Appetizer
Describe a toy you remember from your childhood. My doll house. My father and a neighbor spent much of the night Christmas night assembling it. It is still intact, at my parents’ home.
Soup
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being highest) how observant are you? A seven. I sometimes miss things which [...]
As the days become a wee bit shorter, I would like to give props to the 13 things which make the summer months special for me.
1. Vacation from teaching
2. Extended stay visits with my parents and brother
3. Watching the July 4th fireworks with my brother (we missed them in July 2006 b/c we were visiting [...]
Early Monday morning, as I was eating a banana, the following thought came to me: Curriculum catalogs are like Toys R Us for teachers. Here’s why.Picture a toy store. Now, picture yourself in said toy store standing in the middle of one of those long, huge aisles large enough to accomodate an 18-wheel tractor trailer [...]
Since my post, The “S” Word, I have gotten myself together and have begun to prep in earnest for the upcoming school year. I read several posts by Repairman on his blog, RepairKit about grades and grading. Those posts not only prompted me to reflect on the subject of grading, but also forced me to [...]
Appetizer
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being highest) how much do enjoy watching sports on television? 8. I enjoy watching: NCAA hoops, NCAA football, tennis, and boxing.
Soup
If you could completely memorize any one work of fiction, which one would you pick?
Well, it’s a poem. Does it count? (chuckle). It would be Samuel [...]
Thirteen Guilty Pleasures: Food and Drink!!!
I attempted to post this last week, but it didn’t sell. Furthermore, since I had already begun a list, I decided to expand on it and re-post it as a “Thursday Thirteen” entry. Brilliant, no?
1. My mother’s fried chicken*
2. My mother’s potato salad*
3. My mother’s pork BBQ ribs*
4. Hamburgers
5. Ice [...]
Monday, July 16th marked exactly one month since I have been on summer vacation. In that time, I have passed by my school’s campus four times. This was not planned. It just so happens that several of my doctors are located downtown, and, as I had appointments with those doctors, I had to pass by [...]
…it’s National Ice Cream Day! The third Sunday in July has been so designated. Sources tell me that July is National Ice Cream Month, so designated by the late President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
How coincidental that I would do the Blogthing on ice cream, and then discover that today recognizes one of my favorite desserts.
If [...]
You Are Strawberry Ice Cream
A bit shy and sensitive, you are sweet to the core.
You often find yourself on the outside looking in.
Insightful and pensive, you really understand how the world works.
You are most compatible with chocolate chip ice cream.
What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?
Funny. This is the one flavor I eat the least. [...]
Here’s a meme that I discovered in my search for a low-stress meme. It’s called, “Four Things.”
Four jobs I’ve had
~Teacher
~College Admissions Representative
~Project Coordinator for Social Service Agency (part-time while attending grad. school)
~Grad. Student (full-time)
Four movies I can watch over and over
~The Godfather
~The Godfather Part 2
~21 Grams
~A State of Grace
Four places I’ve lived
~Connecticut
~Massachusetts
~Georgia
~New York State
Four [...]
