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Why I love Neil Gaiman
So, I owe you all a post about the LA stop of Neil Gaiman’s tour (because AWESOME!) but I’m in a writing groove so instead you’re going to have to be satisfied (or at least placated) by videos of cool things that cracked me up from Neil’s blog about his tour and links to places with pictures (I figured that we wouldn’t be allowed to take pictures…something I found out too late was wrong). So, be placated readers mine.
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"Dreamland" by Lewis Carroll
When midnight mists are creeping,And all the land is sleeping,Around me tread the mighty dead,And slowly pass away.Lo, warriors, saints, and sages,From out the vanished ages,With solemn pace and reverend faceAppear and pass away.The blaze of noonday splendour,The twilight soft and tender,May charm the eye: yet they shall die,Shall die and pass away.But here, in Dreamland’s centre,No spoiler’s hand may enter,These visions fair, this radiance rare,Shall never pass away.I see the shadows falling,The forms of old recalling;Around me tread the mighty dead,And slowly pass away. People who know me, know that I love Lewis Carroll. The man was brilliant, even if I think his pictures of children are a little…
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"What Teachers Make," by Taylor Mali
What Teachers Make, orObjection Overruled, orIf things don’t work out, you can always go to law school By Taylor Maliwww.taylormali.comHe says the problem with teachers is, “What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?” He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what they say about teachers: Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach. I decide to bite my tongue instead of his and resist the temptation to remind the other dinner guests that it’s also true what they say about lawyers.Because we’re eating, after all, and this is polite company. “I mean, you¹re a teacher,…