I saw it at school

1. Deconstructing Gumby: The Movie

So much subtext! Gumby fights against the Blockheads' predatory lending scheme by holding a Farm Aid-style benefit concert, as Prickle the yellow dinosaur warns, "Borrowing money is dangerous." Oblique drug references, sexual innuendoes, bizarre technological tropes--what more could you want?

2. The second fire alarm this week thanks to an overzealous construction company.

3. A t-shirt reading, "I brake for Pop Tarts."

4. One of my students had a backpack stuffed full of old papers. When he went digging for a short story he's working on, he uncovered two "lost" paperbacks, an entire trimester's worth of journals, and a year's worth of course syllabi. I helped him recycle what he didn't need. "Be careful," said his buddy. "It kind of smells bad." Now we're going to have a weekly clean-out session.

5. One hundred twenty-odd (and the "odd" is no accident) students, who make my job exasperatingly satisfying.