Well I have officially been sick for three days. I say “officially” because I am on sick leave; that means I get paid for being sick. I was sick on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, too, but I tried to carry on my regular duties to the best of my ability. That also means I [...]

Wow, this looks vaguely familiar! Being home sick for the fifth day in a row has enabled me to do some poking around on the web as well as get quite a bit of administrative-type work done for the library. Maybe I will reopen this window. Not sure that I have all that much to [...]

Argg! I am not yet ready! I am working in my classroom today. Moving every computer, cleaning the screens, the mice, digging dust bunnies and other crud out of keyboards and then turning them on to make sure they actually still turn on. My principal got me a dozen headphones with mics so I just [...]

When the family is in an “uproar” state, I cannot blog. It’s mostly because I have a hard time seeing past my own issues, I guess. Anyhow, we are definitely in the dog days of summer here. I am perspiring as I type. My fingers are sticking to the keys. But I am looking out [...]

Today I was rushing around getting ready to go to work and I noticed a wooden hanger lying on the floor of my bedroom. It said on it “McDormand’s Mens Wear.” Wow, I thought…this is one old, and still goin’ strong, hanger! I thought of how nice the McDormands were and how trusting the store [...]

Imagine if you had to choose your top 632 friends to invite to a gala affair to announce the opening of your new movie like Dan Brown did? Who would you invite? I was mentioned in the acknowledgments of Angels and Demons, the book. We were quite close in those days. Somehow, we got dropped [...]

This weekend is our beloved grandson’s 6th birthday. We will be celebrating by going to the local bowling spot and, using bumpers, we will attempt to get some pins down. It should be fun, even if the guest list has ballooned to two or three times the original intended size! It’s pretty special to have [...]

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Paul Newman is dead. I knew it was coming and I was very sad when I thought about it. Mr. Newman has been with us for 83 years. He has seen a lot of life. I loved his movies, I love his products. His dressings are great. I have tried to support his projects because [...]