And A Happy New Year

So…I’m home, and I brought the family back with me. Nice, eh?
Note To Georgia: Someone needs to slap the GDOT upside the head. Is it really necessary to have torn up I-95 all the way through the state? I just passed through your fine state both ways over the holiday, and I’m not looking forward [...]

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Coming out of hiding to wish ya’all a very Merry Christmas. I’ve been with family enjoying way too much food, wine, and then detoxing so I can do it all again.
Oh! I also have pictures. BUT! I forgot the disc at home so I can’t upload them until I return home. Which should be soon. [...]

Passing Torches and Other Life Lessons

Today, as I was walking one of my students to the bus platform, I asked him why he made a fist at another student today. He said that he wanted the student to know he didn’t say what the student thought he had said. I told him it was never, ever appropriate to make a [...]

Better Than Egg Nog!!!

Look what I found today!!!!
Actually, I have to back up a bit. I love Miss Doxie, and if you haven’t checked out her site, you should. When I find a good site, I like to read the bio of the person, and hers says something to the effect of:
I have a very cute boyfriend named [...]

I Guess He Really IS Sick

Scamp has been home for three days from school with bronchitis, which means that I, too, get to stay home with him while he convalesces. The days have been filled with old-man coughing, many temper tantrums, fevers that pop up out of nowhere, and copious amounts of Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy.
Not to [...]

Games People Play

or, file this under stuff I wish I had written:
In the season of Playstation 3’s and Nintendo Wii’s, one can harken back to a simpler time, a time when you had to imagine what was going on in your game, when text commands were the only way you navigated to get where you needed to [...]