1. The June 17th comic strips had a good one in "Zits" about Father's Day. In it, the Dad was to get to live like a teenager for a day. This included being able to Reinvent Yourself Recreationally, See Humor Everywhere, Eat the Junk that Tastes Good, Surround Your Head with Music, Talk with Your Friends Deep into the Night (well, for me, at least until 11 PM when it's bedtime for the Dog), and Never let the Grownups know what You're Really Up To (This would include most anybody). Sounds like some good hints for life in general. What do those teenagers know that we don't? And weren't we teenagers at one time as well? I don't remember back that far.
2. Another of my favorite comic strips is "Mr. Boffo", especially on Sundays when they have him wearing a tee shirt with a great saying on it. June 17th, it was "Retirement Workshop- Last Rung on the Oxymoron Ladder." Pretty good.
From AP
3. In Little Chute, WI, Troy Landwehy took a 700 pound block of cheddar cheese and carved it into Mount Rushmore. Now why would someone do something like that? Must be a Cheesehead thing, as we Illinois folk call them.
4. Palermo, Italy- a teacher made a student write "I am a retard" one hundred times on a blackboard. Of course, the parents were incensed and wanted her fired and took her to court. She was found not guilty and kept her job after it was found out that the 12 year-old in question had blocked a fellow student from going to the bathroom and called him names like "Girly" and "Gay'. Recently in Italy, another student committed suicide after being treated as gay by his fellow students.
In cae you're wondering, I'm a retard in Italian is "Io sono deficiente."
As a former teacher, there were times I wanted a particular student to write something.
Just Barely Thinking. RoadDog
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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