I needed to get out tonight, so I walked down to the bank and then on the way back decided to stop by the Southside Park. Sat there swinging in the night, listening to "Drowsy Chaperone." No-one around. Can't say I felt like a kid again, exactly, because I didn't feel either care-free or energetic; but if not a step back in time, it was a ... ( Read more... )

I finished study questions for Hamlet and Heart of Darkness last night (plot-based only: when I've done more, um, demanding ones in years past, I got told they were too hard but that plot-based ones would be helpful). Went in to school today and printed them and a cover letter and got them stuffed in envelopes to be mailed to students tomorrow. ( Read more... )

"You've taught me a lot. You've taught me that other people can matter in a variety of cases, you've shown me that being nice can be worthwhile. You helped me grow into myself by encouraging me to expand my view on things. You encouraged all of us to really think for ourselves, and it was an uplifting experience. Thank you."

"You look in a mirror and you think you see yourself. You do not. You see a body inhabited by many men. There is the happy [one] and the sorrowful. There is the proud, and the fearful. There is the child who was, and the man who is yet to be. This is an important lesson, because, when in danger, you need to know--and more importantly to ( Read more... )

I have had a pretty bad week (or a little more than...), but lunch with Toby yesterday was enjoyable. I can't resist quoting something he wrote back to me today after I'd thanked him for lunch ( Read more... )

WOOT! Darcy's home! Yea! Wowee!

A friend just brought by Katherine Center's new book for me to read, and she (the friend) was so impressed because I'm one of the people Katherine thanked for being such a significant influence (or some such phrase) on her while she was at st. john's. She said she'd never known personally someone who was acknowledged that way before. That's ( Read more... )

I found this line in a story I've been reading. I really like the way it's phrased:

"You’re only as good as the people who choose to care about you."

I have started building a corner bookcase for our bedroom where the DSL line and wireless router live. There's an old, white one there from IKEA that's seen better days, so I took it downstairs today and put it on the back porch preparatory to putting it out on the curb next week. I took measurements yesterday and cut lumber I'd gotten at Rockler ( Read more... )

I heard the following comment about John Edwards a few days ago. A reporter was asked by an anchor why Edwards supported a particular position even though it didn't seem likely to win him points in the polls: "One should never rule out the possibility that a presidential candidate supports something because he believes in it." I thought that was ( Read more... )