I don’t really do resolutions. I always get sidetracked and end up doing what I want to do in the end…so…instead I’m going to do a list of….stuff for 2009.
10. Spend less time on FB – I’ve been reading lots of articles about productivity and none of them mention the time thieves that are social [...]

I always loved this poem. I’m such a nerd.
I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three
The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic
I [...]

My wife and I have been on a bit of a home improvement spree since the winter vacation began. We’ve painted both upstairs bathrooms, de-cluttered the downstairs living area, donated gobs of stuff to good will, somewhat de-cluttered the home office ( this is an ongoing work in progress ), printed and framed some vacation [...]

Talk to them about more than your content. Show them that you’re interesting and they will take interest in you and in your class.
If you’re a math teacher and all you can talk to them about is math, well then, shame on you. But just imagine what it would be like if you needed some [...]

Aren’t we in a recession ?
I’m quite sure the money in the video is probably fake…but really?? Now I have to go explain to my students the difference between scripted reality tv and reality.
Sigh. This is why I don’t listen to the radio anymore. I’m always afraid it will make me stupid.

All aboard my train of thought, have your tickets ready
listen to that whistle blow, the steam is hot and heavy
we rock steady, we dreamed dreams of black rock stars
controlling soles and moving minds from behind these bars

I read an article somewhere…and I can’t remember where ( probably wired magazine ) that said programmers and other creative types are most productive at night. I felt shortchanged because my job pretty much prevents me from being able to stay away past 10pm on most nights if I’m to be effective at all the [...]

I’m a product of Reganomics and the Internet. I grew up in the time of shrinking after-school budgets, the war on drugs, and the explosion of the cultural and technological phenomenon that we have all come to know and love as the world wide web. Many of my students have grown up with similar influences [...]

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Crazy.

The students will make fun of you. This is an undeniable fact. It doesn’t matter how young, hip, cool, or well dressed you are. You’re an authority figure and thus the object of much undeserved ( and some you will most definitely earn ) ridicule.
If you make the mistake that I made my first few [...]