And another question and answer
Sorry folks - its a big study weekend! Normal posting shall resume next week!1. What bill do you hate paying the most?My lawyer - waste of freaking money!2. Do you miss being a child?Not so much - I am loving being me now!3. Chore you hate the most?Ironing4. Where was the last place you had a r ...

A Work in Progress
I’m currently working on a short story for submission into a creative writing journal. This is a very rough copy but I thought I’d post it here It’s been fifteen years since I’ve been back here. The town hadn’t changed much—Uncle George still drove that beat up ‘57 Chevy the Wils ...


May Day
OK I admit it - these are Easter pictures that I never got around to posting because I couldn't come up with anything to write about them other than "look how cute [I think] my kids are." However today it does remind me of a story.When I was in first grade my teacher taught us about the wonderf ...

Good Sports Rock!
This is a picture of Kalli's first grade teacher. She played in a teachers vs. 4th grade basketball game (she was by far the best teacher player out there) and it was great because her daughter is in fourth grade and they played against each other.... At half time there was a pie toss. Holy Smo ...

MEDIA: Good Stories I Missed
I asked my colleagues to send me some stuff they're writing that I might have missed in my morning roundups.  Here are some of the stories -- good stuff I think: National Curriculum Inching Forward [In Australia] EdWeekSome [Australian] states have questioned whether national benchmarks would ...