no is such a small word yet i didn’t use it when i should have i didn’t tell myself i didn’t say it to you ever since i cry for what i did for what i didn’t do for what…
Category: Journal
The presentation went well. A couple of people were interested in writing lessons for the site; and there was lots of positive feedback. After class, we went off to Noodles & Company for a lovely group lunch. After we ate,…
Somehow, the entries that I wrote on Saturday have disappeared. I must have clicked the wrong button :( This is a re-creation of that sad, missing entry. So here I am in the Illinois State computer classroom. Jim Kalmbach invited…
“A language that no one actually ‘speaks’” from the Pocono Record Online offers a mainstream explanation of 133t5p33k. Unfortunately, I’m not sure that replacing my E’s with 3’s is going to result in “being cool and keeping … parents (or…
The doctor’s appointment was not my finest hour. I’ve been borderline upset ever since.
Tomorrow is the doctor’s appointment :( And I need to catch up on my writing And I need to get my stuff together for Saturday And I need to clean up the latest falling plaster And I need to do…
I blame Dr. B: You scored as Nerd Cat. Holy crap, poindexter. Try buying some new specs instead of taping them together. Yeah, Bill Gates made a lot of money, but he’s also the devil. You’ve got a long way…
I decided to try the 43 folders thing at work, because I’m a mess. I keep having deadlines explode in front of me. I’m still completely skeptical that it will help. I’ve always thought these systems looked like a lot…
While I was looking for resources for a lesson on the Grapes of Wrath, I found a National Archive lesson plan that’s interesting in this time of War on Terrorism. Teaching With Documents: FDR’s First Inaugural Address Declaring “War” on…
Today, BBC News reports Today’s teenagers ‘more literate’. The article explains that “Teenagers are more literate than they were 10 years ago, one of the largest studies of exam papers suggests.” The problem, of course, is that assessment of literacy…