Jo Hawke on May 2nd, 2011

I felt so bad about posting this one that I had to cover the name of this church and pastor. Yes, I agree wholeheartedly with the meaning behind this sign. But I think whoever handles the signage needs a grammar checker. :(

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Jo Hawke on April 29th, 2011

Nestled in the corner of the Big Lots furniture department, I stumbled upon this item: a Special Collector’s Edition Inaugural Lava Lamp! Wow! Can you believe it? Don’t you wish they were open right the second, so you could drive over and get one all for yourself?! So, anyway, when I showed it out to [...]

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Jo Hawke on April 11th, 2011

Way to go, Attie! He made what he could and then made do with the rest. Ha! A couple more sets of these magnets, and we’ll be in vocabusiness. ;) Notice the first two words: UP and DOWN. Atticus spelled them after I recorded him (at his request) singing an old Jimmy Reed song called, [...]

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Jo Hawke on March 14th, 2011

How can something be progressive and primitive? I’m not sure, but it’s a great example of oxymoron: a contradictory epigram of two (or just a few) words.

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Jo Hawke on March 7th, 2011

I don’t think I’ve ever tasted hollow milk. You?

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Jo Hawke on February 21st, 2011

I’d had this quotation in mind for a long time, but only made a poster of it this past year. It’s what you could call a conversation-starter. And not just with students. The “witticism” is attributed to Winston Churchill, although there’s a lot of debate over its original form. “Don’t end a sentence with a [...]

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Jo Hawke on February 9th, 2011

The work of an English teacher is never done … until summer (and not even then, if you’re me).

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