The Gay Uncle had a spectacular time at the Jewish Education Center preschool in Anchorage Alaska yesterday (frozenchosen.org) He spent the morning hanging out with the little frontiersmen and frontierswomen, talking about tundra and dinosaurs, and answering their questions about what the hell he was doing at their school. (Gunc: “Good question, Jedediah.”)
Then, that evening, he returned to the school, and took his place up on the Bimah (Altar, for you Goyim) and proceeded to read, make snarky wisecracks, and answer parents’ and teachers’ excellent and honest questions for a couple hours (“What do you do if one of your children is extremely manipulative?” “How do I keep the Kindergartners from ganging up on me?”) He then signed and sold a couple cases of books, which, as far as he can tell, means that he now has influence over about 10% of the state’s population. He looks forward to seeing how this plays out during the next gubernatorial election.
if only you had been around when little Bristol was growing up…
Thanks for stopping by, Brett. We had a great time – teachers, parents and kids. (The kids especially wanted to know when you’d be visiting again). This evening I went to a friend’s house for dinner and poker and was greeted with “OK, what was this Gay Uncle thing again? I couldn’t make it, but it sounds damned interesting.” So, the Gunc Alaska Proxy Tour ’09 continues…
Is he going to be our teacher? Is he going to be our teacher? Is he going to be our teacher? How can you break their hearts like that?
Read _The Yiddish Policeman’s Union_ for a fictional take on Alaska as shtetl. Frozen Chosen whodunnit.
Gotta say, my kid has a way with words…
(Jed’s Mom)
if only you had been around when little Bristol was growing up…