Student: Sir, I have a complaint. I don't believe I deserve a zero on this exam.
Professor: Neither do I, but it's the lowest grade I can give.
Hi Everyone!
It's hard to imagine that another two weeks have passed. It seems
only a few days ago I was busy typing the newsletter. It also seems
that it wasn't that long ago our area was devestated by ice storms,
yet this past week has been gorgeous. I've had the windows open and
ejoying the fresh air most of the week and even Silly got in on the
act. She persuaded me to dig out the harness and let her spend some
time outside. Our house is on a very busy street and there are lots
of dogs in the area so she's only allowed outside in the fenced-in
backyard while wearing her harness and tied to the back porch. She
doesn't seem to mind though. Anything further than five feet from
the house is out of her territory and she gets nervous.
Surprised to hear that she's leash trained? All the material I've
read said you couldn't leash train an older cat yet last summer we
did just that. We began by pulling it out of the bag while she was
watching, then tossing it onto the floor with all her other toys.
It stayed there a few days and she was having fun with it. When
she was good and used to it, I began pulling it across the floor
for her to chase. She loved it. Then I began dragging it across
her and from there wrapping it around her. The day finally came
that I put it on her. This startled her and I pulled it right off.
The next day we did it again - playtime followed by trying the thing
on. Each time the harness would stay on a little longer. Eventually
she didn't mind it and we began taking walks around the neighborhood.
It took about six weeks before she was ready to go out.
The trick to keeping her interest, I found, was in the reward she
received after each training session. She loves those "cookies"
and would tolerate our daily walk. But those walks ended. It was
embarrassing to me to have to stop a couple times on our walk when
she would, without warning, squat in someone's yard.
It has been unusually active in Renae's Room the past two weeks.
I've been watching the reports that Mindspring provides and I'll
share with you that the average number of visitors every day is
steadily growing. We're still small, but like I've pointed out
before, I'm only one person who is relying on my husband to teach
me HTML as I go. Last week I bought him a PERL/CGI book and he's
promised to learn that so we can add even more things to the site.
Anyway, the unusual activity I mentioned is simply that I felt
tremendously hyped the past two weeks and channeled most of that
energy into Renae's Room. Following is a list of what's happened.
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New Section:
I've received some jokes relating to school and decided to post them
in a seperate section called "Joaks." The above joke can be found
in this new section. I encourage you to send your own school related
jokes for possible publication.
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Links:
The links section is not yet complete. There are still quite a few
to be moved from my Hotlinks file as well as the long list still
sitting on my desktop. After that I have all those odds-n-ends that
people have sent to be added to the list. It's a big job and I feel
good about what all that energy this past week helped me to
accomplish. Following is a listing of changes in this area that
are now available to you. The number beside it is how many links
you will find in the file.
New Sections Added:
Holidays (19)
Language Arts 9-12 (43)
Administration (63) Updated Sections:
Art K-4 (26)
Art 5-8 (38)
*Math 9-12 (33)
*Resources (224)
*Photography (62)
(An astirisk indicates a sizeable increase in file size.)
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Web Surfing:
With this wild weather we've had this winter I wanted to share some
of the sites dealing with wild weather. The following are listed in
the photography area, but they are also appropriate for science
class when studying weather. Check them out. You'll see what I mean.
Australian Weather Photography
http://australiansevereweather.simplenet.com/photography/
Hundreds of absolutely stunning pix. Site offers a free Australian severe weather calendar.
Weather Photography
http://www.student.wau.nl/~florisb/onweer.html
Contains breathtaking pix of lightning and other weather related phenomena
Weather Photography
http://www.weather-photography.com/
Same name, different site. This site contains over 1500 images.
Atmospheric Images
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~dkyser/weather/class.htm
More than just pix of weather. Also includes photos taken after a tornado.
The Lightning Gallery
http://pages.prodigy.net/powerstation/gallery1.htm
Outstanding pix of lightning
How to Photograph Lightning
http://www.lightningboy.com/~kiesling/howto.htm
Worth the visit if simply to see the picture on the home page
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Fonts:
With my love of typography naturally I've added fonts this past two weeks. You're
gonna have fun with some of these. (A quick explanation of Hollow and Partly Hollow:
these fonts designs are easily printed on colored paper and then cut out. In the Partly
Hollow, the letters themselves may not be hollow at all, but the font is designed in a way that it can easily be cut out after printing.) Look for a new font designer
whose work will be added to the site in the next few days.
Hollow:
Mr. Dope, Mr. Easy, Nonstop, Nonstop Italic
Partly Hollow:
Kustom Kar, Wet Pet
Fun/Animals:
Wet Pet, Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Too
Fun/Toys:
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Too
Fun/Country Corner:
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Too
Fun/Transportation:
Kustom Kar
Holidays/Easter:
Chick
Holidays/President's Day:
Americanic
Holidays/Independence Day (U.S.A.):
Americanic
Typewriter:
Engebrechtre, Goodfish
Silly's Picks/Breath Mints:
Goodfish
Decorative/Display:
Freebooter
Decorative/Floral:
Acacia Tree, Chick, Hawaiiah, Jungle Leaves, Maple Leaf Rag
Dingbats:
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Too
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Guess that's it for this time. Hope your Valentine's Day is a happy one. See
you again in two weeks.