Weekly News

I’m free! Woo-hoo! Another school year in the books.

Ahh…

I’ve been preemptively celebrating for a couple of weeks now. So… I’ll return to talking about news now. Just one final word that sums up everything: SUMMERTIME! Giggle.

First up, you can take the middle school out of the teacher for the summer, but you can’t totally remove the middle-schooler that lives deep inside her. A poop-powered bus. Snort.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/25/poop-powered-bus-speed-record-uk-bus-hound_n_7436884.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

All their promises about the future are finally coming to pass. Back to the Future was so right. Hoverboards, people. Hoverboards!

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/22/genuine-hoverboard-sets-a-guinness-world-record-for-furthest-distance-travelled_n_7419896.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird%20News

And in science news–although let’s be honest, these were all rooted in science. Science teacher going into summer and all–it’s cloudy with a chance of…spiders. For those of you afraid of arachnids, stop reading now. Still with me? Okay, but I warned you.

Imagine if your local meteorologist began predicting this?

http://www.livescience.com/50856-spider-rain-explained.html

That’ll do it for me tonight. Enjoy your Wednesday evening–I know I will. 🙂

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I am a forty-something-year-old writer. I'm currently drafting my second book. I've also written short stories, poems, and some non-fiction over the last several years. My interest in writing formed during countless hours with my nose tucked in books. I may have even been clutching a novel as I was born. :)

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8 Responses to Weekly News

Medeia Sharif says:

May 30, 2015 at 12:14 AM

I’ll take a look at the links. I have one more week to go. I can’t wait.

- kimlajevardi says:
  
  May 30, 2015 at 9:51 AM
  
  You can do it. And then… writing probably, huh? That’s what I’m doing. 🙂
  
T.F.Walsh says:

May 29, 2015 at 2:19 AM

A lot to celebration indeed… enjoy. Oh the spiders are totally scary…

- kimlajevardi says:
  
  May 29, 2015 at 4:53 PM
  
  Agreed and agreed. Can you imagine that many spiders flying in? Really good story idea though.
  
lexacain says:

May 29, 2015 at 2:00 AM

OK, the poop bus was awesome and very impressive! The hoverboard looks amazing, but strikes the old lady in me as a good way to get hurt. But flying spiders – spiders that stick their butts in the air, unreel silk, and take off? That’s SO COOL! I like spiders as long as they’re not poisonous. They eat insects, and I hate insects. So if a million or so want to fly over here, that’s okay with me! 🙂

- kimlajevardi says:
  
  May 29, 2015 at 4:55 PM
  
  The bus and the hoverboard also were enjoyable for me, but I agree that the spider story is AMAZING. Can you imagine? I actually thought of you when I read it. It seems like something that belongs in one of your horror stories. Or at least some part of it.
  
Alex J. Cavanaugh (@AlexJCavanaugh) says:

May 28, 2015 at 9:22 AM

I read about the spiders. That would be so freaky.
The real question isn’t how fast can the bus go but how far. And whether you need to take along a spare cow.
Enjoy your summer break!

- kimlajevardi says:
  
  May 29, 2015 at 4:57 PM
  
  Thanks! I hadn’t thought about distance or refueling en route. An extra cow would be a hoot to have on board. Now I’m picturing one of those packed buses with a variety of farm animals on board–oh, the smell would be just terrible. 😉