Here in the Cube, we're hardly isolated; the phones ring, the emails come in (oh, how they do fly sometimes), and there's even iChat in operation at key times, mainly to pass files around quickly. And occasionally we get some funny stuff over the transom.

This picture is one: It seems that spring has sprung, and apparently that was the signal for some Northampton High School students -- seniors, most likely -- to make sure that outgoing principal Beth Singer's car wasn't harmed by a sudden rainstorm. How thoughtful, don't you think? At least they didn't try to stick it in a microwave once it was covered.

I wonder if Singer had outlined any guidelines for pranks for NHS students, as Amherst Regional High School principal Mark Jackson did recently to make sure things didn't get too out of hand. Anyway, many thanks to Bryn and the folks at Northampton Cable TV for passing this one along.