Friday, December 20thHalf-day holiday party ( Read more... )

The last few... erm... The last many days have been good days. Allow me to recount their goodness with you...

Wednesday, December 18thThe administration at Zamora is down a man, since one V.P. got a promotion to central office. The remaining V.P. and the principal have to (by law) make observations on all the teachers, but have thus far been ( Read more... )

Evaluating a calendar year is very difficult for me. It seems that my life is measured in stretches of school years rather than calendar years ( Read more... )

Yes, I fully understand that most of the people who will see this are coming here *from* Facebook, but, you know, whatever.

Here are some things from the Facebook that I feel like blogging about.

CorrectionI was watching "4 San Antonio Living," a morning chat show that comes on at ten, locally. They recently hired a young novice to be a co-host ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas to all.

I still hate "Giftmas."

I still contend that, even if you aren't all about Jesus, that Christmas is still all about peace, goodwill, and giving, not about greed and getting stuff.

I still think that Fox News' alleged War on Christmas is a bunch of crap.


So, nothing has really changed.

Merry Jesus Day ( Read more... )

I don't watch the show, as I generally don't watch reality TV. But the Facebook and the news feeds and the whatnot are all abuzz about an interview that Phil Robertson gave with GQ magazine. In this interview, he is alleged to have made homophobic and racist statements ( Read more... )

Christmas break begins... NOW!

Group shots from work.

Let me go on record as saying that if I look grouchy, it's because I did not like spending time on these photos that easily could have been spent on instruction.

You can click on the mini-pictures to see larger versions. For those of you with low bandwidth or slow connections, keep in mind that these are large files.

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No, not really "wisdom." But there was some ridiculousness that I thought seemed relevant in light of yesterday's post.

An alternate title for this blog entry could be "Better Living Through Chemistry."

Enjoy.


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You know, growing up with the stories I did - legends, comics, movies, and soforth - I came to think of myself as a hero of sorts. I was always a superhero, or a video game hero, or somesuch. Today, I still do, but it's the more watered-down, universal archetype of the Jungian hero, who everybody is. (See also: [THIS]Part of the problem of ( Read more... )