Seattle Trip, part I

An hour ago, at 1:45am, I was at the U-Village Starbucks sipping on a mocha and writing this blog entry on a few napkins. It was me slotting back into my old pattern of neglecting sleep, meandering around town at late hours whether to jog or to munch or to simply explore. Since [...]

Uplifting Story??

Ugh, I can’t stand Deal or No Deal.
Christmas at home has, gradually, become increasingly informal over the years.  Before, like many families with young children, Mom, Dad, Rose and I would wake up early and unwrap gifts that had been placed under the tree from the night, or even a couple of days before.  Now [...]

Faculty Party

Scenes at School

During first period, after the students had taken their test and were working on the assignment for the new unit, Jamie approached me for some help with a project she was working on for another teacher.  It was a poster entitled “Stress” and it was for her Health class.  Needless to say, it was due [...]

The Woman at the Bar

I really wasn’t into the woman who approached me at the bar the other weekend…
It’s not because she was assertive. Hell, one of us has to be and my tragic history shows that it’s seldom me.
It’s not because she turned her back to Brian and focused her attention on me. That just gives [...]

Teacher Status Report

Let me say first that I bought another tracksuit. Blue velour with yellow and pale green stripes down the sleeves and down the sides of the pants. Also has a large lapel. Adidas. I don’t have the shoes to go with it just now, so I just wore white tennis shoes today. [...]

Looking For a Happy Ending

Listening to the story about the SF family that got stranded in their vehicle in Oregon and I’m pulling for searchers to find the Dad because I didn’t know their asses had been out there for NINE days.  You can read the story if you haven’t heard it already, but with an infant and a [...]

Confusing

I think this is correct: there’s a television show called 10 Items or Less set to premiere on TBS this year, and there’s a completely unrelated movie starring Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega that’s out now, called…10 Items or Less. I don’t know about you, but I had been struggling to wrap my mind [...]

Why I Eat Apples

Let me be honest for a moment and tell you about a little problem I have. I eat a ton of candy. Really, it’s a lot. A high volume and sometimes I’ll eat solely candy for the day. It’s an addiction like Jane Tennison has in Prime Suspect.  It’s a really bad [...]