Saw the movie Alpha Dog last night. It wasn’t really my kind of movie, and the only reason I really enjoyed it is because it’s based on a true story… and unlike many movies which claim to be based upon true stories, this one was actually pretty accurate. It’s about a spoiled rich kid named […]
Took my 3-hour glucose “challenge” today, and since it was SO fun for me (sarcasm adundant), I thought I would spread some of the ‘cheer’ by giving you a run-down of what this medical test entails. First, why do they call it a glucose challenge? To provide extra motivation, maybe? Whatever the reason, I think
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When subbing for a regular classroom teacher in an elementary school one would expect to have the same class for at least most of the day, granting of course switching for math which is common in the intermediate grades. Aside from the start of the day and a very short time in the morning for
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I changed my shorts, erm, theme again. I really didn’t like that last one. I think this one should last awhile, unless I find an annoying bug. I really liked that first theme, even with the no-italics bug, but I couldn’t find it again. Well, this one looks pretty good.
My last post on my actual experiences with the kids was last week, so I guess it’s past time to write about it again. I finished last week as a traveling social studies teacher on Friday. That’s right, this district has a separate teacher do social studies for 1st-3rd grades. I’m not sure why. To
I know that the transplanting of television series from one country to another is nothing new. However, I just found out today that one of the most popular reality series is not actually American based. Apparently, “Survivor” is a Swedish import (based on the series “Expedition Robinson” from the classic novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel
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I am not really a gambling person, at least where money is concerned. I always tend to lose and it just seems like a waste of money to me. However, when it comes to subbing I do take some gambles. Unfortunately, it hasn’t worked out well for me this year. In the past I have
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Yesterday I was talking with my friend, Rachel, about Star Wars, which is reall weird, since for the longest time she didn’t even like having it mentioned. But yesterday, she was willing to listen and participate in my talking about Mara and how I didn’t think that a poison dart should have been able to
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Came across a few really cute animal-themed emails lately, so I thought I’d share. The first one is for people who don’t have a dog or just have a very disobedient one. Enter a command in the text box and the cute doggie will do it. Try ‘kiss’. [swf]https://www.idodogtricks.com/site_template_v10.swf[/swf] Then there’s this video, which features
****** Movie Spoiler Alert ******* I took my girls to see “Nim’s Island” last week. Good movie overall, but I can’t help to think of how they portray widowers and their families. (something personal here). This is the second recent movie that I’ve seen that has a widower as one of the main characters, the
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