things that perplexed me today

only one bullet today (so i'm not even using a bullet):

this story, about a 37-year-old NYC teacher who was fired for having sex with a student. granted, he wasn't her student, just a student, but what confuses me isn't the mary kay letourneau-ness of it all. it's how she:


landed this:


not only did they have sex, but they live together in queens and have a kid together. i know, wtf, right? the daily news recounts their entire beautiful story (the best parts in bold):

Walter, now 19, met Salamino in 2002, when he was 12. He saw her again, records show, at an August 2006 party. That flirty encounter led to dates at the movies, hundreds of phone calls, nights at her Howard Beach apartment and sex.

Schools investigators began looking into the affair in November 2006, records show, after receiving a tip that Salamino had been seen kissing and hugging a much younger male.

More calls followed, including one from an unidentified person who confronted Walter in disgust over the affair, says a school investigator's report obtained under the state's Freedom of Information Law.

"'I'm tapping that a-- and there's nothing you can do about it,'" the teen responded, says the report from Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard Condon.

as you may have guessed, the readers of nydailynews.com didn't let us down in the comments area. there were haters:

veni26 Nov 25, 2008 4:43:52 PM
She looks like his hefty grandmother, not even his mother or older sister. What kind of cuchie voodoo was she conjuring up on this clueless kid. Not surprised he has a mommy complex--look at his own mother's response to the situation. She was probably inappropriately getting some action in herself.

and supporters:

Ladiiscorpio Nov 25, 2008 5:43:30 PM
i know him and her.i chilled with her b4 she's a nice person so ya shouldnt b judging them,and saying all this foul shi*.that's there buisness and they love eachother,and she wasnt his teacher and he wasnt in school.To all ya people who got something bad 2 say keep it 2 ya damn self and mind ya business.Gina dont listen 2 any of these people they just hating on ya.The baby is so cute, ya will b great parents.(=

and the just plain awesome:

vburrell Nov 25, 2008 7:06:07 PM
To supernaut924: DAMN!!!!!!!!!! You said it! She DOES have a face like a foot!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!

on another note, i realized today that my relationship with my boss is much like the relationship between sue ellen crandall and her boss in don't tell mom the babysitter's dead: "i'm right on top of that, rose!" while passing on the QED report to the temp.