I did something pretty typical yesterday: I wore silly shoes. But I had to wear them, because they screamed, quite clearly, transcending language barriers: "Students. Feel welcome but not too welcome (yet), I am empathetic but not soft; I am stylish but that doesn't mean this class is an easy A; I just might be a fun teacher if you are very well ( Read more... )

I think everyone should check out ( Read more... )

You know why I know I will always write? Because I will always be heartbroken by life. And no, I don’t mean that in the junior year of college wake-up-crying sort of way. No, I could not mean a more opposite feeling…I could not possibly feel my way further over in the meaning of the same word. Not possible. I mean, life is heartbreaking. There’ ( Read more... )

I dreamed this morning that I was invited to the convention. I got to see Michelle Obama give her speech in person, and then I was invited into the "back room", where all the final decisions are made. I wasn't sure quite why I was one of ten Americans invited, but I kept quiet. It was exciting. Here is where history is made, I said to myself as ( Read more... )

When I crossed the street today (in order to buy a diet coke and make some change for laundry), I looked left, then right, then right, then left again, turning my head in a sort of cartoony circle. I probably looked like an idiot, but when I reached the liquor store, I was a living idiot, and that's what matters to me ( Read more... )

Well, we’re alive. Which means so much-everything ( Read more... )

I like this story:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91845687&ft=1&f=1003

alot.

We sat in the church ( Read more... )

Whew... I just narrowly avoided signing an email to several staff members (none of whom I know well):

Thanks a lot!

Christ

Every time I catch this mistake, it makes me wonder how many times I have clicked "Send" with out realizing I've left off the last letter of my name.

I came to work early today (7:00 early!) to get some extra grading done and finish an induction assignment that was due Friday. When I stepped into my office, I was greeted by a 1 1/2 inch cockroach, dying, belly up, writhing about in my doorway. His little feelers were going a mile a minute. I could see his beedy eyes contemplating mortality. I ( Read more... )