Vocabulary word of the day.

There is no vocabulary word of the day today instead; I would like some feedback from my readers. Due to a lack of comments, I am starting to think that there is no interest in this feature. If I am incorrect and you would like me to continue with this please let me know. If I receive no comments, I will know that this was an idea that has not worked and abandon the vocabulary word of the day.

I choose none of the above.

I am going to cast my vote in the Arizona primary this morning because it is the right thing to do, but never have I been as indifferent to the election as I am this time. I have not missed a primary or a presidential election since I was able to vote in 1980 and I think I voted for Anderson.

Every time I have voted over the past 28 years, I have felt very strongly about a candidate and supported them. I can’t say that this time. I liked Fred Thompson a lot but the big baby quit, leaving a pathetic bunch from which to choose. Coming from Arizona, I feel like I might as well accept the inevitable and vote for McCain. I really do not want to though, but if it is McCain or Hillary, I guess I would rather have him.

To tell you the truth, I don’t want either of them, but they don’t give you that option. Sigh, I will vote today and I will wear the "I voted" sticker so that the students I interact with will see that being able to voted is a privilege and a responsibility - but my heart wont be in it.

Vocabulary word of the day.

Apathetic

ap·a·thet·ic

Pronounced: ap-uh-thet-ik

Definition: unfeeling, uninterested, indifferent and unresponsive.

I am feeling very apathetic about today’s primary election.

Happy Anniversary.

Today’s marks the one-month anniversary of “Because I said so.” In one month I have written 63 posts, been given 113 comments, and received 602 visitors. I have also had a whole lot of fun, met some nice supportive people online, and one troll.

If any of you have constructive criticisms or ideas that would make this blog better, keep them to yourselves. Just kidding, I can use all the help I can get and would appreciate any input you are willing to give.

To all of you who have taken the time to read what I have written, leave a comment, or participate in my contest, thank you very much. I really appreciate it. I hope you will keep coming back and I will do my best to entertain you a bit, increase your vocabulary, introduce you to a poem you had never heard before, and maybe teach you a thing or two.

What’s my punch line?

To all the men and women who have dedicated their lives to the noble profession of teaching, I dedicate this week punch line to you.

“How many teachers does it take to screw in a light bulb?”

Vocabulary word of the day.

Adjuration

ad·ju·ra·tion

Pronounced: aj-uh-rey-shuh

Definition: A desperate appeal a strong urging fro someone to do something.

I am issuing an adjuration to my readers, please leave comments.

Now I wait.

I am good at many things. I can crochet a very nice blanket, I can bake the best peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies, and I can build a pretty fort out of blankets and chairs; but one thing I am not good at is waiting.

I mailed in my application for admittance to the teaching program, and I will not find out the results for at least two weeks. That’s forever. My best friend in high school used to tease me about my impatience. She would say, “Patience is a virtue.” Since I was somewhat snarky then and she was somewhat wild I would reply, “Yes, it is a virtue and it’s the only one I lack and the only one you still possess.” Yet she remains my very good friend after all these years.

She was right, though. I get impatient waiting for a bag of microwave popcorn to finish popping. The next two weeks you will find me watching the calendar and counting down the days until I can begin stalking the mailbox waiting for a reply from school.

Put the taco down and nobody gets hurt.

If not for the quick response from the district office, the headlines in the newspaper may have read, “Local schools closed due to explosive diarrhea.”

Fortunately, that did not happen. Just a mere 30 minutes before serving a nutritious and delicious lunch of soft tacos and refried beans we received a call from the district office with the direction to throw out all the beef and serve chicken patties on a bun instead. No reason was given - just throw it out now.

And as Alfred Lord Tennyson once said, “Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die.” Or in our case, serve the chicken patties. Lunch was served along with a many explanations of , “Yes, we know it was supposed to be soft tacos. No, we don’t know why they just told to serve this. We hope to have soft tacos again soon, just eat your lunch already.”

So all the children received a healthy nutritious lunch, there was not a run on toilet paper, and everyone lived to return again to school. Today’s lunch choice - since we served Friday’s lunch on Thursday - will be manager’s choice; which means whatever we can find in the freezer.

Bon appetit.

And the winner is!

I have decided that since only two of you entered my joke contest I am going to award both of you a win. Thank you so much for participating. This week's winners are Wyatt who finished the joke, A detective, a Fire fighter, and an Ambulance driver or marooned on an island with Brittany Spears with "So the detective plowed Spears regularly, confident in the fact that the firefighter and ambulance driver were stocked with antibiotics."

Fuzzy dad’s entry for the joke was, “After a mental break down, the firefighter rescues Britney from a palm tree. The detective restrains her. Then, the ambulance driver takes her away.”

Thank you both for playing and I will try to come up with something over the weekend to tickle your funny bone.

Vocabulary word of the day.

Abysmal

a·bys·mal

Pronounced: uh-biz-muhl

Definition: very bad, hopeless, or severe

The response to my joke contest has been abysmal, but I am not giving up as long as one blogger with a sense of humor send in their joke I will prevail.