Australia A serious case of the sniffles is keeping me inside today and I took both my laptops (yes 2, thanks EPIC for refusing to run on a Mac) and tried to find a place in my apartment where I could be comfortable and grade.  I felt like goldilocks.  The kitchen chairs were too hard [...]

Busted in the Hood I started teaching at Richland and I like it.  I know, it shocked me too.  It’s one of the few jobs I’ve ever had where I don’t notice time passing.   I’m glad that I started teaching these classes before I went to alternative certification classes because they are ridiculous.  By [...]

Cotton Billy Both of my parents have musical gifts.  I used to wake up Sunday mornings to my mother pounding out hymns on the piano and singing at the top of her lungs.  She made both my sister and I learn to play the piano, and when we protested, she put her foot down.  Growing [...]

Loom I flopped down on Courtney’s bed this last week and listened to her serenade me from the shower.  This was short lived due to falling shampoo bottles, and her surprised outburst made me laugh into her high thread count sheets.  Her little dog was looking at me, wondering why there was a big monster [...]