Neotextus

In memory of the great Douglas Adams, today is officially ‘Towel Day’. Share in the celebration by carrying your towel with you wherever you go. After all, it is the most massively useful thing any interstellar hitch hiker can carry.

Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers across the country. Here are last year’s winners:

Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently [...]

Donna and I met up with some old friends for the NAMI Walk in Portland today, and a great time was had by all. Spirits were high and the weather was warm for the thousands of participants in the 5K walk, which hopes to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for mental health support [...]