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Nearer to home

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So, I am sat in Philly airport (gate A2 for the interested) waiting for my connecting flight to Frankfurt. Why Frankfurt? Because it’s the only flight going that way which has spare seats. Then we get a flight to Birmingham, and I pay more money for the extra day of parking.

Yes, about that extra day… Originally my flight from Philly to Birmingham direct was going to get in at 6:25am UK time. According to the new itinerary that someone invented for me, my Frankfurt to Birmingham flight would get me in at 9:20 on the same day. Despite me setting off a whole day later.

Last night I was sat in bed trying to work this out, and it made no sense. It made even less sense to the checkin desk people who found it quite amusing. The automated checkin machine printed to parts of my journey off and then shut down, evidently thinking I was insane. It seems that whoever invented my new flight schedule forgot the small fact that days are 24 hours long, and at some point you need to go onto the next one. So yeah, I would be flying to Philly at 6:45am US time, and five hours earlier at the same time I would be flying from Frankfurt to Birmingham. Then, later today I would catch another flight from Philly to Frankfurt.

I don’t think they managed to mess the space-time continuum up that badly in Star Trek.

Only pain in the arse is that I don’t have an European travel adaptor for my laptop, so when I arrive in Frankfurt I’ll have nothing to do. Maybe then would be a good time to go insane? I will get home at some point…

Getting used to my new car

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Replacing the stereo with the factory fitted one cured all the weird electrical problems I was having. It’s been suggested that I should disconnect the battery and try the swap again, but I don’t know if I can be bothered. I’d rather connect my iPod ‘properly’ so that I can control it with the buttons on the radio or the stalk next to the steering wheel.

I’ve fiddled with the seat position, the mirrors and got most things to my liking with the trip down the motorway to Scunthorpe being quite good. It’s nice owning a car that actually accelerates when the pedal is stomped on. I also tested the hi-beam flashers and the visibility of my finger in the driver’s window when some daft woman came at me on my side of the road while driving down the A18. Stay on your side of the road when it’s twisty!

The clutch is a bit strange to get used to, I’ve not yet worked out where it bites and seems to vary between ankle height and shin height. Setting off from junctions is a bit random with me either rocketing off at warp 10, or crawling slowly with high revs.

Bonfire axed in green move – Wakefield Express

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Bonfire axed in green move – Wakefield Express.

Yes, in a fantastic feat of non-thinking, we’re not having a bonfire this year… because it causes pollution.

THE annual bonfire at Thornes Park was cancelled this year by eco-friendly council bosses.

Wakefield Council decided to axe the event, which is usually part of a fireworks night, in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint.

Lisa Dodd, Wakefield Council’s service director for sport and culture, said: “As part of our drive to reduce our carbon emissions we decided not to have a bonfire.

“We will of course listen to what people have to say on whether they want to see a bonfire reinstated next year and balance this with working towards the district becoming even more eco-friendly.”

In other news, we are having the power cut to our homes at 6pm until 6am to also cut down on our carbon emissions, and the Christmas lights will not be turned on to save energy.

Alternative Curriculum Day 4

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Once again it was another Alternative Curriculum Day. My form, being the kids they are mostly decided today wasn’t worth turning up for, with there being a whopping five in morning registration, then a slightly more fuller (but still poor) seven in the afternoon.

I spent all day doing ‘marketing’ which involved the students making a product out of glo-sticks and marketing them.

Now, it sounds a great idea, the kids have to come up with a product and then market it, and then pitch their idea to the whole class, with the rest of the class deciding on which is the best. The problem is when you combine kids, scissors and glo-sticks.

Yep, we had glo-stick juice up the walls and in someone’s mouth. The best we can say is that the stuff is non-toxic and she won’t be chewing them again.

So hot and sticky

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My form room is like an oven, it’s horrible. My classrooms are like furnaces, and the students are unable to sit calmly when too hot or too cold. I have no idea why they pace around, it makes no sense. Sit down you silly buggers and stop winding yourselves up.

I have to teach in my form room tomorrow. No idea how this is going to go down. Fortunately the idiots in my form are off on other things that lesson, and the rest are quite nice.

Think I’ll make food for tomorrow and go to bed. I’ve got an observation tomorrow in the first lesson.