"...do you ever have that dream where you are in back in high school and you can't remember your locker combination?"

If you were in NHS, why did you need to know your locker combination? The last two years of my high school, I never went near the damn thing, because I never took any books home. Marks of honor among the students who regarded themselves as both cool and bright were that:

1) We never opened our lockers

2) We never ate at, or preferably even set foot in, the cafeteria.

In high school I used to have nightmares about flunking the SAT and then fast-forwarding through college and grad school, forgetting to read the assigned list every single semester.

Er...okay...
For those of you who don't know Tony, guess what? You still don't. Let's break it down, shall we?

Nicknames: T-Bone? T-Money? Isn't it cute when white people try to embrace black culture? (Please see www.blackpeopleloveus.com)

'Or the one where you realize that you are enrolled in a class and you haven't been attending it?' If I recall, you DID do this, Mr. Woodlief -- a debate class, wasn't it? Would you like to share with everyone your final grade for that class?

Accomplishments: National Honor Society...your candle never lit, so it doesn't count. Ph.D.? You went to Michigan, didn't you? Your collection of MU sweatshirts is astounding. Aren't you head of you Alumni Relations Board there as well?

Hey Tony, remember the time we were standing around in the snow and decided to make really big snowballs and throw them straight up in the air and see if anyone would get hit? Who did they hit, hmmm?

I just realized that I should probably stop there. For as potentially embarrassing as the rest may be, T-Bag or T-Cup or whatever his name is these days, could very well destroy me in this contest.

Just joking around, right buddy? Pal?

-Shawn

Shawn,
Don't worry -- I won't tell anyone about your high school obsession with Ready for the World and Vanity 6.

Oops.

Does is it count if you nickname yourself??

;)

Note to self: In order to get the attention of T-Bone in email, or mentioned in a Sand in the Gears blog entry, one must call Tony a prick.

"I plan to become an (Internet entrepreneur) environmental activist."

Ooh, that was sly, Tony. Sly like a fox.

And we don't mind if you ARE prickly. It's Valentine's Day, and we all love you, if only for the fact that you have a sphere of influence in the World Wide Web.

And I am intrigued by the 'politico-theological implications of Bugs Bunny' that you mentioned. Any websites on that that you know of? Or am I being gullible?

Jessica,

Here you go:

http://looney.toonzone.net/ltcuts/

Deke plays in the snow
digs Bugs, hates hunger, bares his...soul;
(what are his hourly rates?)

Pretty good. Reminds me of those Playboy centerfold descriptions. Or, so I'm told. I'd never ready anything like that.

I don't know what to say. I must ask, has your wife read this? Happy Valentine's Day.

Well, I wouldn't consider children accomplishments; I'd consider them blessings. :)

Is the book Job the one by Heinlein? If so, good taste, that's a good book on so many levels.

Re: Dreams about school

Although mine are usually about college, not high school, I do dream about forgetting to attend a class for most of the semester. I have trouble finding my dorm room, as well.

Seems like the theme that pervades many of my dreams lately is travel. Not sure what to make of that.

Re: Job (the Heinlein one)

Robert Heinlein wrote some good books. Job was not one of them.

Answer To Job, by Carl Jung, however, is worth reading, especially for those interested in the real Book of Job, not the Heinlein one.

I have had the dream about forgetting that I am enrolled in a class, and then remembering there is a test or some assignment due, and going into panic. Usually it is a math class.

Sadly, however, I have students who live this dream with reckless abandon every semester.

Ok comments about centerfolds and Tony being prickly and it's just enough to have me losing focus all day. Really people, I can't be the only one with the potty brain around here. Stop it. Stop it now.