CARROLL, Iowa, Oct. 29 (UPI) — Two men arrested for attempting to break into an apartment in an Iowa town had crudely painted their faces black with permanent marker, police say.

Carroll police said a woman called 911 at 11:32 p.m. Friday to report two men trying to break into an apartment and officers soon after pulled over a car matching the description given by the woman, the Carroll Daily Times Herald reported Thursday.

Police said Matthew Allan McNelly, 23, and Joey Lee Miller, 20, whose faces were blackened with permanent marker, were arrested without incident and charged with second-degree attempted burglary. McNelly was also charged with a count of driving while intoxicated.

The men were released on bond Monday and are due in court for preliminary hearings Nov. 10.

Did you know you could buy caskets on Walmart.com?
That seems odd to me.  What’s next…Walmart selling door closers?

I’ve been wondering whether it takes more water to wash dishes in the dishwasher or by hand.  I’m happy to report that it appears that the dishwasher is as efficient as or more efficient than hand-washing.
It’s right here on the internet so it must be true:  http://1greengeneration.elementsintime.com/?p=314

There’s a rumor going around that Norah’s classroom aide Ivette has finally had her baby.  Norah is a little perturbed that the baby’s name will be “Pumpkinhead” as voted on by the class, instead of her suggestion – “Baby Puke.”

I had a webinar at 9 p.m.  When Aliya asked me why it was so late I said it was because there were people in China on the webinar.  She wondered how I would understand the webinar in Chinese.

Adlani has been doing a little better in the classroom but had to sit out during music today.  Ben said it’s because music class is for girls.  That is NOT helpful!

I have been taking a class on Adobe Flash, which is the software program that makes many of the cool animations and web-ads with moving text, changing colors, and stuff flying around.  I am old enough to be my teacher’s mother, but even though I’m no spring chicken, I’ve picked it up pretty easily and I think I can do some cool things with it.  Now I just need more hours in the day.

Uncle Josh and Auntie Rachael made it home from Spain and are sleeping off a long day of travel.

Check out this police video:

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What can I say? Really. Where would I start?

If anyone would like eyeshades added or removed, just let me know.  I was instructed to hide the identity of certain partygoers and at this point I can’t really remember who wanted to be anonymous.  Next year, wear a mask.  I’m pretty sure the entire PTO is going to recognize you anyway.

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The Drama Club play for this year is Seussical, and Adlani and Aliya are both working hard on their songs.  Aliya just got promoted from a General Cast Bird Girl to a Lead Bird Girl, even though she didn’t originally try out for a lead.  She is really good at learning the songs, so I don’t know why she didn’t want to be a lead, but then again, it did take me 41 years to be able to sing karaoke without having a full-blown panic attack.

I won’t be able to videotape the performance this year because I’ll be in Costa Rica, but I will be helping out with some of the rehearsals