Favorite girls
I’m not a fan of the selfie. The actual taking of the photo, the word, and everything that comes along with it. Photos like these are beginning to change my…
Death helps. Steve Jobs knew this, and unlike me, he didn’t need to die in order to learn it.
Nine minutes into his famous Stanford commencement speech, Steve Jobs discussed the importance he placed on thinking about death during life: “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most…
My kids love each other so much, and you can shut your mouth about it.
It’s crazy how much my kids love each other. Even crazier is the number of miserable people who look at a photo like this and say things like, “Enjoy it…
The difference between playing school and teaching school
Budo, from Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, is credited as saying that there are two types of teachers: Teachers who play school and teachers who teach school. In truth, he…
A race to the bottom: Which state will be the last to legalize same sex marriage?
Over the weekend, a judge overturned Alaska’s ban on same sex marriage. On Tuesday, Alaska and North Carolina began issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples for the first time.…
Teachers: Stop commenting, positively or negatively, on your student’s physical appearance. It’s only hurting them.
As an elementary school teacher, I have made it my policy for more than a decade to avoid commenting on a student’s physical appearance. A student’s appearance should be the…
Hemingway was an idiot. Write sober.
It sounds clever, and the association between writing and the consumption of alcohol is a powerful and lasting one, but I disagree with Hemingway on this one. Frankly, I think…
The Mystery of Prince Rupert’s Drop: A small piece of glass made amazing
This is six of the most fascinating six minutes of video on the Internet today. Both in terms of subject and presentation. Stop and watch. The Prince Rupert Drop is…
Productivity tip #11: What “I didn’t have enough time” really means.
Remember: When you say you didn’t have enough time, you are actually saying that there are other things more important to you. On your list of priorities, other things were…
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