I have not seen "The Wrestler," though I believe I understand the premise behind it.  He's run-down, used to be on drugs or 'roids, hurt people in his past (emotionally), and yet still yearns for the spotlight.  And I think Marisa Tomei is a stripper.  I'm interested in seeing it, but have heard such mixed things (one person said that they felt a ( Read more... )

 13 Tony nominations for In the Heights!!!

How I Met Your Mother was renewed for a 4th season!!!

When I think back to May 12th for the rest of my life, I will remember how my dorky, artsy side got everything it could wish for on this day.  Not really, but hooray!!!!

P.S.  Michelle, I thought of you during yesterday's HIMYM episode - the girl who only ( Read more... )

 Here's the article from my school's website about the trip (mostly written by me).  But, the one difference between my last post and this article are the student quotes on the righthand side of the page.

Enjoy!

GA Trip to In the Heights

 OSCAR PREDICTIONS:

I'm predicting a No Country for Old Men sweep.  But I think that all of the Best Picture Nominees will go home with at least one award each.  Any catagory where I don't have a "rooting for" means that I don't really care who wins.

Best Picture:  
Will Win:  No Country for Old Men
Rooting For:  Juno

Best Director:
Will Win:  The Coen ( Read more... )

All right, here are my Templetonies for this year.  There are a good number of movies I wish I had seen (I'll be watching Ratatouille on the bus ride to In the Heights next weekend, Away from Her, The Diving Bell, Jesse James, Zodiac, The Savages, Enchanted) but I look at the movies I saw and I enjoyed pretty much every one of them.  It was a very ( Read more... )

 I had to move to Philly THIS YEAR.  Not only have the Mets lost EVERY SINGLE GAME to the Phillies since I moved here, they have now coughed up the division lead.

And Phillie fans are obnoxious.  If the Phillies play the Yankees in the World Series, I honestly don't know who I'd root for.

I finally figured out how to cut down the entire MPEG file of the Stanwich Talent Show from last May into just my act.  So, here I am.  Shirt and Tie by Marshall's Bargain Bin, Hat by Party City.

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Do yourself a favor:  If you have HBO, make sure that you catch a rerun of the recent Bob Saget stand-up comedy special.  It is one the crudest things I've ever seen, but I could not stop laughing.

First full day of classes is Thursday - nervous and excited ... 

I found this article about the Michael Vick situation fascinating.  It makes me wish that I were still teaching the Civil Rights Movement next year because this is a good example why you need to know your history (and it is relevant to something the kids ahve definitely heard about).

I still am repulsed by the general arrogance and entitlement shown ( Read more... )

As I adjust to life here in Philly, I've been compiling a mental list of things which are noticably different between being here and the New York area.  Here's what I have so far - I'll go from least to most interesting (to me):

1.  The government organization which takes care of your car.
Now, I thought that every state had a DMV where you deal with ( Read more... )