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"Take a break, honey, you’re working too hard."   Tr= anslation:  "I can’t hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."=   ~~~~~~~~   "That’s interesting, dear."   Translation:  "Ar= e you still talking?"     ~~~~~~~~   "Honey, we don’t need mater= ial things to prove our love." =  …

[Men = have a way of talking that is sometimes difficult for women to understand t= he meaning. This week, our goal is to help the wives and gals out there to = grasp what these short phrases actually mean. You’re welcome.]   "It’s a guy thing.&qu= ot;   Translation: …

=E2= =80=9CVirtue isn=E2=80=99t demanding more of others; it=E2=80=99s expecting= more of yourself.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=95 Frank Sonnenberg   =E2=80=9CAll of us tend to put off living. We are al= l dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon – instead of enjoyi= ng the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.=E2=80=9D=E2= =80=95 Dale…

This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0468_01DC1E4F.579897A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Q. Why was the teacher cross-eyed? A. She couldn’t control her pupils. Q. Why did the kid eat his homework? A. Because his teacher said it was a piece of cake. Q. Why do parents love…

This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0333_01DC1D8F.1109DC60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Q. In school, Dr. Bob, were you very bad at math? A. I can’t count how many times I failed. Q. What did the pencil sharpener say to the pencil? A. Stop going in circles and…

This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_025F_01DC1CBE.CF273750 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Q. What did the triangle say to the circle? A. You’re pointless. Q. Why does the math book always look sad? A. They are full of problems. Q. Why does a music teacher need a ladder?…

This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0001_01DC1BF9.5C6A28A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Q. Where do kids in New York City learn multiplication tables? A. Times Square. Q. Why did the kid study on an airplane? A. He wanted a higher education. Q. What do you do if a…

Q. On= the first day of school, what did the teacher say her three favorite words= were?A. June, July, and August.  = Q. = Why did the echo get detention the first day?A. It kept answering back.=   Q. What is a math teacher’s favor= ite season?A. Sum-mer.   Q.…

[Students are heading back to school. Memorizing is mandatory i= n many academic fields, so thought I would encourage you to consider mnemon= ics to help with recall.] Music Mnemonics How many lyrics to son= gs do you remember? How did you come to remember them? The same method you…

[This is a repost from August 2000.  As a public servic= e I felt the need to share this advice again.]   Earthquakes can strike witho= ut warning and being prepared for such a disaster can mean the difference b= etween life and death. Here are some tips to help…

In 1998 I taught a college logic class and asked the student= s a question. If Philadelphia is 100 miles from New York and Chicago is 100= 0 miles from Philadelphia and Los Angles is 2000 miles from Chicago, how ol= d am I.   Brandon in the back of…

A young minister, in the first week of his first parish, was= called to do the funeral for an eccentric man who had just died. As he pre= pared for the funeral, he stood before the open casket and consoled the wid= ow. He didn’t know exactly what to say,…

Teach= ing Hebrew I was asked about the odd situation in pronouncing the sound of = the letter for the “s” (Hebrew “shin”). Sometimes t= he letter sounded like an “s” while most often pronounced as &#= 8220;sh”. Students thought that odd. Sometimes Hebrew for non-Jews ad= ds a niqqud…