I have a student who is looking for an action packed book by a woman. He said he wants The Count of Monte Cristo, but by a woman. Any ideas?

I've applied to join an administrative cohort, a group of teachers/people here in Fairfax who take Educational Leadership courses together to become endorsed to be principals and assistant principals. Honestly, I just want my master's, and it's UVA, so hey, why not, I thought ( Read more... )

Okay people, it was February 19th that I wrote I was getting $1500 back in taxes. It's April 14th and the tax forms are still sitting on the floor by my feet, unmailed. I've spent the money! What is wrong with this picture!!

So I broke down and bought a rowing machine. I have only wanted a rowing machine for about five years (remember the kayaks took this long as well), and even though they are known as the piece of exercise equipment most likely to collect dust, that is absolutely NOT true with me ( Read more... )

Thursday, March 31 All booked for a flight to Portland, Oregon, where I'll meet one of my best friends from college (she's from Raleigh) and stay Thursday night with a man who cracked my back so good at a Grateful Dead show back in 1991 that I STILL talk about how Lance cracked my back.

Friday, April 1 Drive to Seattle. Could this actually be ( Read more... )

Okay, first of all, my fucking mailbox would not be full if the system administrators did not send me an e-mail every hour telling me my mailbox is over the limit ( Read more... )

I could see black between the needle and the bottom of the red empty line, and I was really thankful as I coasted into the gas station. So, all was said and done, and I pumped in 18.7 gallons of gas ... never pumped that much before. Out of curiosity, I checked my manual ... 18 gallon capacity. Can we say I was seriously out of gas?

... my hair is shorter than my sister's. I've been getting really frustrated with in between, almost chopped it off myself, almost had a student do it during lunch, almost compromised into something medium, but took the plunge instead ( Read more... )

I went to see the Mary Anne Redmond Band this past Friday night, and despite being one inch shy of pneumonia, I had a nice time. I don't particularly care for her ballads, but the bluesy stuff really steals the show--and while I think her cover of Hiatt's "Cry Love" and her cover of "Crossroads" could go on forever, some of those slower blues ( Read more... )

oh yeah, i just remembered i haven't written about online dating yet, so my update isn't really an update as much as an admission ... well, it's not your admission of the classic sense, in the sense that i am "out" there in cyberland meeting "men", just an admission of astonishment. dear john, on the basis of information i read in your profile, i ( Read more... )