Hubs: What's for dinner? Me: Will we have both kids? Hubs: Yes. Me: I say we pick a kid and eat them. Hubs: That's weird. Me: I'm just running out of ideas. ... We could make Haley cook. Hubs: I don't want Hamburger Helper. I'll just stop by the grocery store. Me: I guess we… Continue reading Real Text Conversations: Hubs Edition
Month: December 2015
Confessions of a College English Teacher, Part the Second
For the past 8 years, when I taught a college level Introduction to Literature class? I taught Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as a soap opera. ... The students loved it, possibly because we also had a potluck dinner and watched the movie version of it (the good one with Stanley Tucci, Christian Bale, Michelle… Continue reading Confessions of a College English Teacher, Part the Second
Funny Daddy-Daughter Conversations at My House
Ah, tis the season of love and peace... Meanwhile, at my house... The hubs and I have a 15-year-old. She is hilarious (to the point where I have a #DailyHaley post on twitter when she's around). Case in point, two nights ago, after both ate WAY too much at dinner, this conversation went down: Haley:… Continue reading Funny Daddy-Daughter Conversations at My House
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