Hodgeness of the Podgey Kind

Or something like that! Regardless, it's a fun thing to do and y'all really should join in if you don't already!

1. Noah Webster was born this week back in 1758....besides the online version, do you own a dictionary?  Do you ever use the hardback copy or is your hunt for a definition strictly online these days? IF the computer is on and I'm on it, I look up words on dictionary.com. IF the computer is not on I either look it up in my hardback copy (or my paperback copy) OR, if I'm really feeling lazy, I just change my word choice. There are probably about 7 or 8 dictionaries sitting around our house.

2.  Should public schools ban Halloween celebrations?  What about other holiday celebrations currently under fire?  Nah. We have a good time and the kids enjoy themselves. The teachers plan around holiday themes- and they include most if not all holidays-so we see all kinds of art work and writing all over the school. The parties are limited to the late afternoon on the day of the holiday or the last day before school closes for the holiday. Some of the grade levels have turned the celebrations into centers and the students travel from room to room to participate in the games, which are all educational. So far, this is working out well in our area.

3.  What's your favorite 'dog' movie? I think I like MY DOG SKIP best. Seriously, I try never to watch dog movies. I cry and cry and cry at every stinkin' one of them. And by cry, I mean SOB. I tried to put a clip here for those of you who haven't seen this movie. But I couldn't. I watched less than 30 seconds of it and started crying. 

4.  When were you last somewhere you'd describe as 'too quiet'? Monday, during the orientation I had to attend, it got really quiet a couple of times when the AC wasn't running. You know, that kind of quiet when you can hear things you don't want to hear like someone's stomach growling. Yeah. It was getting close to lunch time. I was hungry. 

5.  Are you a neat cook or a messy cook?  In other words do you clean as you go or make a big mess and then deal with it later? I used to be a messy cook but that got old real quick. Now, I get everything out and put it away as I use it. Than, all that's left is the washing. I like that better. Of course, I still make a mess. It's just more of an organized mess. If that makes any sense at all.

6.  Did you hear about Felix Baumgartner, the skydiver who broke the sound barrier via parachute?  Was your first thought  COOL! or was your first thought CRAZY!  Are you adventurous? My first, second, third, present thought was/is- What an idiot. I'm not adventurous. At all.

7.  What's not a word but should be? I can't think of a single one of those words I use at school when I can't use the word I want to use, if you get my meaning. I can think of a slew of words that shouldn't be words. Until Joyce asks that question in which case I won't be able to think of those either.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.I still have laryngitis. I've had it for 7 days now. This is long enough to learn how to spell laryngitis correctly without looking it up. For 3 days, I couldn't talk at all. It's funny how all my students whisper now and so do a lot of the adults I communicate with. I've done the gargling and the steam breathing and the hot tea with lemon and honey and the waterwaterwater. I just don't have time to rest my voice. Now I'm getting a little freaked out that I might do some real damage. If you have the magic cure- PUL-EASE share!

It's HUMP DAY! Let the Friday countdown begin!