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Posted: Oct 1, 2003 10:00 AM


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Granny's '82 Buick LeSabre two door: a pig of a car, but never has 90 mph on the highway been more comfortable or roomy. Seats more like a favorite sofa or overstuffed recliner, an HVAC system that could roast a pig or cool a stadium and motor that wouldn't quit til it ran out of gear. I miss that car, the "SS Pork Roast."

What is worth blogging about?

StumbleUpon has brought me to some pretty cool spots online. But there's also a whole culture devoted to wasting time...

Sally Forth has a funny comic today. Ted is showing Sally his cell phone fotos of his ear which he wants to put in a gallery. Sadly there probably is a site devoted to such musings. ANd I'd probably find a rationale for its existence.

With a few clever captions I may enjoy it. But not enough to click that PayPal button.

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In BestBuy there is a USB cord to transfer your programs from TIVO to your laptop. Wonderful! Now we can watch Matlock on our computers.

So what'll it be? Matlock or cell phone ear shots? Or writing about each?

I'd rather start my own business:

http://www.plantsfromparadise.blogspot.com

Link to me, won't you?

Good bye to all three of you. :)

Tirade against school

I've been too focused on my own projects this summer. WHich isn't a bad thing. I'm enjoying myself immensely.
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I was wearing a GOOGLE shirt today when an excited teenager ran up to me and asked me where I got it. "I'm a big nerd!", he exclaimed.

Haha, I told him how he could get one and he seemed pleased.

Does school hold back the smart kids? I feel in a way it does. In a way it's a hinderance. I reminded myself in a monologue to my college students that I'm doing it for the kids who wouldn't learn anything. I'm trying not to hold back the kids in front but I'm really pushing the kids in the back. That's why I teach at a public school.

How effective am I?

I dunno. At times I feel I'm pretty effective. At times it feels monotonous.

10 Gallon Cardboard Palm Plant 

Kayaking in the open ocean. 

Showzen

Showzen is the most offensive, funniest show on tV.

It's so offensive I feel bad to be watching it.

Consider:

• A child dresses up as Hitler and interviews the man on the street.
• Mother Nature becomes a "Man".
• A child asks a zoo keeper to say "smash the state".
• A puppet asks a black man what he thinks of Jews after pretending to shut the camera off. The man says they have secret police to keep them in order.
  
• Cooties are sold to the world.
• The animal "dance". Enough said.

Watch it if you dare.

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My hero

He once wrote that he stopped studying economics as an undergraduate because economics, as it was and is taught, can "measure the giant's footsteps but not look into his eyes."

My hero, Arthur Miller.

Heaven's Gate - How and When It May Be Entered

Heaven's Gate - How and When It May Be Entered These guys still creep me out.

watching who's the boss?

When will Tony learn? He can't get special favors from Angela in the adult education class even if they do live together!

Integrated Learning: The Best GMAT, LSAT, GRE, and SAT Private Tutoring Anywhere!

Integrated Learning: The Best GMAT, LSAT, GRE, and SAT Private Tutoring Anywhere!

Scary...all that money for tutoring and Freakonomics says that it's all a waste...

To think they charge 90/hour and only pay their tutors 50/hour. Sad how they pocket all that money.

Could I use this on my students?

Legal?

Birds

I saw a bird on a tree outside my house and he looked very happy.

the light of the dawn

So many thoughts flood my mind as the morning comes. I feel young when I'm hungry and when I'm fighting for something. I'd hate to let a problem beat me even if it really doesn't matter.
Because when it's all said and done, does anything we do really matter?
But the emptiness seems a little less scary when you have work you find meaningful.
And for some reason lately I've found the idea of making money meaningful.
And look at this: www.thewebsimplified.com

My next idea? I'm thinking about a forum to talk about the FCAT...hmm a griping center where people can click on the google ads? But would anyone actually write about the FCAT? Do I even care about the FCAT? Are the people who are failing the FCAT actually looking for a website to WRITE about the concerns? Hmm maybe this isn't the best idea...but maybe some parents might care.

Maybe an AP and SAT forum along with an FCAT forum...hmm interesting. See the idea, dummy, is to bring traffic to look at google ads and 2.) give out my email address to do tutoring for fifty dollars. An hour.

Travel to Alaska

I've spent the past hour wrestling with myself whether to book a cruise to Alaska with my brother.

It seems I've talked myself out of it...

There's always next year!

Excited about businesses

I've been enjoying summer so much! It's such a treat to be able to explore the world without worrying about deadlines for a little!

I can't wait to be an adjunct professor!!

Life is great!

it wasn't easy

This blog isn't a success or a failure. It just is what is.

I put my thoughts and hopes and dreams and realities up here to reflect on later.

There are times of frustration.

But now I've got my own room and I'm excited as hell.

Next year is gonna be great with a Linux lab. Life is gonna be great with three classes.

I'm gonna be a third year teacher. I can't believe it.