Tag: cartoon
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Part 2 – 1st grade
When I entered school, my biggest problem was my 1st grade teacher Antonina Pavlovna. *This is a cautionary tale for kids and their parents. Be nice to your teachers. This is what used to pass for educators twenty years ago. Antonina Pavlovna had many hobbies. She liked to exercise her vocal cords. She liked to exercise her…
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Halloween
A few years back I worked as a bouncer for my friend Jennifer Lester’s (aka Lingvall now) Social Mess Halloween Party at the Buckhead Theater. I was the decorative bouncer, the real muscle was behind me. I took the money and complimented the really good costumes. Everything was going well until some tiny blue fairy with…
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Part 1 – 1st Grade
When I went to first grade I wore a uniform. Everyone did. We were all equally dressed and depressed in brown and black. A student could roll up in a Rolls Royce(or Chaika in my case) to the school, but inside the school he or she was supposed to be on the same footing as…
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Teacher’s pet
When I was in grade school I was sure I knew everything. I knew the multiplication table, I knew the map of the city I lived in. I knew all the names of the important Soviet leaders. (They were all important). What else was there? My teacher hated me. Hated. It pissed him off even…
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If Genius is not found, then find Husband.
As a young child, I had wanted to find something I was exceptionally good at. I had tried sports, I had tried musical instruments, I had even tried learning languages, but nothing clicked. In kindergarten, my classmate had an Idea. “Maybe,” she said, “you are not meant to be exceptional by yourself. Maybe you are meant to…
Call Me Fluffy 