Monthly Archives: August 2006

It’s official. The check arrived today. I’m now $6,013.30 richer, thanks to Vincent Mottola. It’s the ultimate in money management. I mean, sure, I could have just set aside some money in my checking account every month, or I could … Continue reading →

In about nine and a half hours, my final year at Garfield will begin. I’ve spent the last eight years of my life there (Nancy, that’s 8/30, or 4/15, of my life), long enough to see former students head off … Continue reading →

A must read. Here, my favorite excerpts: But history teaches us that every good idea contains the seeds of its own heresy and “much of what is going on in the name of standards and accountability verges on the heretical… … Continue reading →

A handy checklist for what NOT to do in the 24 hours following a 3 day juice fast: * ravenously start eating a large pizza 1 second after the fast is over* quickly eat 10/12 of the aforementioned pizza and … Continue reading →

At midnight tonight, the 72 hour juice fast will, officially, be over. Twenty minutes ago, I brought home a large Maui Zaui pizza from Round Table. It’s sitting here, next to me, teasing me with its olfactory charms. I look … Continue reading →

So… about that juice thing. Mark did quite a nice job of summarizing our current situation. We are nearly 2/3 of the way through a three day juice fast. His idea. I now hate him. I want to kill him … Continue reading →

PC euphemism for lazy: “promptness-challenged” http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/15318863.htm

Yesterday I bought a juicer, a Jack LaLanne Power Juicer. Jack LaLanne is a 92 year old man who’s in much better shape than I am. That’s him on the left there, back when he was my age. This morning, … Continue reading →

After the Heidi-Amber fiasco, I received a phone call shortly after 9 am Friday. Seeing that the number was a 714 area code, I excitedly answered, knowing that it was Mercury. I had all my arguments planned out. I had … Continue reading →

I now severely dislike Mercury Insurance. I won’t say hate, because once I say hate, where else can I go? I’ll reserve that word for what appears to be an inevitable showdown with “Heidi” and her supervisor “Amber.” I’ll try … Continue reading →