So the students were assigned to write a persuasive essay. One of the prompts was should there be casinos in Utah? This quote is from a student paper. He made the same mistake twice so I guess it's intentional: Do you know what casinos bring? Gambling prostitutes and drugs. Gambling is a big waste of time and money.
Oh the importance of one little comma:
Gambling prostitutes or gambling, prostitutes?
Grammar sticklers of the world unite!
November 20, 2007
November 16, 2007
Dental School Lament (in Shakespearean)
O Dental School, O dental school.
Wherefore art thou difficult?
Deny thy restrictions and refuse all else.
Or if thou wilt not, I'll hack into the computers and insert my name.
O, be no longer barred.
What's in admissions anyway?
That which we call "admitted" by any other name would still "admitted" be.
O, Dental School.
I give thee all my money and for all that,
Take my arm and leg, all myself!
-Romeo and Juliet on their way to Dental School
Wherefore art thou difficult?
Deny thy restrictions and refuse all else.
Or if thou wilt not, I'll hack into the computers and insert my name.
O, be no longer barred.
What's in admissions anyway?
That which we call "admitted" by any other name would still "admitted" be.
O, Dental School.
I give thee all my money and for all that,
Take my arm and leg, all myself!
-Romeo and Juliet on their way to Dental School
November 15, 2007
My New Favorite Trailer and a Trip Down Cartoonery Lane
Something you may not know about me...I've been a comic geek (I collected comic book cards) and a few comic books (come to think of it Colby collected comic books) and both he and I watched X-men the animated series. So pretty much, our kids already have a pretty big geek streak against them. I can only hope that we've got a recessive cool gene that'll express itself at some point in their lives. I digress. Scanning through imdb.com, as I sometimes do when I need a break, I noticed the trailer for Iron Man. I was never really drawn to Iron Man, preferring instead the Dark Knight and, of course, X-men. However, after watching the trailer, I have found my new favorite trailer. Robert Downey Jr, has had some rough patches in his career, but you've gotta' love the dry humor and the fact that he still is making movies. This trailer screams GUY MOVIE, but who cares. Never like Iron Man before but this might be a first. There's a first for everything. I actually watched a complete James Bond (007 Casino Royale) and actually liked it. So enjoy:
Iron-Man Trailer- HD
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Of course, taking a trip down memory lane into my cartooning past wouldn't be complete without a tribute to Gargoyles. Why, oh, why did they stop? And I would probably buy the complete TV series if they had it. Like I said, confessions.
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Of course, taking a trip down memory lane into my cartooning past wouldn't be complete without a tribute to Gargoyles. Why, oh, why did they stop? And I would probably buy the complete TV series if they had it. Like I said, confessions.
November 7, 2007
Halloween Party
We had so much fun at the West's Halloween Party! We were graced by many characters the least of which was royalty:
Nacho is always a favorite with the crowd:
The Church's were creative with their costumes and luckily they didn't fumble little Brady (the football):
Ja and Laura were rebels without a cause, or at least just rebels:
And even though their peasants, the Stocks were still able to afford the tickets from Cambodia to here! And all for the West's party:
Unfortunately, I forgot to get pictures of the Leathams and their award winning costumes of the Border Patrol Officer and an Illegal. Baby Talmage was a pirate, a grumpy but cute pirate!
Last but not least came the ogres:
Colby's on the left! This was close to the end of the evening so Fiona looks not quite as Fiona-esque as possible. Someone even said I resembled Elphaba from Wicked. Gee, sure wish I'd seen that play! And yes, Colby did shave his head for this! Brave man! 
Isn't he cute? Next came some ogre behavior...Just remember that ogres are like onions...
And of course, we froze a hand to put in the gruesome punch but ran into some difficulties when Colby removed the glove. Colby said, "Ummm, guys? The hand worked but only one finger stayed on." Turning around he showed us the profane hand.
Anyway, we had a great time. We played pin the wart on the witch, the Jones' charades game, had a costume contest, and guessed how much Candy Corn was in the jar. The Devores won most of the games. You win some and you lose some. I should mention that my sister Annelisa helped pick out the prizes which included a Shrek nightlight, poster of a Rooster and noise baton. The Devores were lucky enough to snatch the Rooster Poster. Like I said, you win some, you lose some.
Nacho is always a favorite with the crowd:
The Church's were creative with their costumes and luckily they didn't fumble little Brady (the football):
Ja and Laura were rebels without a cause, or at least just rebels:
And even though their peasants, the Stocks were still able to afford the tickets from Cambodia to here! And all for the West's party:
Unfortunately, I forgot to get pictures of the Leathams and their award winning costumes of the Border Patrol Officer and an Illegal. Baby Talmage was a pirate, a grumpy but cute pirate!Last but not least came the ogres:
Colby's on the left! This was close to the end of the evening so Fiona looks not quite as Fiona-esque as possible. Someone even said I resembled Elphaba from Wicked. Gee, sure wish I'd seen that play! And yes, Colby did shave his head for this! Brave man! 
Isn't he cute? Next came some ogre behavior...Just remember that ogres are like onions...
And of course, we froze a hand to put in the gruesome punch but ran into some difficulties when Colby removed the glove. Colby said, "Ummm, guys? The hand worked but only one finger stayed on." Turning around he showed us the profane hand.
Anyway, we had a great time. We played pin the wart on the witch, the Jones' charades game, had a costume contest, and guessed how much Candy Corn was in the jar. The Devores won most of the games. You win some and you lose some. I should mention that my sister Annelisa helped pick out the prizes which included a Shrek nightlight, poster of a Rooster and noise baton. The Devores were lucky enough to snatch the Rooster Poster. Like I said, you win some, you lose some.
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