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A couple of movie reviews … I bought Apocalypto on DVD the other day and watched it Saturday night. I loved it. It’s a gorgeous film filled with deep greens and stunningly realistic costumes. The plot is pretty simple, but that’s fine. There wasn’t as much man-running-through-jungle as I expected from other reviews. The hero…

It’s been quite a week. Me and the little kids have had something of a stomach problem. Nothing so bad anybody missed school, but a lot of yuckiness and I spent all of one day after school in bed with a little bit of a fever. I’m fine now, but the little ones are still…

Just a couple more full weeks of school left. It’s kind of hard to believe. In some ways, that’s a sad feeling, but in others … I find my patience wearing thin with the boys in my second period class, the Foundations of English I class I’ve had for the full semester. Their attitudes have…

So, I went to the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. annual conference yesterday and today. Did I have fun? Mostly, yeah, I guess. Was it worth $125? That’s yet to be seen. It was nice seeing some people I only see there. I met Sara Saint John for the first time. She’s a very nice lady…

Ruuuuufus! Yep, the Vikings continued claiming Oklahoma Sooners today by taking hard-hitting Rufus Alexander in the sixth round of the NFL draft. I can’t believe Rufus fell to the sixth round, but it looks like it’ll work out well. I bet he’s starting for the Vikes before the season is over, if not when it…

Happy birthday to me, The Vikings drafted AD! Woohoo! My favorite player in the NFL draft went to my favorite team. I know some experts predicted Adrian Peterson would go the Vikings, but I didn’t really expect him to still be there at No. 7. Or, let’s face it, the Vikings being smart enough to…

It’s been quite the week. I can’t really go into most of what’s happened or what I’ve learned. Not the specifics, anyway. I can talk about my evaluation, which took place today. Basically, I was told I’m doing very well, but that I need to speak louder and be more of a disciplinarian in the…

I hadn’t been to a prom since my own in 1984. We had some really bad music then — think Culture Club and Flock of Seagulls — but even that horrible crap was better than what those kids were listening to last night. It was like one long monotonous beat but every once in a…

Weekend energy! The students get it when they wake up Friday morning, me thinks. There have been worse days than today, but Fridays are always … difficult. I gave a bunch of quizzes and let my Foundations of English I kids do make-up work. As a result, I have a ton of grading to do…

If somebody calls me “cracker jack” should I be offended? If the person saying it is black, should I be offended that I’m being called a cracker? I’m confused. Once upon a time it was a good thing to be called cracker jack. But that was back when it was bad to be a pimp.…