Funnier than some big budget comedies
It’s a GE commercial designed to sell light bulbs. Nevertheless, it’s honestly funnier than a lot of movies that I’ve seen.
How I establish the rules of my classroom
A teacher recently asked me if my students and I collaborate on the rules of my classroom at the beginning of the year. Actually, the teacher used the word “norms”…
Saturday morning cartoons are no more. A sad day for someone whose 27 year friendship may have been predicated on a Saturday morning cartoon theme song.
For the first time in 50-plus years, you won't find a block of animation on broadcast this morning. Saturday morning cartoons are over. It's the end of an era. I’m…
There can only be one explanation for a Republican campaign ad as sexist and stupid as this.
I suspect that the Republican Party has been infiltrated by some undercover Democratic strategists who have convinced them that stupid, sexist political ads are effective. There can be no other…
Is it wrong for me to find this Wallkill Mighty Mites clip nearly as entertaining as the Patriots victory over the Bengals?
The New England Patriots 43-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night was the highlight of my weekend, and it gave my students reason to celebrate. I’m never in…
Hot Buzz About Books and Book Clubs
I’ll be speaking on the panel below alongside RJ Julia Bookseller’s President Roxanne Coady and Books on the Nightstand hosts Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness. If you’re a reader and…
No one wants to see your photos of the sunrise or the sunset.
On Saturday morning, I posted the following to Facebook: At 6:38 this morning the sky turned an orange that I have never seen before. It was as if it was…
Let’s put an end to the Miss America pageant by making anyone who watches it feel small and stupid and uninformed.
John Oliver’s takedown of the Miss America pageant on HBO’s Last Week Tonight was brilliant. The Miss America pageant is admittedly an easy target, but Oliver’s segment is both surgical…
I have never used an em dash. I don’t even know how to make an em dash. But you can still find them in my books.
Noreen Malone of Slate argues against the em dash. The problem with the dash—as you may have noticed!—is that it discourages truly efficient writing. It also—and this might be its…
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