Here's to you Mrs. Robinson

Ok, so this is totally off my usual blog trajectory. Anyway, I was telling a friend about my plans to rewrite the lyrics to "Mrs. Robinson"as a gag for someone who's retiring.
My friend told me this might not be a good idea because she heard the song was about sex. I was curious so I jumped on the web and here's what I learned:
Contrary to popular and my own uninformed opinion, Mrs. Robinson was written and first recorded by Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel and not the Beatles. (An interesting side note, I learned that Lennon and co. did several covers.)
Anyway, back to the topic at hand which is, "Was Paul hooking up (or hoping to) with Mrs. Robinson?" The answer: NO!
The lyrics really don't fit that scenario, despite the mysterious reference to a cupcake, and several sources discredit that story.
The most interesting theory about the lyrics, though not straight from the horse's mouth, (no offense, Paul) is that the lyrics were about Eleanor Roosevelt but Simon sometimes sang Robinson instead. The source (at http://freespace.virgin.net/r.kent/quotes.html) said that their producer told him to stick with Robinson so as not to create controversy.
So, the end result is, I still don't have an answer to my question, but the journey so far has been fun. Kind of like faith. I think I'll keep looking. --Jeff

Hi, my name is Martha...

My wife has been steadily reminding me of late that I take myself too seriously. And she's right. I'm a Martha, you know, the Martha from the Bible story who gets told off by Jesus for being too uptight about her agenda. That's me. Every so often I get so caught up in doing that I don't leave myself any time to be. I have learned one cure however--laughter. That's right, usually, when I'm getting too uptight, God comes through with something that makes me laugh my head off. This morning it was my friend Joel's blog. I was blog surfing and I read his post about his class last spring. Hilarious! You can read the post here: On The Other Side Of The Window: How can I apply this in my classroom?
Laugh a little, it helps a alot.