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I responded to the e-mail below, and mentioned I couldn't understand a freaking word she said.

Maybe, just maybe, this explains it... Her response, cut-and-pasted:

Thts right cohen hall! Cool my keys on this blackberry r goin down down down! Thanks see ya friday!

I'm not sure exactly what that means. I guess her e-mailing device is not working properly.

I know my brain pain is not going down down down.

I'd like to buy a vowel...

This is one (probably the final one) of a series of e-mails that I have received from someone headed to the Planetarium this Friday night. I just had to blog it, I've taken as much as I can! Wish I saved the others so I could show you how long and atrociously this has been going on.

Cut-and-pasted:

Hey chris... Where is entrance for plnetarium again? Hwhich blding do I enter? It's been a while. Sorry! Also, I received a bill from the college re: this event what shld I do with tht? Lmk when u get. Chance and looking forwrd to seeing u 7:30 sharp!

Now, I know my own blog is riddled with typos. I really don't think this is a case of pot-and-kettle, though. I swear to you I am at least TRYING. This, I think, is typed by a person recovering from heroin.

This is an adult! A PARENT!! I know she has her own small business as an American Sign Language interpreter!!!

What the hell could the sentence "Lmk when u get." even possibly mean?!

My brain hurts.

I had a high school group in today. The show was supposed to be about navigation. I can do that, but not for the whole hour... "There's the North Star. You use it to find North. The higher up it is the more North you are." What do I do for the other 59 minutes and 37 seconds?

Well, I talked about how the sky has been used for lots of reference... map, compass, calendar, illustrated storybook. AND we went on lots of tangents of stuff the kids seemed interested in. I thought it went well. It was actually a fun and interesting show. The kids seemed happy -- however, teachers did not seem thrilled. It's OK, I can't win them all. Or maybe they were happy, and just don't show it much.

It was a small group and a lot of questions came up during the show. I can deal with this in a group this size, and it worked great. We were talking about Betelgeuse a little, and the kids were wondering if, when it goes supernova, it would hurt us here on Earth. I assured them it would not. One kid had a follow-up question: "I was wondering... are penguins immune to radiation?"

Just when I think I've heard every possible question, somebody chucks me a curveball like that!