Archive for August, 2010

STSA # 63: Back To School!

Hi there! Forgive me - did I sound overly excited in the subject line? We’ve got just the one left at home with two in college. Seems like just yesterday we were taking their first-day-of-kindergarten pictures.

Time flies. Laughter helps.

Thanks to reader Ashley in Phoenix for these back-to-school goodies …

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Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son.

Mom: Wake up, son. It’s time to go to school.
Son: But why, Mom? I don’t want to go.

Mom: Give me two reasons why you don’t want to go.
Son: Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!

Mom: Oh, that’s no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready.
Son: Give me two reasons why I should go to school!

Mom: Well, for one, you’re 52 years old. And for another, you’re the Principal!

***

Teacher: Millie, give me a sentence starting with i.
Millie: I is …

Teacher: No, Millie. Always say, “I am.”
Millie: Okay. I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.

***

When I was 28, I was teaching English to high school freshmen in a school where occasionally the faculty and staff were allowed to dress casually. One of those days I wore a sweatshirt and khakis. A student came in and her eyes widened, “Wow!” she exclaimed. “You should totally wear clothes like that every day. You look twenty, maybe even thirty years younger!”

***

“Jill,” a teacher reprimanded the teenager in the hall, “do you mind telling me whose class you’re cutting this time?”

“Like,” the young teen replied, “uh, see, okay, like it’s like I really don’t like think like that’s really important, y’know, like because I’m y’know, like I don’t get anything out of it.”

“It’s English class, isn’t it?” replied the teacher.

That’s it! No homework today since we just got started. Please just visit our friends at Epic Dental.

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And, here, as always are some sweet links to enjoy.

Big Smiles!

Lynn P.
Editor
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August 24th, 2010 | Posted By: Alexis in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Links Worth Sharing August 25th, 2010

On-Task On-Time For Kids: My friends ordered this for their four-year-old who started kindergarten this week. She thought my mom friends (and dads, too!) might like a look at it to help keep their children from dawdling before school in the mornings.

Who Are TV’s Top Earners? Wow. Really? TV Guide’s annual list is out this week.

Polar Bears and Dogs Playing: Your moment of zen. Something tells me the dogs are just kinda like, “Dude … go along with it … just keep the bears happy …”

Red Eye – A Visual Diary: Christoph Niemann sketches a visual diary documenting a flight from New York to Berlin (with a layover in London). Hilarious.

August 24th, 2010 | Posted By: Alexis in Uncategorized | No Comments »

STSA # 62: What the Doc Says (Means)

Hi there! Hope life is finding you healthy, wealthy and wise today. My mom’s group has been discussing the joys of the season: School Physicals. Ugh.

Plus, I read where flu season’s just around the corner. Double Ugh. Can I get a triple ugh?

Thanks to reader Erica in San Jose, we can finally be enlightened by what a doctor really means when he says …

“This should be taken care of right away.”
(I’d planned a trip to Hawaii next month, but this is so easy and profitable that I want to fix it before it cures itself.)

“We have some good news and some bad news.”
(The good news is, I’m going to buy that new Jaguar. The bad news is, you’re going to pay for it.)

“I’d like to prescribe a new drug.”
(I’m writing a paper and would like to use you for a guinea pig.)

“If it doesn’t clear up in a week, give me a call.”
(I don’t know what it is. Maybe it will go away by itself.)

“This should fix you up.”
(The drug company slipped me some big bucks to prescribe this stuff.)

“I’d like to run some more tests.”
(I can’t figure out what’s wrong. Maybe the kid in the lab can solve this one.)

That should fix you up! Forward twice and call me in the morning, and remember, when your smile’s looking or feeling a little sickly, just visit our friends at Epic Dental.

Remember, you can get latest, greatest deals, treats and news when you like ‘em on Facebook and/or start following us on Twitter.

Got something imaginative that makes you smile? Please, do send it along!

And, here, as always are some sweet links to enjoy.

Big Smiles!

Lynn P.
Editor
Something To Smile About

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August 10th, 2010 | Posted By: Alexis in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Links Worth Sharing August 11, 2010

Why Men Shouldn’t Write Advice Columns

Amazing Sounds from the Lyre Bird: David Attenborough did this profile that presents the lyre bird mimicking the sounds of at least twenty other birds … and camera shutters … and chainsaws …

New Law Would Ban Marriage Between People Who Don’t Love Each Other: Courtesy of, umm, The Onion.

The Wedding Evolution of Dance: Well, I suppose this was bound to happen. J