I needed to buy a new notebook. I couldn't use my school notebook, which I've already pressganged into use for this contract gig I'm doing. I was at Target anyway, so I decided to have a look around and see if I could find something to suit my needs.

I needed something small and light. I have to carry a Kung Fu uniform, a towel, a water bottle, and a pair of shoes in the bag. Hmmm. The towel makes the idea of a metal spiral pretty undesirable. After ten minutes of pondering I settled on a black front Mead composition notebook. A lot of my English major friends had used these in college, and I had always thought they were kind of stupid. (I know, the antecedent is unclear). In any case it seemed the perfect notebook for me to take to my Kung Fu Instructor class. Small, light, no spiral to hook into my towel. I bought it.

In looking for a place to write down the Student Creed (which I have to memorize),I discovered that the notebook has a couple of bonuses. The inside front cover is given over to a queerly arranged class schedule, while the inside back cover has a multiplication table, a metric conversion chart, and a section called "Grammar Rules."

I found a couple of these rules amusing:



Obviously these people have never been to Oakland.

This one I think explains why my English major friends never got laid (it's almost koan like):