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| Lesson #151 - Autumn | Blackboard: A Person's View of Autumn "Hey Look at all the colored leaves! That's really beautiful." A Leaf's View of Autumn "For the love of God I'm dying here! Stop pointing at my colors and get me some help! Oh, God, the pain!"
/ Pose: Dante to the right of blackboard relatively expressionless
/ File... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson151.html |
| Lesson #152 - Sports vs. Love | Blackboard: Sports. Because it's just as fickle as love, but athletes don't actually slap you across the face.
/ Pose: Dante to left of blackboard, left hand resting on chalkboard, facial expression possibly attempting to demonstrate knowledge based on personal experience
/ File Under: Relationships,... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson152.html |
| Lesson #153 - Miltary Mascots | Blackboard: Written as a chart with categories Name/Animal/For Who/Other Details
/ 1. Wojtek/Syrian Brown Bear/Polish Army/ Actually Helped Carry Ammo in Battle of Monte Cassino
/ 2. Billy/Goat/Royal Welsh (Brit. Regiment)/ Has been demoted from lance corporal to fusilier for poor behavior
/ 3. Sir Nils... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson153.html |
| Lesson #154 - Forms of Government | Blackboard: Systems of Government That Just Don't Work
/ Kakistocracy (rule by the worst/ least-qualified)
/ Ochlocracy (rule by the mob)
/ Democratic Feudalism (exactly what it sounds like)
/ Pose: Dante to far right of chalk board pointing with chalk at Democratic Feudalism
/ File Under: Politics, ... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson154.html |
| Lesson #155 - Sandals | Blackboard: Graph comparing "Reason for Wearing Sandals" to the months of the year. One track is based on comfort which starts low in March and picks up dramatically through April and into May and showing a sharp drop off towards the end of September before bottoming out through to the middle of February.... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson155.html |
| Lesson #156 - Things You Never Hear . . ., Part II | Blackboard: ?Between Two Policemen "Do you ever get tired of abusing your power?" "No, You?" "Me neither." "Hooray for us!"
/ Pose: Dante to the right of blackboard pointing with chalk at "Hooray for us!"
/ File Under: Abuse of Power, Justice http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson156.html |
| Lesson #157 - God and Man | Blackboard: If man is made in God's image, what does that imply about Chlamydia?
/ Pose: Dante to the right of the blackboard pointing with chalk at "Chlamydia" with blank expression.
/ File Under: Religion, Sexually Transmitted Diseases http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson157.html |
| Lesson #158 - Old Age | Blackboard: You're never too old to have a good time. But you can be too old to know that you're having one.
/ Pose: Dante to the right of the blackboard pointing with chalk at the blackboard.
/ File Under: Aging http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson158.html |
| Lesson #159 - Supplement Commercials | Blackboard: Based on the number of Viagra, Cialis, and other erectile dysfunction commercials on TV, you have to believe the human race is secretly dying out.
/ Pose: Dante to the right of the blackboard shrugging
/ File Under: Television, Vitamins http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson159.html |
| Lesson #160 - First Drafts | Blackboard: A Midsummer's Night Dream If we shadows have offended...suck it up. / Pose: Dante only head and arm, right side, pointing with chalk to board, neutral look. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson160.html |
| Lesson #161 - Musical Genres | Blackboard: Porno - the visuals x twich the speed = techno music / Pose: Dante, right side, blurred hand, serious look, dancing motion. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson161.html |
| Lesson #162 - Career Reading | Blackboard: Career-Related Books To Make Your Kids Read
/ -"So you wanna be a rock and roll star" by Jacob Slichter
/ (To learn how difficult the music industry can be)
/ -"The Bible"
/ (To learn all the pluses and minuses of becoming a prophet)
/ -"Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
/ (To learn how easy... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson162.html |
| Lesson #163 - Sports Radio | Blackboard 1: Normal way to debate
/ -introduce topic
/ -form argument
/ -hear counter-argument - discuss
/ -move to new topic / Pose: Dante, right side, pointing to board with chalk, pleading look. / Blackboard 2: Sports Radio
/ -Introduce topic
/ BLAH BLAH BLAH Screaming LISTEN TO ME SHOUT! / Pose:... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson163.html |
| Lesson #164 - Sneakers | Blackboard: [flow chart] Wear shoes -> they stink -> put in washer <-they still stink->
/ resmell them -> all clean -> dry them out (If this cycle repeates more than once, start wearing
/ socks and get new sneakers) / Pose: Dante, left side, pointing at board with chalk, neutral look. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson164.html |
| Lesson #165 - Multi-tasking | Blackboard: Everyone says that this generation can multi-task better than any other, but really, all that the
/ internet has done is give us a shorter attention HEY, Let's go ride bikes! / Pose: Dante, right side, pointint with chalk at board, excited look. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson165.html |
| Lesson #166 - Smells | Blackboard: To most people, there's nothing like the smell of coffee in the morning. To a chemist, there's isopropanol. / Pose: Dante, right side, pointint to board with chalk, surprised look. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson166.html |
| Lesson #167 - The Bible | Blackboard: Various things the bible bans
/ -Shaving (Leviticus 19:27)
/ -Cursin (Ephesians 5:4)
/ -Gossip (Leviticus 19:16)
/ -Football on Saturdays (Exodus 20:8)
/ -Eating Lobster (Leviticus 11:10)
/ -Eating Pork (Leviticus 11:7)
/ -Cotton/Polyester blends (Leviticus 19:19)
/ -Associating with women who are... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson167.html |
| Lesson #168 - First Drafts, Part II | Blackboard: HAMLET The original version called for Hamlet to lament, "Alas, poor Yorick!I
/ knew him." While holding a grapefruit. / Pose: Dante, right side, one hand on chalk tray, other holding a grapefruit, looking longingly at it. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson168.html |
| Lesson #169 - Rational Explanations of Irrational Phobias, Part III | Blackboard: Gymnophobia (Fear of nudity) Have you SEEN how prevalent obesity is? / Pose: Dante, left side, hand on chin, nervous look. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson169.html |
| Lesson #170 - Cereal | Blackboard: Effort put into generic cereal names
/ creative <--- not-so-creative [along side]
/ -confruity crisp
/ -masrshmallow treasures
/ -oatie o's
/ -peanut butter chocolate spheres
/ -crunchy hexagons / Pose: Dante, left side, pointing at board, neutral look. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson170.html |
| Lesson #171 - Childhood Nostalgia, Part II | Blackboard: Looking back, you could tell a lot about the type of person you would be based on your favorite ninja turtle as a kid.
/ Donatello (purple, the inventor)
/ -you were going to be a scientist or engineer.
/ Michaelangelo (orange, party dude)
/ -you were going to be very social and out-going.
/ Leonardo... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson171.html |
| Lesson #172 - Weather | Blackboard: If you don't like the weather, wait a minute. If you don't like the temperature, sucks to be you. / Pose: Dante, right side, pointing at board with chalk, wearing a winter hat, looking cold at camera. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson172.html |
| Lesson #173 - Armageddon | Blackboard: Armageddon odds
/ 1 in 2: thermonuclear war
/ 1 in 3: contagion
/ 1 in 10: meteor destroys the earth
/ 1 in 25: scientific experiment goes awry
/ 1 in 1000: cockroaches get tired of waiting and initiate an uprising / Pose: Dante, right side, pointing with finger to last option on board, wearing... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson173.html |
| Lesson #174 - Backseat Driving | Blackboard: Backseat Driving
/ The Good- "Yeah, you're all clear on the right, go ahead and turn."
/ The bad - "You know, you really should turn here, it's a faster route."
/ The ugly- "whoa, look! That old lady stepped off the crosswalk! Ten points if you get her!" / Pose: Dante, left side, hand on chalk... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson174.html |
| Lesson #175 - Turkey | Blackboard: Turkey - A Bird for All People
/ For the Family Man - a 30-pound bird
/ For the fast-food addict - a deep-fried turkey
/ For the mad scientist - A Turducken
/ For the vegan - A Tofurky
/ For the freegan - Whatever turkey is being served / Pose: Dante, left side, arms crossed, neutral look at... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson175.html |
| Lesson #176 - Thanksgiving Chemicals | Blackboard 1: Chemical you get [molecular drawing] Tryptophan. / Pose 1: Dante, right side, pointing at board with chalk, thumbs up, sleepy look facing camera. / Blackboard 2: [3 molecular drawings] Ethanol Serotonin Morphine / Pose 2: Dante, right side, pointing at morphine with chalk, sleepy look... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson176.html |
| Lesson #177 - Mashed Potatoes | Blackboard: Anoyone attempting to serve cold or left over mashed potatoes has clearly
/ never eaten cold or leftover mashed potatoes or has some kind of sinister, ulterior motive at work. / Pose: Dante, right side, pointing with finger at board, serious look at camera. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson177.html |
| Lesson #178 - Caffeine Tolerance | Blackboard: [Graph] Caffine Intake/Tolerance vs Age
/ [2 lines] intake and tolerance
/ [points on graph]
/ 1 soda a day
/ Enough for the demands of college
/ Enough for the demands of work
/ enough for the demands of children
/ just something to drink while relaxing / Pose: Dante, right side, hand on chalk... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson178.html |
| Lesson #179 - Eating Meat | Blackboard: If eating meat is wrong because the animals were murdered, is it ok to eat a hamburger made from a cow that died of natural causes? / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, pointing to the posed question, neutral expression towards camera. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson179.html |
| Lesson #180 - Prescription Drugs | Blackboard: Hey Doctor, is Viagra, cialis, levitra, lipator, lunesta, avodart, lopressor, protonix, or yaz right for us? No? Ok, Can we just get our heroin fix and go, then? Thanks. / Pose: Dante, right side of board, pointing to the board, neutral look at camera. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson180.html |
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