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One thing that makes my job teaching high school students enjoyable is that I have essentially the same sense of humor. Example: The Culinary Arts classes purchased two full hogs so that they could practice butchering them. In honor of the release of Notorious, they named one hog Notorious P.I.G. and the other swine Piggie [...]

As the title says, this one counts as getting a boot that you can’t much complain about. Following close on the heels of last week’s Columbia prostitution sting, where five young women were arrested for placing ads on Craigslist, comes this comment in the Tribune’s “Trib Talk” section, where random people can phone in random [...]

As part of my continuing series “Top Ten Lists of Almost Everything, Including Inconsequentials” I started crafting the Best Songwriters of All Time list. Many of them were personal favorites that may or may not be considered great songwriters by others (e.g., Paul Westerberg from The Replacements, Billy Bragg, Bob Marley). Others were classic songwriters [...]

Trying to do a little updating of my web page. Today’s project included pictures from a trip to Chile in 2004. They’re here.

Yesterday’s post reminded me of the assignment I’m starting with my students tomorrow. The prewriting begins with students creating sixteen top-ten lists. I often try to complete the same assignments as my students–at least if they’re fun–so here are some of the lists I have been crafting:
Cities I Most Want to Visit = St. Petersburg, [...]

Got an e-mail from an old friend who I had not seen for well over a decade. It reminded me that I keep telling myself to post a list of friends that I haven’t seen for a long time. That way if they’re sitting around at work, find themselves a little bored, and type in [...]

I had the pleasure of watching Happy New Year, Charlie Brown with my family today. It was quite a bit funnier than I remembered. As an English teacher, I can’t help but be impressed that Charlie’s teacher assigned War and Peace over Christmas vacation. What is he, about eight years old? It led to a [...]