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An interesting psychology experiment in the bathroom next to my classroom. It seems to be the official graffiti bathroom, often filled with the usual high school comments—homophobic, mildly racist, pro-drug, pro-gang, scatological. In an attempt to cut down on it they painted the stalls a deep blue color. Why deep blue? I assume they thought [...]

After my trip to the ARC to take the kids swimming I was forced to make a reluctant conclusion: there is no such thing as a sexy tattoo. Now there seems to be some rule at the ARC that all women must have a prominent tattoo. I believe any style is acceptable, but what is [...]

Thinking about packing for travel got me working through what won’t bring, primarily technology. I’m typing this entry on my new toy–an Asus EEE 901, an 8.9 netbook with wireless and bluetooth and all kinds of new tech features. It’s so small that I could easily fit it in my backpack. Almost every large hostel [...]

Here’s to fourteen years of marriage! It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life, but also the best. I can’t even fathom what my life would have been like without Molly (and it’s not just because of my wonderful kids).
Two songs come to mind. The first is “The Fourteenth of February” by Billy [...]

Now that it’s only about ten days until I leave for Turkey I can start to plan and get excited and even semi-pack without appearing obsessive. (Or perhaps I’m only telling myself that, like the guy who goes thirty minutes without a smoke or ten minutes without washing his hands and congratulates himself).
Deciding what to [...]

I’s been a rough week for teaching. The school district yesterday approved a budget that cuts quite a few positions, removes Molly’s $2000 stipend for having a PhD, removes my petty $200 for sponsoring National Honor Society, and most likely eliminates our annual pay raise (making it two years in a row that both of  [...]