tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post115852999093262784..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): I think I could rise from the ashesjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158778605998000332006-09-20T14:56:00.000-04:002006-09-20T14:56:00.000-04:00LMAO! I love that. Turn Guns into sandwiches..>Now...LMAO! I love that. Turn Guns into sandwiches..>Now I'm hungry.<BR/><BR/>I don't have a problem with Comic books. It's not great Literature but it's still reading and any type of reading is good in my books. I have an adult friend who still collects comic books weekly...and he reads everything but the comic books.<BR/><BR/>HUGSSilver Creek Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062404159303618655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158661886763329952006-09-19T06:31:00.000-04:002006-09-19T06:31:00.000-04:00I think it would be cool to be wicked acrobatic li...I think it would be cool to be wicked acrobatic like Nightcrawler. I always liked him.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158651961577783972006-09-19T03:46:00.000-04:002006-09-19T03:46:00.000-04:00Which superpower do you want/ which superhero are ...Which superpower do you want/ which superhero are you and why is a freewriting assignment I give my students. It's one of my most popular, and such a sneaky good way of finding out what people's insecurities are. Although today I asked them about being smurfs.Tree of Knowledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037710157338503215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158643621548740092006-09-19T01:27:00.000-04:002006-09-19T01:27:00.000-04:00What a great conversation! I figured I wanted to b...What a great conversation! I figured I wanted to be like Night Crawler too. But the weapons-to-loaves thing sounds more mature. Maybe I'd have to be a grown-up superhero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158630923713822632006-09-18T21:55:00.000-04:002006-09-18T21:55:00.000-04:00This was fantastic.I have always wanted to be able...This was fantastic.<BR/><BR/>I have always wanted to be able to fly, but oddly enough, I never think of it as a superpower. It's just something I haven't mastered yet.Jane Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11226543756994730250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158630091510088372006-09-18T21:41:00.000-04:002006-09-18T21:41:00.000-04:00I'm with everyone else. Fabulous conversation. (I ...I'm with everyone else. Fabulous conversation. (I wish WAW was in my class!) And the punchline is just priceless! I love that you have a politically aware kid!!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09005040876956039402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158623951985591482006-09-18T19:59:00.000-04:002006-09-18T19:59:00.000-04:00That is a *great* conversation! The ending was tot...That is a *great* conversation! The ending was totally unexpected and so very fitting for the conversation. :>)RageyOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03690295219089454070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158619411066399172006-09-18T18:43:00.000-04:002006-09-18T18:43:00.000-04:00Your son is discerning.Your son is discerning.mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219939239649337581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158617773512491472006-09-18T18:16:00.000-04:002006-09-18T18:16:00.000-04:00Great story!Great story!Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311014761113076785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158616449464398402006-09-18T17:54:00.000-04:002006-09-18T17:54:00.000-04:00What a great story!What a great story!listiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531432035830658570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158612015349970272006-09-18T16:40:00.000-04:002006-09-18T16:40:00.000-04:00Great story!Great story!Lauren D. McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492156665800981450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158609788122864172006-09-18T16:03:00.000-04:002006-09-18T16:03:00.000-04:00I'd have powers like Rouge. She absorbs peoples p...I'd have powers like Rouge. She absorbs peoples powers by human touch. The down side is she can't even kiss a boy without almost killing them. <BR/><BR/>(my husband has about 10,000 comics so I'm forced to know about them...to an extent)Lesleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949872709953861128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158602235327093932006-09-18T13:57:00.000-04:002006-09-18T13:57:00.000-04:00The ability to be a fly-on-the-wall, and snoop to ...The ability to be a fly-on-the-wall, and snoop to my heart's content!<BR/><BR/>FAYourFireAnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428838843235292696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158600883964060372006-09-18T13:34:00.000-04:002006-09-18T13:34:00.000-04:00With-a-Why's my boy! (re the last sentence)There'...With-a-Why's my boy! (re the last sentence)<BR/><BR/>There's so many superpowers I'd love to have, but shooting flames out my butt beats the ones I had in mind...!Mona Buonanottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809435868294190789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158599669122073252006-09-18T13:14:00.000-04:002006-09-18T13:14:00.000-04:00Clearly above average. I love WAW.Clearly above average. I love WAW.Yankee, Transferredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627693160131161133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158597213057796512006-09-18T12:33:00.000-04:002006-09-18T12:33:00.000-04:00I like the meta-criticism, and how you manage *not...I like the meta-criticism, and how you manage *not* to get your kids annoyed at you. My kid would be spitting tacks right around the point where I pointed out Wolverine wasn't a healer. You must do tonal better than me. (She's still not speaking to me over the whole socialist reading of Winnie the Pooh thing....)delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158591196418840172006-09-18T10:53:00.000-04:002006-09-18T10:53:00.000-04:00This had me laughing out loud, especially the part...This had me laughing out loud, especially the part about Phoenix and your daughter. You project such feelings of calmness and serenity here that it makes the image of you as a giant firebird of rage that much more amusing. <BR/><BR/>I love the frank discussions you share with your kids.BerryBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688522956177325844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158588793134540192006-09-18T10:13:00.000-04:002006-09-18T10:13:00.000-04:00I love the punchline. What a great way to start my...I love the punchline. What a great way to start my morning.ScienceWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144262447487095454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158587156852405132006-09-18T09:45:00.000-04:002006-09-18T09:45:00.000-04:00Ha! That's so great. The end of your post was just...Ha! That's so great. The end of your post was just beyond the bottom of my screen. And when you asked "Do you know any evil men?" I thought, do I know any evil men? My answer? I know George W Bush and Cheney! And so imagine my not-surprise when With-a-why answered simlarly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158583849204739332006-09-18T08:50:00.000-04:002006-09-18T08:50:00.000-04:00update: by even mentioning this thread, BK once ag...update: by even mentioning this thread, BK once again was pushing us to choose superpowers. My wife chose flying, BK chose morphing. I usually refuse to choose any one power...Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01503422107908380716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158583720379647772006-09-18T08:48:00.000-04:002006-09-18T08:48:00.000-04:00My 5-year-old calls Bush "that bad man in charge....My 5-year-old calls Bush "that bad man in charge." We keep telling him it won't be for all that much longer!<BR/><BR/>I was never much of a comic book person, either, but then someone got me to read Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics/graphic novels. THEY ARE FANTASTIC, expecially the shakespeare re-writes. Ask around. Someone will loan them to you.lostinthemiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302101275686045844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158581572670682402006-09-18T08:12:00.000-04:002006-09-18T08:12:00.000-04:00My son used to ask me which super power would I be...My son used to ask me which super power would I be and he wouldn't let me be the men super heroes. For him, they were the masters of the universe guys and so I would say wonder woman and he would roll his eyes. He always wanted the ability to run fast and jump high. Real cool things.zelda1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04212809913449846878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158560020749953192006-09-18T02:13:00.000-04:002006-09-18T02:13:00.000-04:00I thought you wanted to be Elastigirl, from The In...I thought you wanted to be Elastigirl, from The Incredibles.Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158555478787078902006-09-18T00:57:00.000-04:002006-09-18T00:57:00.000-04:00I love that there is actually a punchline to this ...I love that there is actually a punchline to this conversation--kind of an extra treat.Sarah Sometimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09415284135104217978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1158553861563262002006-09-18T00:31:00.000-04:002006-09-18T00:31:00.000-04:00That was hilarious--Mr. Quiz and I have that sort ...That was hilarious--Mr. Quiz and I have that sort of conversation occasionally. I'm glad he's never likened me to a superherione yet--you ought to be flattered!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com