10.09.2008

Never Underestimate the Power of a Conehead

My dad convinced me to take a class on typing my freshman year in high school. This and many other things have proven to me that my dad is a genius. The class was, as you might imagine, all about typing. We learned how to use the keyboard correctly and which fingers are used to press which keys, etc. Our teacher (I'll call him Mr. Brady) was really enthusiastic about our learning. He observed us as we completed different typing exercises. If he felt that we were making too many errors, he made us wear a giant foam hat shaped like a crab. There was even a "lounge" in the classroom where he would send us if he felt like we weren't focusing and needed a break.

It was apparent that Mr. Brady was somewhat crazy. But on the day of our first timed exam he out crazied himself. He took out an overhead projector, and held up a conehead doll. He then announced to the class that he was going to put the conehead on the projector so that we would have "conehead power" during the test. The conehead shaped silhouette on the wall would be emanating this power. He also had a bee man doll, and occasionally put that on the overhead projector as well.

I'm thinking that based on how my career has been going lately, it's only a matter of time before I walk into court with a conehead doll and overhead projector.

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