hearts, stars and horseshoes, clovers and blue moons

Last week the St. Petersburg Times reported that former teacher Debra Lafave had some "unique" personal grooming habits. There's now a word for this expression of one's personal style. According to the radio commercials for Ideal Image, it's called a "Flair-do." I hear that it involves a piece of metal that could be described as a reverse cookie cutter.

Lafave, like some of the other teachers accused of impropriety, is an attractive woman. I don't know about you but when I was in grade school, we didn't have any teachers worthy of a Van Halen song. A former classmate recently sent these old snapshots of our 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade teachers, so you can see what I mean.