7 Thoughts

1) Rule #1: Adult Ed is like Fight Club – everyone knows about it but no one talks about it.

2) Rule #2: Adult Ed is like Fight Club – everyone knows about it but no one talks about it.

3) Home security idea: Amazon’s Alexa – “Alexa, get me a knife.” A buddy, Steven deftly pointed out that the knife wouldn’t arrive in time to help…even with a Prime account. #homesecurityfail

4) Most secure call of the week: Reliance Home Comfort. Several layers of confirmation required to verify that I was not in fact an intruder, calling to arrange a furnace repair…

5) …or more specifically the installation of a new blower motor that delivered and addressed to “James Dowh”. What? Do I have to write his WHOLE name?”…

6) While we’re at it, let’s deliver the WRONG motor. I mean, it’s only winter, right? Apparently the proper part number ended with the letter P, not B. Keep handwriting in the curriculum! #onted #Pisaletternotanumber

7) And here’s the “Wait. What?” moment of the week.

Ontario is set to announce this week that cellphones will be banned in classrooms, starting in the next school year. Let’s be consistent and and apply to hospitals, police stations and government offices.

“When the work day starts, the phones go off,” one senior government source should say. “It’s about recognizing that a government office is a working environment.”