This collection of entries is from September 13, 2002.
He came back. It's been a long time since he was here, and we didn't miss him. We open-up the windows at night - the weather has been great, and the nighttime temperatures have been in the 50's-60's. Great sleeping weather. Well, our "friend" just came back to the neighborhood.
A skunk.
I'm in my den, and I can smell him from here. The bedroom, with its windows open, is rank with his smell. Last year, he showed up every couple of weeks. This year, he hasn't been around since - believe it or not - winter. He's so "potent" that we had problems with him during the winter when the house was sealed-up. But with the windows open, ewwwwww. It's going to be hard falling asleep - his "presence" will be known for at least the next 2 hours...
The damn Alligator Alley terror alert could be a prank... In any case, nothing going on here, move along... move along...
Hey ... there's a "terror alert" down in/on Alligator Alley (I-75) in Florida, with two suspicious cars, with plates from Illinois - one from Hanover Park which is just one suburb over from me.
Yow! How did Friday the 13th sneak up on me?
Time for another Friday Five...
1. What was/is your favorite subject in school? Why? It was my television production classes in both high school and college It allowed me to be creative and do something that I really enjoyed.. My second favorite in college was History of Popular Culture. Third favorite in college was Wine-Beer-Booze Geography - complete with wine tastings.
2. Who was your favorite teacher? Why? In High School - Mr. Morris, the Communications Department chairman. He was irreverent, yet had a good feeling fort television In college, Howard Shapiro a director for ABC. He directed a lot of local stuff, as well as some Olympic coverage. He wasn't a professor - he was a real guy in the business. Forget the books, get educated on how it's done in the real world.
3. What is your favorite memory of school? High school was the TV studio and the staff and productions we had done through the years, as well as the daily shows. In college - it's the time I spent outside of class, hanging out, eating microwave burritos.
4. What was your favorite recess game? I don't recall any organized game at recess in elementary school - I just remember hangin' on the monkey bars (and falling off once)
5. What did you hate most about school? I don't remember anything I hated about High School. In college, I hated that my professors were just professors and had no clue about how things are done in the real world. Hated that arrogance - teach by the book with disregard to how things are done.