Time To Party

Captain L, whom I dated for a few months (did I ever come up with a suitable nickname?) invited me to her business school graduation party.  Although there is no stated animosity between us, we haven’t talked at all in a coupla months now.  Paul said I shouldn’t go if I’m not trying to maintain [...]

Looking Elsewhere

Although the position is available to me, I probably won’t work at Kennedy High School next year. There is the appeal of more money and continued growth at my career, but I’m just not into the science teaching stuff right now. The program in China is ten times more appealing. One thing [...]

Minor Unfulfillment

This Friday has been a disheartening end to a very tiring week. Akilah canceled, so I went to play my usual basketball game. The cancellation was probably a good thing because we were gonna see Harold and Kumar which, as my sister reminded me, wasn’t exactly Oscar material the first time around. [...]

I’m Sure It’s Worth the Drive

Just checking over the page and I noticed a ton of old tags I need to  clean up.  And I wondered…how the hell have I not seen The Other Boleyn Girl???

Looking Ahead

Every day at school I overhear kids talking about their upcoming trip to Great America — the end-of-year amusement park day for 8th graders.  It’s still a good six weeks away and they have to stay vigilant about grades and attendance during that time, but I can identify with their anticipation for this giant reward [...]

Just Gotta Get Batteries for the Camera

First, I apologize to anyone who visits looking for something new. It was just one of those ruts that I got into…no posts for the month of April until inspiration from that funny little jogging episode yesterday. It’s incredible that it has been nearly four years of this blog. I remember starting [...]

Curve Ball

Eternal quest to trim down, get more energy and stay in shape…this morning while jogging on my normal path…I saw far up ahead a young woman walking down the hill on my side of the street.  Even from far away I could see that she was tall, young and slender, Black, wearing a dark blue [...]