Saddest photos ever taken
First day on the bus. Breaks my heart. Thankfully, there are these images at the end of the day to not-quite-balance the sadness of the early morning hours.
Open a toy. Record. Make a fortune.
My wife made me aware of the inexplicable existence of YouTube videos that feature the removal of toys from their packaging. That’s it. Someone purchases a Transformer or a Barbie…
I went to Maine to officiate a wedding for a couple I had never met, and it wasn’t crazy.
My friends think I'm a little crazy. Three days before the start of my school year, I headed to Maine to officiate the wedding ceremony of a couple who I…
The Louisiana Literacy Test of 1963 is astonishing. Impossibly difficult and truly evil. I think I’ll give it to my students.
The website of the Civil Rights Movement Veterans, which collects materials related to civil rights, posts samples of actual literacy tests used in the South during the 1950s and 1960s.…
Speak Up: Storytelling Workshop launching
We are launching a new advanced storytelling workshop next week, and there are still spots available for those of you who are interested. Details below.______________________________ Our storytelling workshop focuses on…
My maybe-girlfriend asked if we could watch The Simpsons. I knew I had found a wife.
When FXX started airing every single episode in a row last week, it shattered the record for the longest-running marathon in TV history. FXX is airing all 552 episodes of…
My kindergartener
My daughter enters kindergarten tomorrow. I can’t believe it. Time hasn’t exactly flown by for me. I write to my children every day, reflecting on the day’s events, noting tiny…
My daughter is making new friends for me
My wife was telling me about a couple who we are scheduled to have dinner with next week. “I don’t know these people,” I said. “How did we meet them?”…
Perfect cure for the first day of school blues
I love my job. I wanted to be a teacher when I was eight years-old, and for a long time in my life, I never thought that dream would come…
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