the greatest generation

my grandma was talking about growing up in the great depression. when i walked in she was in the middle of saying "there were three druggies in our town; this was in a time when that was quite a thing.... it was the doctor, the drug store owner's wife, and the blacksmith."

trend-setter

So, tonight my mom and I went to buy presents for her teaching interns. "All of them tell me that their students love Smencils," she said. Apparently "smencils" are smelly pencils. So we tried to find some, but no stores seemed to carry them. Then I found these:





I told her to get them and tell her interns that what students REALLY like are "swencils". Sweater pencils.