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Metajournaling
I awoke early this morning and headed out for the private time I spend with myself on many Sunday mornings. Got to a favorite coffee spot, sat with myself for ten minutes, then coffee and my paper journal. I was a bit surprised to find that the most recent entry was dated 8/15/10. Had it really been that long? I've been writing & processing my ( Read more... ) -
Birthday Weekend
This one's just a detail of what I did on my birthday weekend. Reflections will follow in a separate post.
Nathania and Scott arranged their schedules to cover the hole I was leaving for a few days. N got a cold right before I left and the weekend just wrecked her. Scott was no less busy, managing the girls on Saturday then taking classes all ( Read more... ) -
What We Don't (formally) Teach In Public Schools
--Philosophical self-examination ( Read more... ) -
With Libertine Justice For All
'I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.' --Francis Bellamy (1855 - 1931), Columbus Day celebration 1892
I teach at a middle school. Each day we start with a closed-circuit TV broadcast anchored by students; they begin by leading the Pledge of Allegiance. It's ( Read more... ) -
The iPhone; or How My Life Got Easier And Harder At The Same Time
At the beginning of July, nathaniaappleand I bought new iPhones (32GB 3GS). I'd had a smartphone of one kind or another since 2003, both Palm and Windows Mobile, while N had a Palm OS Samsung briefly a few years ago. With friends at Apple and many more having bought iPhones, she really wanted one. I wasn't sure that it would be better long-term than a Palm Pre ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Places to Lay Your Head
This appealed to me as a way to break my string of non-posting...
Like my dear spouse nathaniaapple I've lived in a lot of places, but my childhood abodes number only two. The first was a 2-bedroom modified summer cabin next door to my father's parents' house outside Eureka, CA. Originally built for Dad's grandparents, it was situated on a thin ( Read more... ) -
Christmas wish list
For the convenience of all and sundry, my brief Christmas wish list---sorry it's so late.
GPS under $120 (pref. Garmin)
Clear Converse hi-tops size 10 (http://www.journeys.com/catalog_detail.aspx?ID=89095)
kilt belt black (3"Wx30"waist)
dress belt, jeans belt (black, for 30" waist)
Levis 559 relaxed fit jeans 30Wx32L
SDHC memory cards 8GB or 16GB
Dell ( Read more... ) -
Friday
Is it somehow dishonorable to one's job to start counting the minutes as soon as you get to work? I started before the first bell today...just don't wanna be here. ish. -
sometimes things just happen
My friend Ben got some nasty (and completely undeserved) anonymous comments on his Livejournal a little while ago, so now he screens all his comments. My wife has been screening hers for two years because of comment spammers, but it's kinda sad that there are people out there with so much bitterness and self-loathing bottled up inside that they ( Read more... )