The Syndicate

Mongoose wrote:I won the AGENCY-WIDE Leadership Award for 2014 for my mentoring of younger attorneys!

The day the Mongoose becomes a Snake.

How wonderful it is that bea can get promoted to Game Master! Well done, bea!

If you start looking like Chalene I'm divorcing you.

Mongoose wrote:Basically, I'm one cupcake away from cataclysm hahaha.

My wife could ruin you.

Metalmarsh89 wrote: I still support my hometown Cincinnati teams.

lol

After last night?

YAY BOOBIES! God I love tits.

Thank you for the kind words. I just try to be the kind of teacher I would want to have. I don't think of myself as an "English teacher," but rather something different everyday, whether it's a comedian, an art connoisseur, a historian, a scientist, a musician, or freaking James Joyce (yes, one day I dressed up as James Joyce and didn't break character once- even at lunch with my colleagues). I don't have a blast all the time, but I try to.

Julius Caesar[/quote] is taught in tenth grade (sophomore year).

How long have you been teaching? Favorite part? Least favorite part?

Mongoose wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Today in class (I am teaching Julius Caesar, if you were wondering), a student told his classmates, "My mind is blown every day I come in here."

I damn near shed a tear.

Casca is my favorite in that. I'd be touched too.

Actually, when the student made that comment, I was discussing the ancient Roman perspective of beer and wine.

Today in class (I am teaching Julius Caesar, if you were wondering), a student told his classmates, "My mind is blown every day I come in here."

I damn near shed a tear.

Mongoose wrote:

thellama73 wrote:Congratulations Alison! I know you have been wanting this for a long time and I am really happy for you.

I guess if someone has to preside over terrible, horrible, anti-freedom regulations that are ruining America, it might as well be an awesome person like you!

This is a selected line from the letter of recommendation Logan wrote me (before extracting this passage):

I would be extremely pleased to collaborate with Alison on any future projects, and in my opinion she would be a great asset to any professional organization, even one such as yours dedicated to robbing honest, hard-working Americans of their freedoms. Alison is a committed advocate of government meddling, however, so I'm sure she will fit right in.

Bullzeye wrote:This morning I finished my last exam as an undergrad. Not only was it my last exam ever (I'm hoping to do postgrad but let's pretend I'm not for the time being), it went way better than I thought it would! I'm free! Kinda. It's great to be finally done after four years. Only trouble is being the first of my friends to finish, everyone else has exams or coursework until the 10th of May so I kinda don't know what to do with myself.

Catch up on Mafia.

Congratulations on your achievement!

Now get a job.

thellama73 wrote:After a five month internship and five months of contract labor, I just accepted a full time, salaried, benefited position at my job. It makes me very, very happy.

I am very happy for you my friend.

We're 4 hours away.

Mongoose wrote:

Epignosis wrote:We were just in Orlando. The next time we make it down there we ought to head a little farther west.

Indeed, yes! The Taco Bus awaits you!

Wouldn't mind taking the kids to see Clearwater. My favorite beach. So pretty.

We were just in Orlando. The next time we make it down there we ought to head a little farther west.

We will need photographic evidence of this rendezvous.

I bought a new mic today. This one, with a shock mount:



This beauty retails at $249.99. Guitar Center is having a microphone sale right now, so it was marked down to $179.99. Our particular Guitar Center for some reason had it marked down to $99.99. I had two $25 gift certificates from my in-laws.

I just bought a brand new $250 condenser microphone and shock mount for $50.

Also, Richard C. Carroll could be a Dick.

Just sayin'.

Credits on the right, debits on the left, the bookkeeping is off by a penny so we have to do the job again, JK Lasser, Schedule C, Standard and Poor, payroll is due by Thursday, assets and liabilities, capital gains, the earned income tax credit (EITC), amortization schedules, why hasn't anyone made any more damn coffee after drinking the last cup, favorable variance, first in first out (FIFO), individual retirement account, liquid assets ("cash" is just too simple a term), overhead application rate, recapitalization, Security and Exchange Commission, taxable municipal bonds, and April 15.

Congratulations.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Well done Logan!

Mongoose wrote:I had kind of a rotten week. Nothing major went down or anything, but just getting kinda bummed about job prospects, etc. so this might seem silly but it was a big deal to me.

Well this morning in yoga, the yogini pointing me out for doing a perfect Warrior II! There's so much to think about in this pose - back leg straight, front knee bent but not to far, hands in the right position, posture in alignment, and I've found it trying for the last 13 years I've done yoga (I started roughly when I moved to college).

And today, the yoga instructor said "Look at this girl, she's doing a textbook perfect Warrior II!" I thought I was going to cry.

YES

Pffft.

I did this very pose yesterday after my wife cleaned the wood floor.

Congratulations bea!

Welcome to the loony bin.

I subbed back when I was 19. I'll never forget my first day. It was in a special ed class in a middle school. There were three teachers for this class, and two of them were out. So the special ed class had two subs, me, and this old guy.

While the old guy is teaching (he got history, I wound up with science), I was standing over a child's shoulder helping him read. The old guy looks up, scowling. "Young man, sit down!"

Me being 19 and all, I did as the guy said. Only I sat down at the teacher's desk.

"Young man," he bellowed. "Is that where you normally sit?"

"Well sir," says I, "No it isn't because it's my first day here."

Now the real question:

Will you solve the IRS or will you become a part of it?

Holy hell I just taught myself how to play "Blue in Green" on the piano in under two hours.