A list to give you ideas of the various things that have to do with 40. Costumes could be fashioned around this list or your own ideas, of course.
• The 40’s
o The 1940’s
o The 1840’s
o The 2040’s
o 40AD
• Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
• Ruby (40th anniversary)
• 40 weeks
• UB40 (band and form)
• Crush 40
• Apollo Four Forty
• 40 Year Old Virgin
• 40 First Dates
• 40 days and 40 nights (the movie or any of the religious significances using that period of time)
• Top 40
• 40 Karats
• WD 40
• The Class 40 Preservation Society
• 40 Ounce
• 1040 tax form (more significant to those of us from the US)
• ‘Forty Licks’ (Stones Album)
• 40 Hour Work Week
• 40 Winks
Saturday, 5 April 2008
Friday, 4 April 2008
Evil Witch!!
I have not spent the entirety of my 2 week Spring Recess partying and lying in until 10 or 11 each day, only most of it. I have actually been working a bit as well. As I mentioned in a previous post, I cleaned out my back office and I have also been marking my students' projects. They were assigned to write either a myth, fairytale or legend. While I am entertained by some of these stories, it is a time consuming task, taking me about 10-15 minutes per paper. When you have 90+ students, that's a good deal of time.
Today while I was reading the millionth fairytale, I couldn't help but laugh at this student's description of the story's nemesis:
"Matilda was the meanest witch of all; she would just do anything to bring down your day."
Now that's an evil witch! I believe that this Matilda is responsible for bad weather, the trains or buses running late or being cancelled, losing one's keys, bitchy bosses, coffee-maker mishaps, traffic jams, road rage and just rude behaviour of people in general-anything that just brings down your day.
The next time I have a bad day I'm blaming Matilda. Those gooey brownies-that was Matilda.
Today while I was reading the millionth fairytale, I couldn't help but laugh at this student's description of the story's nemesis:
"Matilda was the meanest witch of all; she would just do anything to bring down your day."
Now that's an evil witch! I believe that this Matilda is responsible for bad weather, the trains or buses running late or being cancelled, losing one's keys, bitchy bosses, coffee-maker mishaps, traffic jams, road rage and just rude behaviour of people in general-anything that just brings down your day.
The next time I have a bad day I'm blaming Matilda. Those gooey brownies-that was Matilda.
Thursday, 3 April 2008
Grrrrr.....
I'm frustrated.
I have this recipe for brownies. I'm quite renowned for them, so I thought I would try something new. Being a fan of cream cheese brownies I thought that if I just looked at a recipe or two and did some experimenting, I'd have a delectably delicious dessert. (I love alliteration) I found a recipe that looked like it would work in theory with a few alterations, so I gave it a go.
I made my first batch of cream cheese brownies for the chilli cook-off at Mark's house. The middle ones were really gooey, but everyone still said they loved them as they licked the goo off their fingers. I would accuse them of just being polite, but every last brownie was eaten and Gillian said she thought it was my best batch yet. Recently I tried again and got the same result. The middle ones were really gooey-too gooey in my opinion, but again people said they were quite good. And, once the squish ones were frozen they were really quite nummy. I would like to make a batch, however, that comes out of the oven and is perfect after cooling. The goo may taste good, but I want a cream cheese brownie you can hold in your hand at a picnic.
This morning the Reads texted to say they were having a bbq. I asked Kim if I could bring anything and she suggested dessert. Thus, I went for a third try.
I changed the recipe a bit more and left my brownies in the oven about 7 more minutes longer than usual. While that seemed to help, they were still gooey in the middle. I took the gooey ones and put them in the freezer. The rest are going to the Reads' bbq.
I'm obsessed. I will figure this out.
I have this recipe for brownies. I'm quite renowned for them, so I thought I would try something new. Being a fan of cream cheese brownies I thought that if I just looked at a recipe or two and did some experimenting, I'd have a delectably delicious dessert. (I love alliteration) I found a recipe that looked like it would work in theory with a few alterations, so I gave it a go.
I made my first batch of cream cheese brownies for the chilli cook-off at Mark's house. The middle ones were really gooey, but everyone still said they loved them as they licked the goo off their fingers. I would accuse them of just being polite, but every last brownie was eaten and Gillian said she thought it was my best batch yet. Recently I tried again and got the same result. The middle ones were really gooey-too gooey in my opinion, but again people said they were quite good. And, once the squish ones were frozen they were really quite nummy. I would like to make a batch, however, that comes out of the oven and is perfect after cooling. The goo may taste good, but I want a cream cheese brownie you can hold in your hand at a picnic.
This morning the Reads texted to say they were having a bbq. I asked Kim if I could bring anything and she suggested dessert. Thus, I went for a third try.
I changed the recipe a bit more and left my brownies in the oven about 7 more minutes longer than usual. While that seemed to help, they were still gooey in the middle. I took the gooey ones and put them in the freezer. The rest are going to the Reads' bbq.
I'm obsessed. I will figure this out.
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
I'm Pregnant!
April Fools!
Not very original I know.
I did think about posting, "I'm Moving Back To Seattle", but that would just be mean since I'm not. (I'd like to think people want me to come back.)
I also thought people would believe "I'm Getting Married" as much as "I've Won The Lottery"-meaning that those who know me would instantly know it wasn't true. They both are about as probable. So, I chose "I'm Pregnant" instead.
On that note, I'd rather win the lottery than get married. Then I could always buy a husband with the winnings, and make him sign a prenuptial agreement of course. I'd also keep him out of my will, so he wouldn't try to kill me. (I've been watching too many 'Poirot' and 'Midsomer Murders' lately)
Happy April Fool's Day!
Not very original I know.
I did think about posting, "I'm Moving Back To Seattle", but that would just be mean since I'm not. (I'd like to think people want me to come back.)
I also thought people would believe "I'm Getting Married" as much as "I've Won The Lottery"-meaning that those who know me would instantly know it wasn't true. They both are about as probable. So, I chose "I'm Pregnant" instead.
On that note, I'd rather win the lottery than get married. Then I could always buy a husband with the winnings, and make him sign a prenuptial agreement of course. I'd also keep him out of my will, so he wouldn't try to kill me. (I've been watching too many 'Poirot' and 'Midsomer Murders' lately)
Happy April Fool's Day!
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