I’ve taken the liberty of responding to Doug’s opt-in meme because there is clearly a demand in the blogosphere for more personal information about me. I must give the people what they want. What I Was Doing Ten Years Ago I was two months shy of my 21st birthday and finishing up my Junior Professional [...]
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Posted 23 April 2008
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Both Suzanne and Pat bonked me with this one, so now I feel doubly guilty for having neglected it for over a month (sorry, Suzanne). At any rate, here are the rules, blatantly plagiarized from Pat’s post: Passion Quilt Meme Rules: 1. Think about what you are passionate about teaching your students. 2. Post a [...]
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Posted 13 March 2008
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So I got an email from WetPaint today. It’s a typical website newsletter, but it starts with an appeal to my ego: I got to the end of the second paragraph and had to do a double take: Yeah, lemme get right on that. Before one of those other Damian Bariexcas ganks it on me. [...]
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Posted 13 February 2008
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Even if you don’t like rap and hip-hop, give this post a chance. I know Jose has quoted Jay-Z and met Rakim, Dan‘s spotlighted a homemade Jay-Z poster, and Taylor loves Eminem and Ice Cube; I’m counting on you (& similar-minded folks) to help me out here and in the next post. The rest of [...]
Longer post on this topic to follow. For now, just click to listen: 20-divide-kreate-illiterate-city.mp3 Edit: Source: “Illiterate City”, by Divide & Kreate. Best of Bootie 2007 .
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Posted 11 January 2008
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