The challenge of Halloween, for me, is to come up with a costume idea that will be interesting and practical. I must be able to see, sit, eat and pee without too much discomfort in my costume ( Read more... )

So many teaching stories. And it's only been 5 weeks ( Read more... )

Jeez, it's been almost two months since my last palaver delivery ( Read more... )

i'm getting ready to go interview someone for a job here and she has the huge bug eyes, and one of them has its own agenda. Maybe she's a quality person, but i feel all anxious with the eye contact. Notice how eye contact was singular? In this case, it really is ( Read more... )

Dad, how far is it to Paso-something?

Paso-what?

I don't know. There's this girl I kinda like and she's in paso-something.

Paso Robles, maybe?

yeah, that's it. Where is that?

Remember the trip we made last week when I picked you up in Fresno? it's about that far.

Oh. OK. Can we go to the fair this weekend. This girl I like invited me?

In a few weeks I will be official two stes up in the Best poet of Long Beach, CA list! Go Johnny ( Read more... )

This weekend we went camping in Sequoia National Park ( Read more... )

What can you tell me about crows?

What kind of unusual junk have you seen in someone's backyard?

(I'm writing a piece about crows and junk, and practicing Spanish for a trip to Mexico)

the Long Beach kickball league is taking shape ( Read more... )

So I'm sweating out how my son will make it through his teen years. (As far as i know) he hasn't done most of the bad things I have by the same age ( Read more... )