Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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Richard S. Russell said, 5 months ago
The really amazing thing about it is that it’s one of the very few substances in all of chemistry that expands instead of shrinking when it freezes. That’s why ice floats.
AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago
The middle school that I attended (back then, a grade 7-9 junior high school – I did part of the research for the principal to convert to a middle school) actually had a well-heated pool. It was built in 1970, and I was there from 1977-1980.
On the other hand, special-needs kids swam there before the regular swimming classes, and one of them had defecated one day in 11 feet of water. Our swimming teacher tried to make us swim with the piece of feces very visible on the bottom of the deep end of the pool.
We all refused. The teacher tried to discipline us, but the administration refused to pursue the discipline saying that we had a right to refuse to swim in that water in that condition.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 5 months ago
re: Richard S
If I remember rightly, bismuth metal does. Forms crystals that are less dense than the liquid, which sounds weird.
Varnes said, 5 months ago
Bet the middle school is now the "Alternative/ Adult Ed " school…They always get the hand me downs…
win said, 5 months ago
Water polo is tough enough without sticks much less a heated pool.
vwdualnomand said, 5 months ago
watching the water polo matches this summer olympics. am wondering it is like wrestling in the pool. splashing, hitting, jostling, etc…am surprised no one drowned or had some serious injury.
smoore47 said, 5 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Jesus, TMI.
CasualObserver said, 5 months ago
The pool at the old middle school was 38% urine! Obviously it would be MUCH warmer!
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
Water Polo always seemed to be pretty cruel to me. All those poor horses, trying to run while holding their breath…
Notsoastute said, 5 months ago
@masterskrain
Hadn’t you noticed the snorkles?
pumaman said, 5 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Maybe it was just a Baby Ruth bar ala Caddyshack! Anyway, any pool in which athletic competition takes place is kept pretty cool so the athletes don’t overheat. Those water polo players are sweating, you just can’t tell.
bevgreyjones said, 5 months ago
I had a dentist who defected from the Czech water polo team duing one of the Olympic games that were held here in the States. He put himself through dental school hustling pool.
bevgreyjones said, 5 months ago
Oh, and I recently heard that professional swimmers pee in the pool all the time. :)
Potrzebie said, 5 months ago
@bevgreyjones
And fish pee in the ocean all the time.
Redkaycei Repoc said, 5 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Where I went to school in Mich, Elementary school was K – 5, Jr High was 6 – 8, and High School was 9 – 12.