What not to wear
I almost always hate when someone tells me what I can and cannot wear. Part of it is the five year old in me, refusing to be told what to…
How much television do you watch?
From a Time magazine piece: “Dr. Frank Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health and his colleagues report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that too much…
Should my students be allowed to make fun of me online?
Time magazine asks: Do students have a First Amendment right to make fun of their principals and teachers on Facebook and other social-media sites? Or can schools discipline them for…
Stop writing me off
Why is everyone so anxious to write me off? I describe my knee pain to a friend, and he tells me that my days of playing basketball are almost over.…
My worst teaching mistake ever
While I am certain that I have made more mistakes than I can possibly remember, one mistake stands above all others in the pantheon of errors: After promising my third…
Perhaps the Girl Scouts don’t need me after all
Around this time last year I wrote a post about how I would like to change the Girl Scouts, and it received quite a response, both from women who despised…
Sucks to be a Sprite drinker
Sprite apparently has a new flavor. I am not a Sprite drinker, but I can’t help but wonder what this “new flavor!” moniker is meant to tell the consumer. Good…
General maintenance required
Is it acceptable to call your doctor for an appointment under the heading of general maintenance? At last count, the following issues require medical attention: Two distinctly painful knee problems…
Singular talent absent opportunity
This is one of those completely amazing, captivating and awe-inspiring performances that takes my breath away but then leaves me wondering to what purpose it serves other than to entertain…
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