May I suggest Cows with Guns, The Scotsman Song and Chompy the Gator as starters?
How big is your mailbox? I might be able to get away with e-mailing the ones I’ve collected so far.
In my book, they’ve kicked They Might Be Giants out of their spot as my favorite novelty band, and I’ve been a full-fledged AW fan for less than a week.
Swampy, TSS is one you’ll probably like a lot. 
It’s the second time I’ve read the series, Tupug, and I had to start at the beginning- usually I just open books I’ve already read and start in the middle, but there’re too many details to jump right in. I think I’m in love with !Xabbu. He’s cool. I really like everything I’ve read by Williams.
Why isn’t he famous and rich, and Robert Jordan out of business?
Sorry. Not keen on the WoT.
The… drat- Vegetable song? Something like that? is good. It’s about a guy who goes on akilling rampage to protect innocent veggies. The chorus starts “I’ve heard the screams of the vegetables/ watching their skins being peeled/ having their insides revealed”.
Will be back after breakfast. No photos, Ex. I’m too internet illiterate. Sorry. 
Am I encouraging illegal internet activity if I ask vunderbob to send me those songs? Cause if I am I won’t ask.
MMMMMMM… big burly Scotsmen in kilts.
The funny sounding man on the weather radio says we got some tornados headed this way. They’re moving northeast. :eek:
Back in the janitor closet/tornado shelter for me!
I’m sure he’s well on his way. Just checked out his site. This here looks like it will be good. I do like WoT, mainly because I’ve been reading the books for more years than I can remember. The first couple books were really good but a lot of people think RJ has been milking the story for the mullah. Too bad.
swampy, you be sure to come back here and let us know when you get the all clear…unless you end up in oz or sumpin.
Ex, your comment about the brownies and their power to remove undergarments made me chuckle. See, there’s this dessert place in town called Extraordinary Desserts. The place gets absolutely packed on Friday and Saturday nights, and you can tell that most people there are couples on dates. It’s got a reputation of being a place to go with your guy/gal. A friend of mine said her husband refers to the joint as “The Panty Moistener”. So I betcha they probably serve those brownies you’re talking about.
I’m not going to say that plying me with sweets would not cause me to remove my garments. I wouldn’t want to lie to you sweet people.
OK, so I goofed. It’s Rippy the Gator… All I can think of is the chorus of that stupid song. It’s taking over my head.
Swampy, here’s a preview for you, whenever you come out of the closet. 
I’m outta the closet y’all! For a while ennyways. Right now I’m going up to the break room. We ordered chicken roaster pizzas from the Harvest Moon Cafe. They are yummy yummy yummy! We decided we’d have us a pizza lunch party.
-swampbear(in and out of the closet all day)
I dunno Shibbydear, what kind of recipes go well with domineering types? If I were chef at the BDSM Cafe I would include whipped potatoes and the turkey would be well trussed, for starters. And the waiters would be either exquisitely good or delightfully awful.
What cook book is this, with such dangerous-to-diet recipes Ex? Plus, don’t be afraid to use your new gadgets, what’s the worst that could happen, besides fire and dismemberment? You could borrow Lissla’s vinyl dress if you’re worried about spills (and just what kinda stuff do you do on that desk that you store vinyl dresses and fishnet stockings there?).
A drive-in I frequent serves battered onion rings. I make sure the carhop slaps them around when I order them; but a couple of them have threatened to send them to a shelter…
I would think that the BDSM cafe the waiters would tell you what you’re gonna have then they’d chain you to the table til you eat every bite and lick the plate clean. Then they’d eat your dessert right in front of you and laugh while doing it. Oh and they make you bus your own table.
Ahhh but some people want to be the top, Swampy. I propose seperate sections for the BDSM Cafe and the maitre d’ will ask you if you’d prefer the topping or non-topping section. And none of those creepy leather masks with the zippers. I refuse to blend up the food so it fits through the little holes.
I swear I recall reading about a restaurant in NY that was going to have dominatrixes as waitresses. Anyone remember that?
Maybe tomorrow I will make fudge or brownies or something.
Mr. Lissar made me read WoT when I first met him. I got very tired by * Path Of Daggers* and gave up.
How come, after all that cleaning I’ve been doing, nothing looks cleaner?
*Bragging Parent Post
So we had an afterschool conference with the Boy’s teacher today. She didn’t explain why, but we found that he has taken the SRI(? = Scholastic Reading Index??) test, as had everyone, and he did very well. He scored a 671, which is just 99 less than the Girl who had the highest score in her class, two grades higher up. They still haven’t started their gifted stuff because of, you guessed it, the hurricanes which have everything backed up here. They are waiting to have a meeting where we can sign stuff so they can start. The teacher that runs the gifted program explained this is because of liability concerns, ie, they can’t do anything until they have signed releases.
So, any teacher types out there that can explain this SRI stuff to me? I asked what the scale was but the teacher didn’t have any info.
Oh, also we have to go to some award thing tomorrow, but we also don’t know what that’s for. Also, also, in fairness I should say that the Boy still doesn’t know how to tie his own shoes and his handwriting is pretty horrible.
Now back to your regularly scheduled B&D sessions.
I am a teacher type, but I’m not sure about this SRI stuff. I know a bunch of acronyms like the CAHSEE, the STAR, the CELDT, APIs and APYs, CBESTs, BCLADs, ELD, ELL, ESL, CCTC, ESSLRs, CBEDs, and the SATs of course, but my best guess is SRI would be scholastic reading inventory. Because I don’t teach amongst the ankle biters, I’ve only got a dim memory of it being a test that has the kids read passages to figure out where they are and then match them up to books at an appropriate level. Someone who’s used it could give you a better idea of it’s validity, practicality, etc. but I’ve never heard anybody screaming about the horrors of the SRI and how it destroyed their child’s joy in learning or anything like that.
And don’t worry about the kidlet not being able to tie his shoes yet. I had a little trouble myself but went on to incredible success and glory. Right after I moved south and started wearing sandals. Congrats on the budding genius!
Off to bake snickerdoodle muffins…
The test here in Virginia that qualifies a student to graduate from high school is called the SOL.
<snerk> Apt acronym.
A quick google search yielded the following for the Scholastic Reading Inventory:
A general info page
http://technology.usd259.com/resources/SRI/
Something about the scoring
I’m a stat wonk, but I have to say if your kid’s teacher can’t give you more than a score, I would raise a little ruckus with the principal. There is always info available on these tests. If the teacher can’t be bothered to find out about tests, or, worse, can’t understand about the tests, then I’d have to question the teacher’s ability to teach in general.
Okay, a bit of a sore point. But think about calling the principal, just for me.
This is Florida, we don’t hold our teachers to that high a standard (ducks in anticipation that maybe one of the FloriDopers is a teacher).
Seriously, she did say that she’d send me something that explained the scoring. And she did know that the scores indicate what types of books are appropriate. The Boy has been reading The Carnivorous Carnival, by Lemony Snicket, to himself lately. I rate those books as 9-13 years old target audience.
And FTR, the “award thing” turned out both of them got Student of the Month for their class. I hope they don’t win too many more of those, it wasn’t the most invigorating 45 minutes I’ve spent. Not too bad, and a bit cute, but it would get tedious if I have to go every month.