July 2008 - Posts
Saw a story from last Friday out of New Zealand about one of those odd names that actually was rejected by a court of law! A married couple who was apparently born without pride, dignity, or basic common sense named their daughter "Talula Does the Hula
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On Thursday morning, my friend Chris and I thought the shuttle over to a convention center and headed back onto the exhibition floor. As opposed to the intimate gathering from the night before, this time we ran into roughly 150,000 fellow convention goers.
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Hey everyone, I am finally back in Texas after my whirlwind tour of both coasts. I can't say that the 100 plus degree weather is exactly a welcome thing. First off, let me direct everyone's attention toward this week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com,
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I'm off for another week of vacation, this time to California! Wish me luck that I will get to see some of the stars and directors of my favorite TV shows and movies. Speaking of, I saw The Dark Knight last night, and it was spectacular! The whole movie
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Hey everyone, did you miss me? I just got back home from a week in Destin, Florida, and I am roughly the color of a penny. A penny that someone has scribbled on with a red magic marker, that is. Don't worry, I used 15 tubes of SPF 50 sunscreen, so I'm
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Hey everyone, I would like to ask for a favor, though it should be a rather simple favor to carry out. I have discovered recently that if you request a book at the library and they don't have it in stock, they will often order a copy to get it to you.
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Attention all teachers! I am once again calling for your assistance on a future education.com column. I appreciate all of the responses that I got for the "What are you doing this summer?" prompt, and I hope the response is just as good this time around.
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Mamacita has put together an excellent Carnival of Education this week , including a fabulous "scolding" of the myriad of entries from people trying to sell essays and research papers. If you've ever hosted a Carnival, then you know exactly the type of
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A post from a couple of months ago at So You Want to Teach? got me started down the path towards writing this week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com . On it, a certain Mr. Frap made a comment to the effect of saying that teachers should consider themselves
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I saw a story in the paper today that said that Webster's dictionary had just added over 100 new words to their current edition. These words included "Texas hold 'em," "pretexting," and "popunder." This gave me the idea for this week's INTERACTIVE MONDAY!
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One of my very good friends is quite the thespian (she still likes guys). This summer, she is going to be appearing in the role of Mrs. Potts in the stage play Beauty and the Beast. I am posting that here because I know that a lot of people who read this
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I have been using CafePress for sometime now, and I have liked it. However, I have heard two complaints from people that might otherwise be interested in buying a T-shirt. One is that they are a bit too pricey. The other is that there are not more color
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Instead of being a COMPLETE bum this summer and doing absolutely nothing except lying around on my couch, I did a little math tutoring. My sister-in-law told me there was a program going on at my old high school, so I jumped at the opportunity to show
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