A Bouquet of Newly Sharpened Pencils

One of my favorite movies of all times is You've Got Mail. Near the start of the movie, Tom Hanks is waxing poetic about the fact that it is fall once again and school is back in session as he types an email to Meg Ryan (whose identity is still anonymous to him at this point.)

Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms.

Well, fall is almost upon us, and the girls have started school again. Not only that, I have 3 days of schooling myself starting tomorrow. It is for a certification in ITIL which I will be tested for on Wednesday of this week. Did I mention I don't like tests?

So, I suppose I will sharpen a couple of number 2 pencils and pack them in my portfolio and head off to school in the morning like a nervous little school boy. I'm afraid taking an apple for the teacher isn't going to help my odds of passing this test at all - it's pretty much gonna come down to hard work.

-- BK