Follow this link to see the Knox College Commencement speaker for 2008.  This person follows Senator Barack Obama in 2005, Stephen Colbert in 2006, and Bill Clinton in 2007.  And yet again, it looks like I'll be attending graduation at Knox.

Second hour yesterday there were about four teachers sitting around at a table in the library, and one student. The student is on good terms with all of us teachers who were sitting there, so she was possibly a little more vocal than she normally would be ( Read more... )

Just found this over on United Hollywood.  It appears that the end is in sight.

Letter To Membership From WGA Presidents

To Our Fellow Members,

As Negotiating Committee Chair John Bowman wrote you last night, we are continuing to negotiate the terms of a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. We anticipate that we will be able to present the terms of ( Read more... )

This question comes to you thanks to a student in my advisory class this afternoon. I would normally lecture him about the question's appropriateness for school, but it was so thoughtful that I laughed and proceeded to write it down. Here it is ( Read more... )

I just read an unbelievable graphic novel...in less than a day. And if you only read one graphic novel in your life, this is the one you should read. It's Identity Crisis, written by Brad Meltzer, pencilled by Rags Morales, and inked by Michael Bair.


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I hate that I feel that I have to do this, but I really think I do. For a variety of reasons, including that I've been getting spam on my journal in the comments and the fact that students are trying to find me on LJ, I'm making my journal friends only this weekend. I don't want to have to do this, but I think it's necessary.

I know those words were first said about 250 years ago, but one of the teachers at school said that to me today, and it made perfect sense. We had a new special needs student start today, though we tried really hard to keep him from coming. And I know that sounds really horrible, but he's autistic and has a number of requirements that are going ( Read more... )

So...I have to share a story. Thursday night, I was a reader for the conference Scholastic Bowl tournament at the high school. No big deal, right? Well, that was until I had to read the following question ( Read more... )

Yes, it really is hell. We've been living off paper and plastic for about the last week and it's driving me crazy. Today, I had to help Dad take the kitchen table out to the garage. Luckily, the cabinet guys will be here tomorrow, as well as the plumber, so we'll have water in the kitchen again. It's been off since Thursday, so we have to go ( Read more... )

...is now under way ( Read more... )