So Mary and I are engaged! Yay!

The Internet seems to be a place where people can be quite honest-- by expressing themselves in double speak. That is, people are either unintentionally honest, or they self-righteously hide what they really mean with a few key phrases. For example ( Read more... )

What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before ( Read more... )

Long time no post! What a change. For the record, I just drove 2,400+ miles from Houston, Texas, to Eugene, Oregon. I passed through a big chunk of Texas, a small part of New Mexico, Arizona, California, and about half of Oregon. I have never done anything like that before. That is an understatement. I had a permit, I got one just for this, and I ( Read more... )

So now I'm in America, and will be for quite a while, there are a few things I'd like to do or try. This list is in no particular order ( Read more... )

So, here I am again with one of my wild and wacky student re-enactments! I've gotten much better at these over the years, so I've been able to refine them to make them more flexible, somewhat safer, more controlled, and also more educational.


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So at the end of every semester--with the exception of one-- I have usually staged some form of historical re-enactment cum insanity for my amusement and that of my students. It's also supposed to have some educational value. I've been very good about the educational part, except with this one ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Mary!

Happy 20th Birthday, gorgeous girl!  Here's to no longer being a teen-ager!  Here's 20 candles for you to blow out!  I'd have supplied cake, but I don't bake... aaaw!


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