And then there were 5

Oh man was I looking forward to Thanksgiving break. The preceding Sunday, I was dragged from bed (drug from?) while I was in a weird spot in my sleep cycle and I never recovered. I was a total zombie until I could nap on pre-Thanksgiving Eve. If I kept moving, I was fine. The moment I was stationary, I collapsed.

So thank the cranberries the break showed up when it did. A nap, a guilt-free sleep-in the next morning and I was good to go.

The problem now is there is no go happening. We have had three consecutive snow days. Day One was a pleasant treat. Day the Second was also OK. I managed to finally get through all the papers that needed to be graded. After one day off, I may have had an out but after two days of no classes, the students would have been throwing pencils at me (except that one guy who seems to avoid pencils like he's afraid of 'em).

So this morning, I sprang from bed—no problem with the sleep cycle now—showered, had a little breakie, pet the cats ... and heard The T call from the other room. The message that was not posted at 6:01 A.M. was now there at 6:30 A.M.: All classes at the main campus cancelled.

And so I blog. The other events planned for today are flossing, making a wallet from some cool foil tape, cleaning the fridge, comic book organizing, laundry, wandering around the house bemoaning the drafts in this ol' house, snacking, etc. You get the idea. Maybe I will also do some work activities related to my classes. I do have a lovely stack of books and journals I've been meaning to plow through. Since I am not in the mood to shovel, perhaps I will plow the pages.

For those of you who have some time to kill, read on. I will now amaze and astound with some tidbytes from the web.


My name in hieroglyphics. The second and third characters look like they could be on a waterbed warning label. If you do "squiggly" the bed will stay intact. When the Eye of Mordor opens, the bed drains and your feet stick up. Maybe that third character is actually the ancient symbol for "napping". Get your own here. It's mainly in French but you can figure it out.



Design + Child's game = Commercialism. These shelves are cool looking but I wonder how you claim any sort of copyright on such a thing.



If the Web were a city, it would look like this. Link.



That reminds me of the map of Springfield, USA, home of the SImpsons. Be sure to check out the interactive version.



Here's what you get with a little stick-to-it-ive-ness. About 20 years worth of photo attempts finally resulted in this shot of London. How much film is that?



Got a tune in your head that you can't get out? Want one? Click on the people to get a little piece of harmony going. you can record your masterpiece. It's very buy the world a coke-ish.



The highest scoring Scrabble game ever. Check out this board. Don't you love the irony of using "bleep" as a word? The most I ever got on one word was 96 points for trembles, starting in the top-left corner. I remember it like it was yesterday and it was almost 20 years ago.
Any idea what a "vrow" is? It's in this game not once but twice (!!) and I can't find it in a dictionary.



Call the ASPCA right now!!! This doggie-bag is wrong on so many levels. Resist the urge to click and see more ... er ... styles. Don't click on the link. Just send me your $75 and we'll call it even. The pictures below are of the red faux fur model and the faux brain model.



That's enough for now. After that last one, I need to go wash.