Monthly Archives: September 2005

I went to the Angels-A’s game today. Unfortunately, all the drama had been sucked out by last night’s Angels victory when they clinched the western division championship. Half the guys who played for the Angels today I had never heard … Continue reading →

From the mouths of my students: A.: “If I could be anybody in this room for a day, I’d want to be David.”M.: “Why?”A.: “Because he has a pet squirrel.”M., laughing hysterically: “A pet squirrel?!?! THAT’S funny!” ***** A.:”When a … Continue reading →

Okay, so I took this very unscientific test that’s supposed to gauge my political leanings and it came out like this. Even though it labels me a Democrat, clearly in the graph I appear to be a socialist! Very exciting. … Continue reading →

No comments on the previous blog? It was given to me during a training while I was still working for Partners in School Innovation. I was reminded of it while listening to a radio piece about how various popular “men … Continue reading →

The Angel and the World’s Dominionby Martin Buber There was a time when an endless torrent of pain and sickness flooded over the earth. The air grew heavy with the moisture of tears, and a dim exhalation of sighs clouded … Continue reading →

Though I tried to help her find her way by pointing to the entrance of the mystery spot, the red shirted woman marches to the beat of her own drummer and takes no heed of my helpful guidance. Meanwhile, Pam … Continue reading →

Pam and I visited the famous Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz this weekend, and I can tell you this: your $5 ticket (plus $5 for parking) is better spent on many other things, including donations to the Red Cross or … Continue reading →

Yesterday I had a pizza party after school with my two classes from last year to celebrate the improvement in their state test scores (see the end of a previous blog for details). Somehow they scarfed down all 108 pieces … Continue reading →

Turns out that the top FEMA officials “had little or no experience in disaster management before landing in top FEMA posts.” (Read the full story here). So the folks who are supposed to coordinate efforts to help us out during … Continue reading →

This video comes from crooksandliars.com. It is of two police officers doing a little shopping (aka “looting”) at a WalMart in Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Click here to view the video.