Wednesday of last week I put on my suit and drove my old route down to Lincoln Park High School, my dear alma mater. I was nervous, hands sweaty, as I walked into the building (FYI to you former Lincoln Parkers: same security guards, nicer podium/table at the entryway) and into the office. I introduced myself to the desk staff, got a visitor pass, ( Read more... )

Got a call from Gary Sircus, NU-TEACH program coordinator today. I was worried that they'd place me somewhere in Hyde Park for my student teaching, which, being a 17 mile bike ride (loooong) or a 1 hour 15 minute car trip (loooong and frustrating) would have been miserable. He started out by saying that it didn't look likely that I would have to ( Read more... )

So I'm going to become a teacher ( Read more... )

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Pick a song others are likely to know.
Translate it into Japanese via Babelfish.
Cut and paste the output (even if it's just boxes) into the translation box.
Translate back to English.
Have others guess at the original.Wow, yeah, this is hilarious. Do you know the song? :) I was trying to put it back into it's original stanzas but it almost works ( Read more... )

Hello, y'all, I am sitting here updating from an internet cafe in Siena, Italy! I've been here for a week and a day now, and the whole experience has been good, though not as rosy as I expected. Previously, I had only seen the adorable, well-behaved side of these particular 2 and 4 year old girls that have been entrusted to my care ( Read more... )

Happy Monday! For most people Monday is NOT the most exciting day of the week, but those people are apparently not obsessed with updates on a few choice websites. The first thing I do when I get up on Monday mornings is turn my computer on and:

Watch the new Strong Bad e-mail at www.homestarrunner.com.

Read the new Bleat from James Lileks at www. ( Read more... )

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Well, I just decided that I would wear the old suit...so I swam 7 laps today! Not all that impressive, really, but it is a start. Here is my attempt at posting a picture:


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