The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian.
A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing.
Try to remember that being unsuccessful in school doesn't automatically mean you'll be unsuccessful in life. Lots of people who didn't excel in school still went on to have successful lives.
Nothing prevents boredom like a good book.
Encourage kids to be creative without worrying about being perfect.
It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the Captain Underpants books too challenging. Dont get me wrong - the humor and ideas are often sophisticated - but the books arent hard to read. I wanted kids who hate reading to find these books irresistible.
Most kids are smarter than most grown-ups. Kids see the world in black and white. . . They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools and dullards and lazy people. And there's nothing they can do about it because they have no power.
If you really want to get rid of the problems in the NFL, put Obama in charge of it: in a few months it will be so deep in debt it will have to go out of business - no more concussions.
I would describe myself as quite sane and lucid, which is why I'm still alive.
I went to glam shows and was inspired by Bowie.
The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble.