Wild Cards! – Aug 10, 2015

Cartoon(s) of the Week  Calvin and Hobbes was often an educational essay disguised as a cartoon, it seems to me.  🙂  Here, he touches on science, writing, academia, and school in general – in only two cartoons!  See C&H.Snowflake and C&H.Writing.  (For a related short blog on the Educational Wisdom of C & H – with 3 other cartoons – see  C&H.Education.)

Krazy Pic  I’m wondering if someone may need a dictionary for Christmas!?  See Krazy Pic 15-17.

Brain Teasers  Today’s Brain Teasers are dedicated to our 30 new teacher-subscribers from Ozark and Galena schools, where I led workshops this past week.  WELCOME TO AME !   See BT 15-12.  (Deadline for these and others this month will be 8/27:  See below.)

More BT News & Reminders  This month we will try allowing the Brain Teasers to run all month – and we may add more as we go!  This is partly to try a fun, different format for all subscribers.  But it is also TO REMIND ALL TEACHERS:  We love getting solutions from students!!  Send in your students’ solutions (and their names), and we’ll honor them when solutions are revealed.  There should be at least 1 or 2 BTs suitable for almost any grade level, so start your year with a puzzle (and some fame? :-))  for your students!  See BT 15-12

O-PUN Mouth . . . Is there a more torturous form of humor than the lowly pun?  My uncle sent me a whole column of these a couple of years back, and I think I’ll start sharing some of them.  Hope they give you a smile – which is to say a groan.  🙂  See MorePuns1

AfterMath Adventures Thanks to those of you who have listened to the new radio show.  I appreciate the comments and input!!  In order to listen to a podcast of any previous show (the first two have had GREAT guests, at least!)  OR to get a preview up upcoming show – at any time – visit krzk.com/aftermathadventures/

Updated August BDs Ack!  I just noticed I left one of my brothers-in-law off the August Birthday list last week.  Ouch! (I have two BILs, and they almost have back-to-back BDs!)  Here’s the updated list:  August BDs.  Sorry, Don!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!