Rhyme Time

So today I had a student slow to start his work because he was looking for his pencil. After he finally found it he was excited to get to work, but first asked me an interesting question.

"What is a peninsula? I forgot what it is."

A little exasperated by the postponing of my lesson, as frequently happens because of this student, I responded by asking if he forgot because he believed I taught him or because he knew he had once learned it somewhere else.

He the said it was for two reasons, one because he had once learned it somewhere and forgot and two because he thought it was a cool word that rhymed with pencil.

Gotta Love These Laws

I know that the thought of posting crazy laws isn't very original, Christina did the same thing...click here to see them.

I got these from the book "Eat Your Words" by Charlotte Foltz Jones. Although some of these laws may no longer be on the books, they are somewhat amusing so I thought I would share some.

1. In Joliet, Illinois, it is against the law to put cake in a cookie jar.

2. In California, it is illegal to peel an orange in a hotel room.

3. In Greene, New York, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backward on the sidewalk while a concert is playing.

4. Pennsville, New Jersey, has a law prohibiting anyone from selling baskets of fresh cucumbers within the town limits.

5. In Gary, Indiana, it is against the law to ride a bus or attend a theatre within four hours after eating garlic.

6. It is illegal to take a bite out of someone else's hamburger in Oklahoma.

7. In Lexington, Kentucky, it is against the law to carry an ice cream cone in your pocket.

8. It's a crime in Idaho to give your sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.

To Do List

I need to go shopping so bad...today I decided to make Bran Muffins so I got out my mixer and then began to get out all the ingredients. Soon realized that the only thing I had from the recipe was sour milk.