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No, this isn’t a blog about the Muslim barbarians trying to destroy civilization with their car bombs. Not really. Or, is it? Hmm … Did I mention that I’ll have a class of advanced placement kids this fall? It’s a reading enrichment class. Western Heights in on the block schedule, so each class is 85…

I want to be a good teacher. I want to be the teacher students think back on with good memories. But, after today, more than that I want to be the teacher slugs fear. If the student is a lazy, smart-mouthed bum, I want them to groan deep, deep inside if they pick up their…

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away … I got married. In fact, it was 22 years ago today that photo was taken. I was all of 19 and Kim was a couple of weeks from turning 18, and just a few weeks removed from her high school graduation. Ah, I was…

Man, school has been tough the past couple of days. The kids are unruly, unwilling to work, defiant and … Well, they’re lazy brats, to put it bluntly. They’re in summer school because they don’t want to have to repeat ninth grade, but they’re not at all willing to work or, God forbid, learn something…

All the other teachers today were telling me about how good their kids were. My group was not good. They were bad in class, but what I found out about two of them after class made me furious. Oh, there will be hell to pay tomorrow. The only good news is that I’m not teaching…

Ah, well, it was quite a weekend. First off, I missed Friday night’s reading because I wasn’t feeling well. I got this wild hair about exercising earlier in the week and joined the YMCA. I promptly pulled a muscle my first day in the gym and could barely walk Friday. Saturday started better. People showed…

In 24 hours I’ll be getting ready for the Late Night Horror Readings at SoonerCon in downtown Oklahoma City. Are you going to be there? You should. Stephen R. Donaldson, author of The Thomas Covenant Chronicles, is the guest of honor. There’ll be lots of other interesting guests, too. I’ll be on some panels (including…

Okay, I’ve never done a LiveJournal poll. Let’s see if I can make it work.  (Yes, there is a purpose behind this. We’ll get there later.)

As the immortal Alice Cooper sang, “Schooooool’s out for summer!” Those snow days we had back in January about killed us. The kids knew school was supposed to be out a week earlier and most of them acted like they were already out that last week. It was nuts most of the time. But, now…