I take it BACK… I don’t want a message from EVERYONE who visits here… as seen in my spam folder when I logged on… only to find that four more bots have posted (BAH!) and left messages that were, well, incomprehensible.
Like:
lskd9iekajfjo alkdj aldjfa;;oiejn
Dude… how old are we now? 2? My five year old can type better than that.
And, no… I do not think that my readers (the real ones) need a solution to make their penises bigger or medicine from a foreign country that does, well I’m not SURE what it does, but it can’t be good. If you are a REAL reader, then I want to hear from you (say hi). If you are looking to spam the living poopies out of my blog, then GO AWAY. (I want to create a zapper for spammers so that when they send their crap out online, that they get zapped through their keyboard, followed by a message on their computer screen that says, “that’s what you get!” Jackasses.)
(I know, you ALL told me not to… but I did… mostly out of curiousity… because I NEVER have that many people reading my diary-blog-thing. *Sighs*)
Today, aside from doing MASSIVE amounts of laundry created by three boys who either wear their underwear backwards/inside out (#3 son), do not remove socks and underwear from pants or shorts (#2 son), or do not warn me that they’re sweaty/wet/smelly/wet/sweaty (#1 son).
I think I’m going to wear rubber gloves that go UP to my elbow and tongs (non-food-touching-tongs) to touch their clothing… because, not to be rude, but it can certainly be a crap shoot when picking up their stuff. I’m afraid… FEARFUL in fact that I will grab in the pile and come out with a surprise. I haven’t yet, I’m just saying…
So, while I’m in the fumigated batcave (free from kitty poo smells for the first time since we’ve had him) doing laundry, I decided to get a jump on my PowerPoint presentations for the fall (remember… I have to teach 3 different classes and must incorporate technology in my lessons)… by starting with the Pre- and Early Histories of Western Civ.
I get side-tracked easily.
Because I start looking for pictures…
And, before you know it… I’ve inserted a bazillion photos of cave art, clay pottery shards, archaeological digs and tons’o maps. My PP presentation can easily go from 15 to 100 in a heartbeat…
So, I must stay focused.
And, look at that… I’m almost FINISHED with laundry… except for what’s washing and the white clothes. All in the course of several hours… Washed, dried and FOLDED (a miracle even by MY standards).
Anyway…
I’ll be off to do my work and laundry… and perhaps sometime today, I will strip MY bed of sheets and blankets and de-catfurry them. It’s a good thing I’m not allergic to cats…
*sniffles*
*sneezes*
My allergy season should die down soon. Then, I can go OUTSIDE and enjoy the weather before it becomes ungodly hot. Well, for as hot and muggy as it is RIGHT NOW (a/c is now on), it STILL is cooler than Key West and Tucson in July.
*Grins*
Not that knowing that makes me feel any less hot.
Ugh…
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Fun links:
Lascaux Caves (Paleolithic) Interactive
Stonehenge Interactive Map
Mr. Dowling’s Interactive Prehistory Quiz (Read the questions CAREFULLY…)
**I just added (at 4:48pm on Saturday 5/31) another link:
Write like a Babylonian Herstory07 (HS07) in Babylonian looks like this:
Cool, huh?
Posted by Shippie on May 31, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I’m a lurker I suppose at times, as I don’t always post a comment. But I am a GOOD Looker, I mean LURKER!!! lol And I am sooooo not in envy of you having to do boys laundry. I can only imagine…yucky!! I used to have to do my brothers when we were young, so I have an idea. WIsh I would have thought about wearing gloves or using tongs!
Posted by Rosie on May 31, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Why is it that guys get such nasty skid marks? My brother’s and my husband’s undies were naaassssty! One of the reasons I love Josh so much is that he NEVER leaves skid marks, besides which, he usually does his own laundry! What a concept! In fact, he often does mine for me, and he usually remembers to take my lacy Fredericks of Hollywood bras out of the load BEFORE drying them! What a guy!
Posted by boXx on May 31, 2008 at 3:08 pm
I love, love, LOVE that link for the Lascaux caves. Reminds me of my student’s mural this year.
Posted by G on May 31, 2008 at 3:11 pm
First of all… my husband gets MAD when I make generalized references about men and boys. But, between you and I, all of those generalizations are in fact, TRUE. I can’t understand the skidmark thing. And, for MANY YEARS, I made the boys put their OWN laundry in the washing machine. There’s nothing more demoralizing than grabbing someone’s poopy-stained undies. *GAK!*
BoXx… I’m glad you liked the Lascaux link. I thought it was neat to see the artwork… Are you adapting to summer break well? (YES, I know you are!!)
Posted by summer fever on May 31, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I loved the stonehenge link. The prehistory quiz didn’t work. The Lascaux caves have very pretty pictures, but caves don’t interest me all that much, for some reason. Now, when I clicked on the Francais link and read it in French, that was more up MY alley
(I was a French major until I switched and got my degree in English).
Posted by chaosdaily on May 31, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Ummmm… just leaving you a comment….
Posted by Holly on May 31, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Having done male laundry for almost my entire life {Dad and bro, before Schiessa and TheTeenager}, and a few others i won’t mention. I can tell you, I’m never suprised at what I find, though I have had a few quesstions, I really don’t want the answer to . LOL..
Posted by twisterjester on May 31, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Having raised two sons and three husbands (though admittedly, the husbands never grew up so not sure I can claim “raising” them,) I hear ya on the skid marks. I did at least have Gerrit trained to do laundry now and then, though before I left he’d stopped doing it. On the other hand, after I left he was complaining because the old man of the Addams family came and laid down on his (Gerrit’s) bed.
The old man of the Addams family is the one who literally only takes maybe one shower per YEAR.
Posted by twisterjester on May 31, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Whoops – should clarify, the reason behind Gerrit’s bitching was that he was having to wash bedding two days in a row, and he absolutely HATES washing/drying/folding sheets.
Posted by Anna on June 1, 2008 at 4:27 am
I’m still here – not commenting often, but still here. I have NOTHING to say about disgusting men and their vile undergarments, other than thank god I don’t have anything to do with any of that xxx
Posted by G on June 1, 2008 at 4:00 pm
aww, you guys crack me up. Thanks for commenting. The ones I know don’t HAVE to necessarily comment unless they WANT to… it’s the one’s that I don’t know that I want to say hi.