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Interstate Internet
Yes, I'm well aware that the Internet is connected between the various States, whether U.S.- or nation-. However, I still find it wildly cool that I can connect to the Internet while my daughter drives our minivan (no snickering!) through the Iowa rain. Thus this post. -
At least I have treachery
So, last week I weighed in at 200 pounds, down over twenty pounds from my peak in mid-July. Last Saturday I made a bit over three and one-half miles at a ten-minute-mile pace on the treadmill; when I started on the treadmill in August I couldn't make one-half of a mile at a fifteen minute pace. I'm content with the improvement, and this is both the ( Read more... ) -
Ever heard of "Ice Blocking?" No? Two words: Hilarity Ensues. Pics behind the cut!
If you've never been - or heard of - Ice Blocking, you should know that it features the very essence of awesome: summer days, green grass, sledding, and grown adults tumbling down a hill. But see for your self: pics behid the cut!!
( Pics of me Ice Blocking! ) -
Woodruff's closing - I am sad. And out of a job, maybe. In June.
The subject says it all. -
Do vampires fart? Seriously. Think about it. Do They?
What happens to the blood a vampire drinks? Does it get digested? Absorbed ( Read more... ) -
According to my daughter, my wife's a bitch!
Because my wife cares about my daughter's grades and is willing to enforce consequences if she doesn't bring them up. -
Ow
You know how you're supposed to be essentially paralyzed while you're dreaming? Well, it turns out that sometimes the paralysis fails, which explains sleepwalking and related behaviors ( Read more... ) -
Boredom
I am currently suffering from near-terminal boredom. That is all. -
School not closing
I waited until the "stimulus bill" passed to post this, but our superintendent announced a couple weeks ago that the federal aid to our district will closed the budget gap for this and the next school year, so he's not going to try to consolidate the high schools, at least not immediately ( Read more... ) -
Woodruff High Closing? (I teach at Woodruff)
The Peoria Journal Star is reporting today the district administrators are proposing to the shcool board that Woodruff High School be closed effective the 2009-2010 school yearNow, I'm not at all worried about whether or not I'll have a job - I have suffient seniority for that to not be an issue for me - but I am concerned about our students, ( Read more... )