051111 #martian 1. They smashed the robin's eggs to make her abandon the nest, because she was bothering them. waking them up early? or what? [ask]. But now she's insane. Beats her wings and smashes up against all their windows all day long. It's out of control. Are we supposed to feel sorry for them? 2. He doused the whole wooden play set in gasoline, threw a match on it, and watched it burn, burn, burn to the ground. It had attracted all the kids from the suburban ghetto. It had been so hard on his wife, who stayed at home. She wasn't the yelling type, but she was obsessive. She had to have everything clean and in its place. The neighborhood kids never cleaned up after themselves, were always loud and disorderly. It was torture for her. He had begun to regret the kid magnet play set almost as soon as it was in the ground. 3. The creationist science teacher got canned. At least that's what the seniors said. He had always been the one to tell the kids fantastic stories. He was wired to the FBI, knew the President, that kind of stuff. He said half the female staff and most of the outspoken male students were trying to get dates with him. That's why they acted the way they did. Well, now he's gone, after spending a whole weekend constantly calling and texting and harassing one of the seniors. "He's a faggot! He's a pervert! He harasses students and comes on to them!" That's what the seniors said.