The Passin' of Pepe

(Note: not exactly the Passion of Christ)

Please bow your heads...but not so low that you can't read this.

We are here today to mourn the passing of a good...(for lack of a more appropriate word) player. Pepe was many things; a CD player, an MP3 player, a friend...a companion. One could listen to Pepe for hours on end, his mortality only noticed by his batterys' charge. Now, with a life countable in months, Pepe is no longer among us. Although the cause of such a premature demise has not yet been determined, we know Pepe fought long and hard against the eternal rest(so hard that I think it caused him to break the internal mechanism which causes the disk to spin). Pepe will be missed. He is survived by several CD-Rs; MP3s A-H and MP3s G-Z as well as several Don or Dno Mixes.

Not all are sad about the Passing of Pepe. Kumiko, who has verbally stated her dislike of Pepe, has made this remark, "You have the warranty! I'll take you to Don Quijote (where Pepe is from) to replace it." AAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR YOU PEPE!!!!!!!

*Sniff, sniff*

Now, please raise your goblets as Bobo passes around the wine. (time passes)

Let us drink to Pepe!!! May your large ears flap forever in the winds of our memories!

Thank you

(Pepe on his death bed)

Rare photo of Sleepinicus Billyicus

Okay class. We have here a picture of the Sleepinicus Billyicus or the Sleeping Billy. This 3 year old wirlwind barely ever sits still, let alone passes out. Most kids have abundant energy, but few go from 6:30 a.m. till midnight without taking a breather. Yes, even in day care, this pint sized locomotive just pretends to nap. His teachers once worried, yet now know that he is a freak of nature.

Notice some tell tale signs of this not being fake. No pillow. Billyicus HATES his pillow. No blankets. Billyicus does not do well with blankets.
Also notice the position of Billyicus. Although temporary, this is a typical position as the Billyicus (一早: Kazusasaurus in Japanese). Billyicus tends to roll, turn, flop, and gyrate into comfy positions while asleep; leading caretakers of such a creature to think he is behaving the same as if awake...actually, there is not much of a difference since he talks in his sleep too.

And then there were more...

Birds. Those feathery flying things that crap everywhere. At least they eat bugs, right?

Anyway, a pair had decided to nest in our apartment's enterance. Here you see the nest Version 3.2 adorning the "whatever the hell you call it." Versions 1 and 2 didn't make it in previous years. I think the city knocked 'em down. Version 3.1 was stoned by little kids, and yet these tenacious little swallows rebuilt what was left of 3.1 to make a happy home for 4 new little chicky nuggets...I mean baby birds.

When Grading is the Test

Again, this pic isn't the best, but live with it. You can just make out the answer to #5. This answer is "Hint Box."

The directions stated that students are to use the "Hint Box" to the right of the passage to find the missing words of said passage. The part for #5 read, "What kind of (5) programs do you like?" Apparently, this genious thought long and hard. Notice the triangles, those are for partial points...I gave them for effort. Sometimes, I wish I wouldn't, but then too many would fail. Note: you need to get less than 25 points to fail.