Writer's Block: All About My Mother

[Error: unknown template qotd]I'm going to fudge a bit as well and pick Margie Adams from this season's edition of The Amazing Race. She's a real person, which is why this is fudging, but she was both an awesome competitor and a great Mom.

If you didn't catch any of the show, Margie's race partner was her 20-something son Luke, who was the first deaf contestant on the race. Margie not only had to hold up her end of the racing but since Luke doesn't read lips she had to translate for him. She was tough as nails and earned the nickname "the Bionic Woman."

Not the droids we were looking for

The summer community education catalog arrived today from the local community college. The cover is a brilliant rainbow, and as I flipped it open my eye landed on "NEW! WORKING WITH FAIRIES"

The course description did contain such gems as "Discover what types of fairies there are and how to work with each type to bring you insight, wisdom and joy," but the rest of the text made it clear that this would not be my type of thing.

I'm tempted to sign up and then express profound disappointment that the subject matter isn't related to workplace diversity, but with my luck the instructor would suffer from a chronic lack of humor.