The Kids are Alright

Mind of a Mom gave me a 'heads up' on this website where you can send a free 'thank you' postcard to U.S Military personnel.

Well, I went for my usual haircut yesterday. It turns out my hairdresser of 25 years had been ill recently and went for an angioplasty. He said he was in hospital for about a week and worked shorter days for a few more weeks after that, but he said he's fine now. He had to quit smoking and takes about 5 medicines a day now. He's close to 60 years old, I think. The other thing was that he cut into my cheek by accident with a snip of his sharp scissors and was most apologetic, but I'm wondering if it will soon be time to find a new hairdresser! M doesn't think this is a major incident and K found it a bit hilarious, it not being his cheek. L is totally horrified and advised me to put polysporin every hour until it heals to prevent scarring and that furthermore I should stop going there. Hmm. It's not that he's that great, it's just a comfortable habit I developed.

Here's a funny email I received:

The Kids Are Alright, Part 1...

Below, are examples of sixth grade research projects. Enjoy...

1. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. the climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere.

2. Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada.

3. Solomon had three hundred wives and seven porcupines.

4. The Greeks were a highly sculptured people and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a female moth.

5. Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.

6. In the Olympic games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled biscuits, and threw the java.

7. Julius Caesar extinquished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out Tee hee, Brutus.

8. Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was canonized by Bernard Shaw.


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