One Down, One to Go

I just attended the first of two high school reunions ( explanation available by request ), and it set the bar high for the second in two weeks.

In praise of the organizing committee

Plan a reunion? No prob!

Organize this feline like mob?

They said it was fun

And still got the work done

A fan-( insert your own emphasis here )-ing-tastic great job! 

I know that the planners really tried

To make sure we were all satisfied

They did all they could

Which was very good

But we missed all the classmates who've died.

G.O.P. Campaign in a Nutshell

The generic candidate’s speech is…

We’re gonna take our country back

We’re gonna be safe from attack

The economy will soar

No climate change anymore

And we’ll substitute fiction for fact.

... and the leader is …

Trump’s on the stump every day

Crowds love what he has to say

His appeal is amazing

And somewhat hair-raising

If he wins there will be hell toupee.

What Would You Do?

If you were awakened at 4:00 AM by an intruder?

We had an unarmed intruder last night

He startled me and gave me a fright

But I grabbed a trash can

To fight like a man

The squirrel ran, but he put up no fight.

Seriously it was a squirrel, but I was expecting a mouse.  The ‘extraction’ was successful.

Would it be different if I had a gun?

In that case what would I have done?

Would I have fired at will

In an effort to kill

A little creature who just wanted to run?

Back to School

An upcoming High School reunion is bringing back some old memories.  Here are some comments on teachers I appreciated more after I graduated.  Both were tough, but they did teach.

French teacher Mme. Girard - I was in her class for French 2 through 4

Year one she wielded a battle axe

Was a stickler for accent and syntax

When we got to year four

The class wasn’t big anymore

And Mme. Girard could begin to relax.

Chemistry teacher Dorothy Smith - I took 2 years of Chemistry from her.

A few students had real trouble with

Their Chemistry teacher Ms. Smith

When she realized

They had plagiarized

Her toughness wasn’t only a myth.

But remember what Simone Signoret called her autobiography 

Nostalgia Isn't What It used to Be