Thanks to our friend Pam for giving us the little table, and to anonymous Goodwill donors for the chairs. Also, there's my bike in the background; thanks to our friends Jake and Stevie for providing that to me (Jake got the frame, Stevie built it). Thanks to Miss Bee for the lentil soup.

This post reminds me of the old "emotionally disabled" class teacher at our school (she quit about a month into school). For even the tiniest little thing that you did for her, she would thank you effusively. Sample conversation:

Her: "I'm so sorry to bother you. Sorry. What page are we on in the new teacher manual?"
Me: "No problem, we're on page 64."
Her: "Thank you soo much. Thank you. Thank you."
...Five minutes later...
Her: "I'm so sorry. Do you have the extra sign-in sheets? Sorry to bother you, I'm so sorry."
Me, growing annoyed: "Yeah, they're right here [in front of your face]."
Her: "Oh, sorry, they're right there. Thanks! Thank you soo much. Thank you. Thanks."

In case you would like to look at the results from the "What Should I Blob" survey:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pLSGPc5ZtBN9BG8Zh8pP7Yw

I finagled my scanner to get a little better picture here...

Click here to watch the video of the Suns "Planet Orange" visit to school a couple weeks ago.

The girl in this picture is the sister of one of the kids I worked with last year. Some of you might remember Alfred from a few posts; this was the first. Also see my Picasa photo album, mostly of him, on the web here.

**Update**
Miss Bee taught Brianna how to read when she was a student teacher!

That doesn't mean that free markets are perfect. Or that you can't have bankruptcies or meltdowns or bubbles or busts. But to get a really spectacular meltdown like we're in the middle of now, for that you need government.

Our charge this past weekend, Mr. Rocky Canelake: