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Lesson #451 - Free Verse Blackboard: / If free verse / is / considered to / be poetry, / then / aren't we uttering / stanzas with every sentence / that / we speak? / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, chalk in hand, looking at camera.
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Lesson #452 - Night Running Blackboard: Nighttime is the best time to go running. Think about all the benefits: it's quiet and peaceful, you have the entire road or sidewalk to yourself, you don't have to wait at any potential sidewalks for traffic. On the other hand, you can also potentially swallow enough mosquitoes to become a universal blood donor. / Pose: Dante, right side of board, pointing at board with right hand, left hand horizontal and facing up, neutral look at camera.
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Lesson #453 - Construction Delays Blackboard: Drawing of a one way, two lane road. Construction forcing cars to merge. Cars waiting their turn to merge. Jackass! (don't be that guy.) / Pose: Dante, right side of board, pointing at board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #454 - Truth in Audiovisual Presentations Blackboard: Non-fiction. Fiction. Where a movie with the label "based on a true story" falls on the reality scale. / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #455 - Confetti Blackboard: Originally, confetti that was thrown at weddings was made of leaves and petals from flowers and trees, meant to express a connection with nature. Considering the size of people today, it's no wonder that the wedding confetti thrown today is usually rice. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, pointing at board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #456 - Strangers Blackboard: Plot of "stranger you are" versus "how willing you are to let strangers into your life". / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #457 - Compliments and Putdowns Blackboard: You Rock! Hey, thanks! How dare you call me a rock! I'm offended! / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk. Neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #458 - Scents Blackboard: What humans think. Hmmm...smells like dirt." What dogs think. Ah...I believe that's a cocker spaniel, aged fifteen years, no? of course, a touch of black lab, a bit of poodle - the one from just down the street, if I'm not mistaken...and do I detect a hint of Siberian husky? / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, with neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #459 - Drinking Games, Part II Blackboard: Plot of "Participate Why?" versus "Age (in relation to legal drinking age)" Vertical axis - "for the comradery and the competition" to "for the beer beer beer! (or wine)". Horizontal axis - -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40. Yellow - Public perception. Blue - Reality. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, pointing at board with chalk, neutral expression on face, wearing eye black on face.
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Lesson #460 - Apples Blackboard: An apple a day keeps the doctor away, unless you have an unfortunate accident with a cider press. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, pointing at board with chalk, shrugging other are. Neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #461 - The Evolution of Running Blackboard: 3 boards. Picture of human body. Brain, lungs, knee drawn in. Running as a young man. The brain says: "aw, but I don't want to go outside!" The lungs say: "yay, fresh air! Let's go!" The knees say: "Yay, movement! Let's go catch that bird!" Running as a fit man. The brain says: "faster! We can totally win if we go faster!" the lungs say: "are you kidding? This is too fast! We'll puke at this rate! Slower!" The knees say: "Yay! Let's go! Heck, you can make a song out of that! Let's go, let's go..." Running as an old man. The brain says: "Alright, nice and easy. Here we go." The lungs say: "ok, see, this is a sensible pace. Nice and easy." The knees say: "Oh God, the pain!" / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #462 - Strange Sayings Blackboard: you can love your friends. You can love your mom. But you shouldn't love your friends mom. / Pose: Dante, left side of board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #463 - The Evolution of Music Blackboard: How do we go from opera (pitch-perfect tone) to indie rock (lead singers only require a functioning larynx)? / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, plugging ear with finger, pained expression on face.
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Lesson #464 - Sidekicks Blackboard: Sidekick. Henchman. Goon. Cannon Fodder. Fine lines between each. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #465 - Witches Blackboard: we probably would never have killed off all the witches, and might have even lived together with them in harmony in the present day, if they had only lessened their demands for their services from a first-born child to the fourth-born. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #466 - Idiocy on the Roads Blackboard: / Circle 1: Bad Drivers / Circle 2: Bad Bikers / Circle 3: Bad Pedestrians / Shaded intersection of all three circles: It sucks to live in a college town. / File Under: Crosswalks / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing with chalk to the board, neutral look at camera.
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Lesson #467 - Geneticists Blackboard: What's worse? A really bad joke like, "what do you get when you cross a cat with a piece of fruit? A felime!"..? or the fact that the geneticists of the world might actually be able to make the punchline? / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #468 - Snow Blackboard: Snow. Mother nature's reminder to the world to be spontaneously dangerous. / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #469 - Good Looks Blackboard: Why do they call them "rugged good looks"? shouldn't saying that someone looks like a rug be considered an insult? / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, holding chin with thought, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #470 - Bad Jokes Blackboard: All bad jokes should be evaluated in two ways- / First, if the listeners actually laughed, / and second, if they did not laugh at the joke, how much time you were able to take from them while they listened. / Pose: Dante, Right side of the board, pointing with chalk to the board, neutral look at camera. / File under: Humor
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Lesson #471 - Elderly Parents Blackboard: Good ways to take care of your parents in their old age. Invite them to live with you. Find a nice old folks' home they can live in and feel comfortable. Hire an assisted living specialist to provide in-home care. Bad way to take care of them. Remember to refill their water bottle and change their shavings every now and then. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #472 - Writer's Block - A Visualization Blackboard: Desperation. Tacos. Tank tops. Religion! Camping. Peanut butter. Dog butts. Mouthwash. Scientific method. Death metal. Sociology. Pie. Hank Aaron. Leipzig. Mathematics. Landscaping. Picture of popped bubble. Words drawn to appear to go in one ear, with nothing coming out the other. / Pose: Dante, in the middle of the board, facing camera, with neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #473 - Compliments and Putdowns, Part II Blackboard: Flow chart. You smell all manly! Nice cologne! Please take a shower. / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #474 - Life Perspective Blackboard: Feel free to live in a world of fantasy and fiction, just realize that everyone else may not be reading the same book as you. / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing at the board with chalk, neutral expression on face.
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Lesson #475 - Home-Cooked Meals Blackboard: If someone offers to make dinner for you, be careful and be sure to ask them what the worst meal they ever made was. Because if they give you an answer like "chocolate clam chowder" or "hot dog corn water soup", it's probably wise to have a backup meal plan ready. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, pointing with chalk to the board, neutral look at camera.
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Lesson #476 - Manners Blackboard: Remember, kids - It's not polite to insult someone's intelligence. Doing so just isn't considered to be lobotomically correct. / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing with chalk to the board, slightly raised eyebrows.
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Lesson #477 - Job Fairs Blackboard: Freshmen (Pie chart 15/16 pink, 1/16 blue), Sophomores (Pie chart 7/8 pink, 1/8 blue), Juniors (Pie chart 3/8 pink, 5/8 blue), Seniors (Pie chart 1/16 pink, 15/16 blue), Blue = There for employment, Pink = There for the swag / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing with chalk to the board, neutral look at camera.
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Lesson #478 - Perennials Blackboard: There are reasons we refer to certain plants as "perennials." For example, it doesn't sound anywhere near as dumb as saying "chives are forever." / Pose: Dante, right sighd of the board, pointing with chalk to the board, neutral look at camera.
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Lesson #479 - The Perfect Murder Blackboard: (Header) The Perfect Murder / - Prepate a large meal / - Lace your target's food with A LOT of baking powder / - Have the target eat the entire meal without drinking anything / - Before digestion sets in, have the target drink a glass of water / - Watch the target explode from the very sudden expansion of food / - Stop laughing before the police arrive / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing with chalk to the board, evil grin at camera.
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Lesson #480 - Abstract Halloween Costumes Blackboard: (Header) Abstract Concepts For Ideas For Halloween Costumes / (Column 1 Header) Subject (Column 2 Header) Abstract Costume Idea / Psychology - Homunculus / Mathematics - Game Theory / English - Pathetic Fallacy / Religion - Transubstantiation / Chemistry - A Free Radical / Philosophy - Existentialism / History - Defenestration of Prague / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, pointing with chalk to the board, neutral look at camera.
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