alfie1981

Walk for Hunger

alfie1981 May 03, 2008 15:29

I don't know why I didn't think of this until the day before the Walk for Hunger, since many of you were so generous last year...but better late than never.
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Yay for being married!

alfie1981 Jul 23, 2007 14:59

For those of you who don't check out the
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Hey everybody,

As some of you know, I am taking an on-line class through UMass on the Nature of Science. For this week's class, I need to interview at least 5 people. If you have some free time, I could use your help!

For each of the following statements, please tell whether or not you think the idea is science. You may answer Strongly Agree (SA ( Read more... )

Of Bus Passes and Walk-a-thons

alfie1981 May 03, 2007 11:42

First off, I accidentally bought a May bus pass this morning. As this is of no use to me, I proceeded to buy a May LinkPass. Is there anyone who can use (or knows someone who can use) the bus pass? I'd hate to see it go to waste.

Also, as most of you know,
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Never follow up...

alfie1981 Apr 03, 2007 11:53

three hours of sitting on your behind with three successive trips up and down four flights of stairs. Today was our third day of 6th grade MCAS Reading tests, and around the 2.5/2.75 hour mark we were down to 2 students still taking the test. The rest of the students are only allowed to read a book or put their heads down, no one is coming to ( Read more... )

wedding, teaching

Back into the fray

alfie1981 Mar 08, 2007 12:10

Thanks so much to the folks who offered support over my last post. The funeral was yesterday. It was rough, but still a really nice ceremony. My dad and I did the readings, and my mom was a Eucharistic minister. Being active and involved makes you feel a little better, I think ( Read more... )

Anyone with a good pillow to punch?

alfie1981 Mar 05, 2007 15:12

Attention, griping ahead: It's been "one of those days". Late last week, my great-uncle passed away. I had been pretty okay about it, but having to come in to work and ask for the day off for his funeral on Wednesday kind of put me off center. On top of that, my one-day-a-week BU student teacher was in today. She's awesome and helpful, but I ( Read more... )

teaching

Wedding Junk (5 month count-down)

alfie1981 Feb 21, 2007 15:40

So, I'm home for the week from school, which means I have free time, which means I post to LJ. I am realizing that there is a small, but important group of people who read my LJ who don't read
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wedding

Do you drink SunnyD? Know anyone who does?

alfie1981 Feb 01, 2007 16:10

You know SunnyD...back in the Dark Ages when I was a kid it was known as Sunny Delight, but kids these days haven't got the attention span for something that long. Anyway, that is not my point. My point is ( Read more... )

teaching

Quiz Night

alfie1981 Nov 14, 2006 11:55

For those of you not on the MovieNight list (if there is anyone left not on the MovieNight list ( Read more... )