Resolution update: July 2015
PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. I woke up this morning, therefore I am. 2. Lose 20 pounds. Down seven pounds as of this morning. 3. Do at least 100 push-ups and…
PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. I woke up this morning, therefore I am. 2. Lose 20 pounds. Down seven pounds as of this morning. 3. Do at least 100 push-ups and…
We went to Boston yesterday for a whale watch. It was the first whale watch of my life, and it was the first for the kids as well. We were…
There once was a show called Alias, and it was great. Created by J.J. Abrams, it starred Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, a double-agent for the Central Intelligence Agency posing as an operative for SD-6, a worldwide…
As an elementary school teacher for the last 17 years, I have learned many ways to annoy a child. Here are just a few: If asked, declare that you have…
Yesterday, I saw an older man standing at the counter at a McDonald's, with an empty, medium-sized McDonald's cold drink cup jammed into the breast pocket of his button-down shirt,…
Someone recently told me that “If you’re going to have a difficult life, it might as well be childhood, since it’s so short.” I disagree. It’s the percentage of life that is…
For almost a year, my six-year-old daughter, Clara, has been saving her allowance and birthday money for a dollhouse that she saw at Barnes & Noble one day. Clara receives…
As a teacher, it's not often that I say that I hate a kid. In fact, I can't remember a time in my adult life when I really despised a…
I will never understand why adults count half-years when accounting for time. Yesterday I heard a person ask how long he had been at a company. His response: "Eight and…