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Sunday, January 04, 2009

	The things my parents watch in Sunday School...
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Friday, November 21, 2008

Dr. S: "The dinosaur is held in his tree by an electromagnet."

Dr. S: "That's not you; it's the driver, who happens to be a redhead. And sitting next to him is his blue-haired grandmother who absolutely refuses to wear a seatbelt."

Dr. S: "Don't turn off gravity just because you're in the amusement park."

Dr. S: "What's going to happen? We're going to have two smashed flying saucers and a purple smudge."

Dr. S: "I threw the rock from someplace I wasn't standing before I was there."

Dr. S: "This is Jay Fraternity, this is Joe Fraternity. They're the Fraternity brothers."

Dr. S: "He was trying to prove that an alphorn is the same thing as a trombone, just folded differently."

Dr. S: "Notice that as I speak in your direction, there is not a mighty wind blowing you against the wall."

Student: "Woof!"

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Friday, November 07, 2008

On the dangers of music class:

Dr. D: "Did the room just turn blue?"

Dr. D: "Guido had a hand that was enormous that was growing out of his neck."

Dr. D: "It's tough to make a connection between the Simpsons and medieval motets, but you guys witnessed it."

Dr. D (who could not find a recording of a complicated Mass): "Let's just look at the score...we'll sight-sing it."

Dr. D: "Lower neighbors...we don't really have upper neighbors."
Student: "That's unfriendly."

Dr. D: "Everybody clap this time...be more cult-like. Uniformity, class."

Student: "The church was selling indulgences--like for fundraisers."

Dr. D: "What's new about this piece?"
Student: "I liked it."

Dr. D: "I'll draw a picture of a Renaissance piece."

Dr. D: "There was no Koolaid in the room! It was all straws!"

And, I think, the prize winner:

Dr. D: "Someone explain to me what a secondary dominant is."
Student: "Cheese food."
Dr. D: "Cheese food?!"

[Beware inheriting any class from Dr. R.]

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

2 + 3 = 1

It has occurred to me that music has some really fun math. Three thirds can equal a variety of other fractions, including two fourths, one sixth, one seventh, or one eighth, although not all at once. Also, three eighths can be equal to one quarter. One third plus one sixth equals one eighth.

*grin*

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Monday, July 21, 2008

And I return once again from one of my family's rather unusual vacations. This year, the work part of it included clearing brush and stubby oaks, starting repairs on a leaky and ant-infested roof (fortunately, someone else had already jacked up the building, patched part of the foundation, and repaired the floor), and sorting through the however-many-hundred pillowcases in the storeroom closet. Or at least, that's just some of the stuff I helped with. The brother worked on the dock.

On the other hand, we got to see a flock of loons fishing. And a fish under the dock kept attacking my shoe. And I helped make cookies (twice!), and read Jurassic Park again and dabbled in mystery stories. That place has the most incredible collection of murder mysteries and history books I've ever seen. We also have a few books about outhouses ("Backhouses of the North" and "The Specialist"), and a teatowel decorated with a poem about the Australian "dunny."

We had an interesting trip through customs on the way there, too. We were asked to park, and then two nice young men in uniform went through our car. Even my mom has never had that happen before. They call it "validating your claim."

And of course, I have more stories, but they'll have to wait. Pictures pending. They're not on my computer yet.

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2 + 3 = 1