ALL in a Day's WORK

At the start of her kindergarten class, my friend told her students, “I think we'll be inside at recess today, because it was raining on my way to work.”

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That prompted one of her students to raise his hand and ask, “Where do you work?”

—TRISHA SCHELBLE Tooele, UT

The city of Redmond, Washington, bought new snowplows, and locals were given the honor of naming the fleet. Without further ado, here are the newest plows of Redmond:

◆ Scoop Dogg

◆ Control + Salt + Delete

◆ Snow-Be-Gone Kenobi

◆ The Big Leplowski

◆ Betty Whiteout

In his new book, Class Clown (Simon & Schuster), Dave Barry writes about his band The Rock Bottom Remainders. Over the years, members consisted of authors including Roy Blount Jr., Mitch Albom, Carl Hiaasen, Barbara Kingsolver, Frank McCourt, Scott Turow and Stephen King. Because they were better writers than musicians, in the beginning they sought help from rock legend AI Kooper.