Posts Categorized: Personal Updates

I turned in my massive MAT portfolio on Saturday (somewhere in the neighborhood of 380-400 pagses). It represents an entire year’s worth of teaching, reflecting, teaching, and re-teaching…It feels so good to have that out of the way. Now, all I gotta do is survive one more observation and finish my curriculum framework. This time… Read more »

I don’t know what’s in the water, but the kids were very cranked up today. I guess Springtime does it.

I now have a wireless Internet connection in my humble rental. Granted, it is a wireless connection to a dial-up connection, but I can go anywhere in the house and surf. I’ve taken advantage of it mostly while lounging in my new recliner or kicking back on the couch (also new!). If only I had… Read more »

Cans of my favorite carbonated beverage, Pepsi now comes in 14 oz. cans. THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END! Cans of pop have been 12 oz. for a very, very long time. Our standard pop machines won’t be able to dispense these bastardized cans. We must put a stop to this! If we don’t,… Read more »

Courtesy of the friendly neighborhood rubbermouse, comes the Gizoogle.com. It will instantly translate your page into the smoothest dialect ever: Snoop talk! This really ain’t nothin’ but a G thang! For any of you budding web designers out there, I recommend you visit Web Pages That Suck.com. One of the best ways to learn good… Read more »

Life is going great: I’m doing well at my job and with graduate school. It’s just too bad that I’m so bored with my routine. On the weekends, all I do is grade papers, plan, and do tedious work in search of my Masters degree. Grading papers and planning isn’t that bad, but if I… Read more »

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year…. Read more »

I just got back from Mom and Dad’s with a load of my books. I’ve been slowly funneling all my books to this place since I moved in. This tote-full had been MIA until Dad found them yesterday. Most are computer books, but my stats and quantitative analysis text were in there too. I’m glad… Read more »

I no longer have “miles to go before I sleep” (at least for a little while). I don’t get to feel this way very much. All is well in my little world at the momment. Now all I gotta do is drink a Red Bull to wak e up :)