Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Funny Subbing Stories - it has been a while

I used to post a bunch of these, but with Twitter it is sort of tough to get to the blog when I can just tweet out little things. Here is one that is worth more than a tweet.

However, not that very long ago I was in a middle school.  During attendance I said a name and got one long and very loud fart as a response.

Part of me was amused.

One of the kids called out the kid we will call C.  "Did you drink milk again?" The student asked the other.  Giggling.  "Dude, don't do that, you know you are not supposed to."  More giggling.

At this point, it was hard to not laugh, even though I was at least in part annoyed.  The student in question was really lactose intolerant and would fart like a maniac all morning if he had dairy.  So, when he saw there was a sub, he intentionally went to the lunch room and got a milk, even though the lunch ladies were supposed to not let him, so he could load up on the gas and just rip farts all morning.  Apparently, until about third period there would be this loud rip every several minutes followed by some giggling.

I almost admired his dedication.

Monday, January 01, 2018

Reading List 2017

The 2017 reading list 

100 Things Star Wars Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Dan Casey
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
Leading by Sir Alex Ferguson
The Calvin and Hobbes Guide to Daily Life by Robin Banks
The Hole Behind Midnight: A Story of the 25th Hour by Clinton J. Boomer
City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portland Tales by Gigi Little (Editor)
100 Good Deeds by Jonathan Calleri
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy by NPS/USDI
Did You Ever Have A Family by Bill Clegg
Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages
A Small Magic by Devon Monk
Royden Poole's Field Guide to the 25th Hour by Clinton J. Boomer
Aether Revolt Player's Guide
Burning Girls by Veronica Schanoes
Ballroom Blitz by Veronica Schanoes
Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Henry Edwards
Stoya X Team Rockstar
Tron
by Brian Daley
Building A Monarchy: Sketchbook by Brian Steelfreeze
Dungeons After Dark: A Coloring Book For Adults by Cori Redford
Imagine Agents by Brian Joines & Bachan
Other Systems by Elizabeth Guizzetti
How to Fight a Bear ... And Win: & 72 Other Real Survival Tips We Hope You'll never Need by The Bathroom Readers Institute
Grrl Scouts Volume 1 by Jim Mahfood
Grrl Scouts Volume 2: Work Sucks by Jim Mahfood
How I Became Stupid by Martin Page
Dead Trees Give No Shelter by Wil Wheaton
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Among The Thorns by Veronica Schanoes
Harrow County Volume 1: Countless Haints by Cullen Bunn & Tyler Crook
Amonkhet Player's Guide
1990: Seattle's Music Scene Distorts As 80's Glam Goes 90's Grunge by Michael Edward Browning
Gods and Ends by Devon Monk
A Dead Djinn In Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
Locke & Key, Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hil & Gabriel Rodriguez
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Comey Statement
Alys by Kiri Callaghan
The Collapsing Empire by Jon Scalzi
Return To Ravnica: The Secretist, Part One by Doug Beyer
Gatecrash: The Secretist, Part Two by Doug Beyer
Dragon's Maze: The Secretist, Part Three by Doug Beyer
Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
The Night Bird by Brian Freeman
Deep Think: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins by Garry Kasparov
The Man In The High Castle by Phillip K. Dick
Dreams in Shadow: 17 Tales by various
Hour of Devastation Player's Guide
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Armada by Ernest Cline
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Alice Cooper, Golf Monster by Alice Cooper (with Keith and Kent Zimmerman)
Pope Letter
Girl Genius Vol 2 Num 1 by Phil & Kaja Foglio
City of Death by Douglas Adams and James Goss
Rock Candy: An Ordinary Magic Story by Devon Monk
Girl Genius Vol 2 Num 2 by Phil & Kaja Foglio
The Magician King by Lev Grossman
Planet Hulk
Silk V1
Diesel v1
Ixalan Player's Guide
It Devours1 by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
The Runaways v1
Arrival by Ted Chiang
Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
Time Travel Dinosaur by Matt Youngmark
What Does This Button Do? by Bruce Dickinson
Bonfire by Krystin Ritter
Artemis by Andy Weir
Endurance by Scott Kelly
The Jedi Pat
Paper Stars by Devon Monk
Lore by Aaron Mahnke
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age V1 by Charles Mouton
The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman
Reykjavik Pocket Rough Guide
Fischer vs. Spassky: The Chess Match of the Century by Svetozar Gligoric