"she makes the blood flow through my veins"

I just watched the first few minutes of Deal or No Deal and I had to stop.  the first contestant
introduced himself by saying that he was 43, he lived with his parents, he loves barbara streisand 
(see above quote) and he has a 13 pound chihuahua.  wow.  i hope he wins.

some days school just doesn't go.  today i taught metric conversions on the fly to my physics kids.  
i was planning on talking about speed and velocity.  i knew i was in trouble when i asked, "how
many meters are in a kilometer?" and they stared blankly.  i thought i was asking a semi-rhetorical question.  so then i had to whip up a lesson on converting between metric units.  how
do you get to 11th grade and not know how many meters are in a kilometer?  argh.  my 8th graders know!

yesterday one of my favorite...ok, i won't lie...my favorite...8th grade boy--the one who is approximately4 feet tall, has a personality three times that size, and claims he will one day achieve NBA stardom--had the following conversation (monologue? he talks a lot) in my class:
"man, aaron grows facial hair so fast!  i had one on my chin and i was pulling it to try to make it longer, and i pulled it out!"
i love him to pieces.