Yesterday, I visited the Meiji-Jingu shrine near Harajuku. Amazing that such a tranquil place exists in the heart of Tokyo. The surrounding environs are like old-growth forest.
Posted on 03/04/2014 8:26:45 AM PST by Impala64ssa
America's kids have been suspended for pretending that pencils were guns, but an Ohio school may have topped that. A 10-year-old student at a Columbus elementary school was handed a three-day suspension for making a finger gun and pretending to shoot a classmate. The suspension letter more formally referred to his weapon as a "level 2 lookalike firearm," reports the Columbus Dispatch. Devonshire Alternative Elementary School's principal says students have been frequently told not to play pretend gun games, with a district rep saying kids were warned consequences would follow.
Those consequences hit hard last week for fifth-grader Nathan Entingh, who says he was "just playing around"; the rep said Nathan pretended to shoot another student "kind of execution style" in the head. And the "victim" didn't even see the mock execution, which was instead spotted by a teacher. Nathan's dad seems dumbfounded: "It would even make more sense maybe if he brought a plastic gun that looked like a real gun or something, but it was his finger." (Almost exactly a year ago, a Georgia teacher was suspended over a finger gun of his own.)
Good one, Darks!
I’m looking for how to actually do “Undead Rampage: Eat the stupid ones first” with an image of some moron [possibly a troll] being gnoshed by a zombie.
The Little Something came. (Thanks!) I will go in the morning to take care of it because my right ankle is acting up again. I stepped off a curb about 15 years ago and chipped the bone, and it’s only been the last five years that I’ve had problems with it.
The arthritis makes it swell, and it causes me to twist my leg in ways I shouldn’t when I walk, and after a while, I can’t walk. *sigh*
It’s cold and windy, about 45 with the wind, but the sun feels good if you can get to a spot that is somewhat sheltered. I walked down to get the mail, and my leg didn’t like me on the way back. So I’m going to baby it for a while.
My herbal pills finally came. I ordered them Monday and on Tuesday, when I didn’t have an email saying they had been shipped, I went back to the site to see “Waiting For Stock.” When I went to bed yesterday afternoon, that was still the message I got.
When I checked my email this morning it said it had been shipped UPS and when it clicked the link, it said, “Out for delivery.” The mail and the UPS guy came at the same time!
So I’m good to go.
:o])
It’s always nice to get Deliveries! We had only ads and stuff today, nothing fun. It’s still raining here, but not as heavily. I haven’t seen Jake since lunchtime; he must be in one of the girls’ beds. Shannon is hanging around nagging me about the weather. The byos are showing Kathleen a book of animal pictures that they got at the library, but she keeps showing up requesting food.
I’ll have to go get Tom, Elen, Sally, and Pat at the Envirothon meeting at 6:00. There was some sort of blowup last week - not involving any of my children, praise the Lord - which resulted in one child’s leaving the team and a reshuffle of the middle-school teams. Mrs. Atkinson thought Sally might be upset, but when I told her, she said the two kids switched on to her team were the smartest ones, so she’s happy.
Just one thing after another. I’d already told Mrs. A that Sally and Pat would put on their professional manner and work for the team, not matter what. I do not allow personalities to get in the way of commitments. I seem to be a stable force for her, as well as my mother-in-law ... I’m the one who’s not going to take a snit over anything!
All this rain is supposed to freeze overnight. It will be miserable for DP’s race in the morning, but should be pleasant by the time I take Sally - and whichever other kids go along - to the Knights of Columbus basketball-shooting activity. Tom’s going to South Carolina to spend the night with a friend who’s on spring break from college. He arranged transportation, knowing he wouldn’t be going any other way!
It’s pretty sad when life revolves around mail and UPS deliveries...BUT! I’ll take what I can get and LIKE it! Yes I will!
A “blow up?” As in “’splody things?” Freaky! No wonder they like Envirothon!
I’ve been in menial positions and positions of responsibility and everything in between, and I have never allowed my personal “opinions” to influence my decisions on another employee. I feel that way about other groups, and will walk out of a room before making a fool of myself. No snits involved. Just a shrug of the shoulders.
Tom is learning! YAY!
I somehow developed a distaste for the “ulcer cocktail” and I think it’s because of the pineapple chunks. This morning, I decided to try using pineapple juice. I don’t think it takes much for the cocktail to work, as I think the spices have more to do with the effectiveness. I think it would be easier to store pineapple juice than to open a can of crushed pineapple and try to save the leftovers.
No explosion - other than personalities - but there was fire and a knife involved. Not, did I mention, my children!
Whoa! Some kids seem serious about winning. I’m glad your kids weren’t involved!
Some kid apparently had a phobia about weapons. He’d probably have freaked out if someone used a level-two lookalike firearm.
Sally is pretty serious about winning, and Pat is serious about looking smart ;-).
Poor kid with the weapon phobia. He’s either going to have a long, scary life or a short unscary one.
Pat doesn’t have to make an effort to look smart...he just ACTS smart.
And Sally? She’s probably too serious about too many of the wrong things. The good news is: She will most likely grow out of it.
Oh, Pat looks smart when he doesn’t just look crazy ;-).
Tomorrow, we’re going to make some posters of Greek and Latin noun declensions. The verb conjugations (at our level) are easy to remember because they’re like Spanish, but we keep getting the nouns confused. ‘Is this “of the house” or “to the houses”?’
If Pat blinked he could fool the world! LOL!
Yeah, his efforts to appear human sometimes fall a little short.
And that’s the TRUTH!
And with that, I’m heading for the Blanket Show. My ankle is telling me who is boss...I will put some topical pain reliever on it, take some ibuprofen and prop it up for the duration.
I’ll see all y’all tomorrow!
I hope you and your ankle have a good night.
Lol, that’s great. I’m no historian and was never a big fan of spy novels, but I wonder if the KGB, CIA, etc., really had those things in the old days, that is, real working guns that at first glance looked like fingers? Before the invention of metal detectors, an assassin trained in the art of misdirection could probably have slipped through lots of checkpoints and pat-downs with one!
I don’t think it would make it through a real search, as pretty much everyone wants to make sure the suspect isn’t hiding something in their hand. but a casual or even mildly interested observer could easily walk past it on the street.
Yesterday, I visited the Meiji-Jingu shrine near Harajuku. Amazing that such a tranquil place exists in the heart of Tokyo. The surrounding environs are like old-growth forest.
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Cool! Nice to know you’re doing okay.
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