Family Guy

I am a huge "Family Guy" fan, but when D and I watched this clip the other day we both looked at each other and said: "Really?".

I couldn't get through the whole Fox News clip, because the vortex of stupid that was created when these two were placed side by side was too much for my tiny brain to handle.

But point being, I came away thinking, "Wholly a Molley" (an Avi-ism) I cannot believe I just agreed with The Palin.

Then I came across This...

And I was reminded that it was this same woman who defended Rush Limbaugh calling someone "an effing retard" in the name of Satire.

It took a young woman with Down's Syndrome to remind me, even people with special needs have senses of humor.

Screw you Sarah.

and this was the rest of the clip:

On The Rocks

When. Danielle is mad at me, either truthfully, or not, she declares that our relationship is "on the rocks", Avi has picked this up.

Went to the strong museum of play today. Avi loved it.

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Ichiro

It is no secret that I have a tiny Man-Crush on Ichiro Suzuki.

Aside from being the source of the best quotes in baseball, he clearly has impecable taste in fashion.

Currently watching Project Runway with D, and I don't think even Tim Gunn could make this work.

Thank the gods Baseball season is right around the corner.

Poopin on the Potty

And we have officially moved into the next stage. Avi has pooped 4 times in the Potty and counting.

This is like the Super Bowl of child raising.

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Reading Simba to Simba

Avi reading "The Lion King" to Simba this morning. And yes, she has already used the Potty this morning.

This kid is too cool.

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Sarah Palin is an F-ing Retard

Sarah Palin Uses a Hand-O-Prompter

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Classic, classic, classic.

This woman literally makes my stomach turn.

The acrobatics that she is able to accomplish with logic are simply mind-blowing.

There is nothing for me to add, because nothing funny or witty that I say can possibly reach the level of hilarity that she is able to accomplish on accident.

Something Something Something Darkside

Watched Family Guy's Empire Strikes Back spoof last night with The D. Made the mistake of letting Avi watch the first 25 minutes or so, as she was winding down for bedtime and was being totally adorable.

She laughed through most of what she watched, mostly because Danielle and I were laughing so hard. But I think she was confused about this scene. I could tell she was confused when she kept asking me: "Daddy, where Cookie Monster's arm go?"

Needless to say, I will be a bit more discerning in the future with what she watches. She gets very upset when people get hurt in movies or on TV. So imagine her outrage when Cookie Monster's arm was chopped off.

I think the genius of the Family Guy Star Wars spoofs is that they do such an incredible job with the visuals. The shots are perfect. Someone clearly took a lot of time making sure they did a good job with it visually.

Although, you could make the argument that the Robot Chicken version is better:

Space Man

I bought DMB Europe (2009) this week, and have not stopped listening to it yet.

It's funny how a song I wasn't crazy about at first can grow on me.

One Week Down

So I am sitting at my (Mr. Savino's) desk having just finished my first week.

I have taught every class, beginning first thing Monday morning. I didn't really have a chance to be nervous, as I have taken over right from the beginning.

I have slowly been taking over additional responsibilities such as recording attendance, handling behavior issues and calling parents. So far, I guess so good.

We have, in one week gone from the basics of Geography up to the French and Indian War ("Mr. Gilmore, why do they call it the French and Indian War if the French were not fighting the Indians", Me-"good friggen question")

I think we have done a good job hitting on the key historical points. I have also been sure to include those historical tidbits that I think are interesting, such as the Southern accent deriving from a Scotch-Irish dialect.

I am in no way a Master Teacher (like Yoda) at this point. But I think I do have a talent for this stuff.

And I included the picture from "The Patriod", because as much as I love showing film clips in class (Amistad, Last of the Mohicans, and School House Rocks already this week) I refuse to show anything as blatantly historically inaccurate as that festering pile of crap.

Student Teaching-Day 1

First day of student teaching. All in all it went well. There are things I would do differently, things I wouldn't do at all, and things I would do the same. It was not ground-breaking, Earth shattering teaching in anyway. But no one died, and I am heading back tomorrow, so I think those are all positives.

We did introductions and Geography basics. Not the most interesting topic, but I think the kids got something out of it. I am teaching two blocks, one with 10-12 10th graders who I know, and one with 30 9th graders where I know about half of them.

1st block is going to be nice in preperation for 2nd.

At the end of class I showed a quick clip from "Last of the Mohicans" because we are going to be starting pre-colonial American stuff later this week. This is one of my favorite scenes ever:



Which got me thinking about this:



Which has to go down as one of the best Nike commercials of all time.

I love that they borrowed the music from this, the first time I saw this commercial I went nuts.