is sweating.

Maybe I'll start following volleyball.

I am looking forward to football mostly for the cold weather and the Badgers domination of the Big Ten or whatever the hell it's called these days.

Yeah, this is the real reason why I watch Packers football.

I wonder what the fine is for not collaborating and listening.


You know there will be a storyline in an upcoming season of Dexter regarding her case.

Fucking idiots.
How's that for predictable?