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Let’s not say “Wilma” anymore

I’m currently ranked number one in the class! But read on and I’ll explain it later.

I’m tired of talking about Hurricane Wilma. I realized that 9 out of my last 10 posts mention the storm, and that’s too many, especially now that it’s over with. Signs of destruction can still be seen all around, but hey, I bet you’re tired of reading about it too.

So I’ve back to the grind at school after a two-week “vacation.” The main school building (which opened in April 2004) apparently sustained no damage, but the main gymnasium (the “big gym”), which must have been built in the ’50s, apparently lost some of its roof. And, as I found out yesterday, part of it caught fire on Sunday when they were trying to repair it. And, as I found out today, part of it caught fire again last night.

We were supposed to get report cards on October 24, the day the storm hit. Instead, we’re getting them tomorrow. I checked my grades on the school board’s web site to find that they had not yet been posted. But on a whim I decided to check my class ranking. I am usually ranked #3 out of 300-something. The site now says that I am #1 out of 55. That’s obviously wrong, but I’ll enjoy it while I can. So, probably due to a computer error, I am number one in the class.

I want to wish a belated happy birthday to my friend Reid, whom I just had the fortune to see the other day.

Keeping my sideburns even is a constant problem. But now you can (apparently) get “perfect sideburns” with Prolook. It looks pretty handy, but you wouldn’t really need it unless you’re going for weird and strange styles. The bottom of the main page says, “and Sideburns make men look Bolder.” I don’t have any evidence in favor of that, but they do look cool.

Map zip code, city, and county boundaries in the United States. It’s yet another application that uses Google Maps — I mean, Google Local.