Laws of Pessimism

In class today I made a reference to Murphy's Law. To my shock and amazement, kids apparently do not know anything about such laws. Maybe all of this push to "look on the bright side of things" has gotten way out of control (so out of control that we fail to teach basic laws).

So, I'd like to share the Murphy's Law website: http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-laws.html

Indulge your pessimism. Then, push it aside as the hogwash it is and enjoy that half full glass.

MG

How's that for consistancy?

I was browsing around looking at friends' facebook accounts and saw that most people are doing the blog thing and I thought to myself I should blog, so I googled "creating blogs" and ended up at blogspot. The weird thing was that someone using my name and my e-mail address had already created a blog. What? I took a chance and clicked "forgot my password" (because there wasn't a link that said "forgot ever creating a blog" or "can't remember what I did yesterday") and here I am -- two years later -- updated my blog.

Students who have been in more than one of my classes probably don't have a hard time at all imagining that I'd be the kind of person who would create a blog and then forget ever doing it, but other people in my life might find that a bit odd.

I will make a pledge to this precious little box: I will not forget that you exist this time.

MG

On the wagon with just three wheels

I did two stupid things yesterday. First, even though I was feeling fat, I tried on my little black dress. It was too tight. If the dress is too tight the last thing that I should do is what? Yep, I did. I decided to weigh myself. Am I a glutton for punishment? WT...heck? So I decided today to be on a diet (again) and tortured myself with a brisk three mile walk after school. Now I know I will have difficulty walking up the stairs tomorrow (much less standing up to teach at all). This weekend I'm going with my group of girlfriends to St. Louis to celebrate Sonya's 50th birthday. We are going to have a blast. Botanical gardens, lunch on the Hill, PJ party, doing pedicures, swimming, hot tubbing and topping it up by getting all dressed up (feather boas and all) to go to a piano bar. It'll be hard to come back to reality on Sunday afternoon. But we will and I'll be okay with that, since reality is pretty good anyway. So, that is why I need the little black dress this weekend. MG