A description of my blog. http://www.my-site.com 1136906470378589766 Valdyrre, I Hardly Knew Ye 2007/05/#1136906470378589766 2007-05-23 The Blog-Blond has tagged me with an education-related meme. The thing about memes is that they have rules, and the thing about rules is that they don't apply to me. So I may have slightly embellished a few of my answers. Enjoy.

What was the name of the teacher that was most influential in your life from grades K through 6?

Valdyrre the Magnificent. It was during the time of the Shadows, when the great gray-green tentacles of the horgauths tainted the land with their sickly sweet secretions. The only hope for the kingdom of Zumvalia was the semi-legendary Order of the Sparkly Razors. "Semi-legendary" because until that spring they existed only in the imagination of a confused old man, a man I knew as Valdyrre the Magnificent, or sometimes just "Ted." He trained me in the Ways of the Sparkly Razors, an art as old as Valdyrre's sandwich. "Don't eat that," we'd say. And he would just laugh, and die. There will never be another like him, thank the Hoary Lords of the Seven Unimpressive Hills.

What subject did you favor in high school?

Other than the Ways of the Sparkly Razors, I enjoyed the dark art of avimetrification, which is the measuring of the distance between pigeons.

Did you attend a university and if so did you attain a degree?

I spent seven years at the Mahalamahavatamadatam academy, the first six of which were spent trying to find the door. Once inside, I rotated slowly, gradually attaining all possible degrees. I was eventually released on my own recognizance, having exhausted the recognizance of several others.

Do you learn best through books, by watching, or hands-on?

It depends what I am learning. I learned to read books mostly by watching television. Learning to smell ghosts, of course, required a more nuanced approach. Generally, however, when I really want to learn something I seek out an expert in that field and attempt to learn by osmosis. Literally, I try to suck knowledge out of the expert's brain by putting my brain right next to theirs. When that fails (as it has every time so far), I hit the expert on the head with a hammer and move on to something else.

Has education been an ongoing process for you? How do you feel about that?

I pride myself on learning one new fact a day, keeping pace with my arduous forgetting schedule. I feel okay about it right now, but that could change. Every day is an adventure. A tiresome, confusing adventure.

What seven people are you tagging to do this?

1. Ann Boleyn
2. Deborah Harry
3. Tigger
4. Darth Maul
5.033.412 John Dewey
6. The entire cast of What's Happenin!
7. Valdyrre the Magnificent (May the Hoary Lords rest his soul)



May the great gray-green tentacles of humor-blogs.com grace you with their sickly sweet secretions.

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