Read this in ‘s LJ…blew my mind.

Research says that when kids raise their hands in class, it hurts the feelings of the kids who don’t know the answers, and causes a dirstraction. They are suggesting that students raise their thumbs in a “thumbs up” position directly in front of their body. This …

Had a fun time at our softball game picnic action. Incredibly light turnout – 20 people replied “yes” on the Evite, and out of that, about 6 showed up. Lucky that the kickball players stuck around after or it would have been a pretty sad game indeed.

I ended up not getting injured, which was good, …

Just got home from the Hold ‘Em tournament.

Special thanks to and (who, as promised, wore something fantastically low-cut) for being rockstar dealers.

It was the first tournament I’ve held where I placed in the money. I came in 4th out of 19 players. It was a fun and asshole-free night of cards. And …