Trivia and Star Sighting

I went to Stanford. They say about that school (and probably all of the Ivy League schools) that sometime during that first week as a freshman, the other students living next to you will somehow inform you of their SAT score. They’re just waiting for the right moment in a conversation when they [...]

Anticipation

I’m writing this in a notebook while sitting in the Stanford bar on a Sunday afternoon.  I’m drinking Guinness.  The Last Samurai is on the big screen TV.  I remember a few years back sitting in the theatre and the trailer for this movie showed and people started jeering and cracking up over the idea [...]

Stagnant Summertime

Somehow I’ve been blogging less frequently even though it’s summertime. I don’t know what it is. I’m working fewer hours but I’m still hanging on by the skin of my teeth. Truly free time is still so elusive because of these twice-weekly professional development workshops and two more classes for the teacher [...]

Because You Wanted To Know

It’s been hot down here this summer and often times my crotch would be itching from all of the dirt and sweat accumulated over the course of the day.  I’m still teaching summer school, so I normally can’t wear shorts during the day.  Finally, I got sick of it and I bought some Gold Bond [...]

Computer Class Blogging

Welcome to my first ever blogger post from class!
This computer class I’m taking in the credential program is very aggravating.  I swear I’m no computer whiz, but the things we’re learning about are so, so basic — prefixes like kilo-/mega-/giga-, how to animate a PowerPoint presentation, how to capture images from the web.  That stuff [...]

Lost and Found?

I’m a little bit concerned because I can’t find my Adidas tracksuit. My room is a pigsty right now and I’m sure it will surface as I try cleaning up, but it’s unclear why it was ever out of the closet in the first place. The tracksuits…you know I don’t wear them too [...]

Basketball Jones

Sebnem Kimyacioglu, where are you??
I found your website and it says it was updated in 2007 but, otherwise, I can’t read it!  How is your team doing?  What are your personal statistics…if you know what I mean?  Is Like A Prayer really an appropriate song selection for a professional basketball player?  Might I suggest She’s [...]

July 4th Roundup

Like I’ve said before, the part of teaching I dislike the most isn’t the classroom management–it’s the preparation and lesson planning.  I used to think that I had it tougher as a biology teacher than teachers of other subjects do, but after participating in the summer school literacy workshop I witnessed the amount of legwork [...]

Cut Man and Girlie

Passing by the Abercrombie & Fitch store at the Florida Mall this past weekend and they had live models standing like hip little statues in front. The woman was perfectly cute but I couldn’t even tell you what she was wearing because my eyes were almost immediately drawn to the UNREAL-looking male model beside [...]