I’m listening to Darshannon, from the Celtic Cross CD Hicksville. It’s incredible psytrance with a mixture of bluegrass and eastern sounds, if you can believe it. It works, which is brilliant.

I had dinner with my old principal last night. I was explaining to her why I’m not going into the doctorate program right now. The [...]

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Every Easter, I give our secretary a little something. Since she’s been on a low-carb diet, the usual cute little basket of candy is out. This took 15 minutes to make. I gradually put some craft glue down one side of the bottle, and just wound the yarn (Cascade 220) around the bottle. Then I [...]

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“Learning for Dummies” is an amusing domain name (at least to me), but since I don’t write endlessly about standardized testing, it just doesn’t work. It gives the wrong impression. So instead, my teaching blog is now over here at Room 107. I feel better about it now.
If anyone is wondering, Tiki Martin is [...]

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Okay, you’ve got to read this article about how toxoplasmosis is linked to schizophrenia and then wonder if that’s why there seem to be a whole lot of crazy people with a whole lot of cats.
You get toxoplasmosis from emptying litter boxes or otherwise coming into contact with cat poop. Perhaps a kitty door [...]

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Take some baked chicken and chop into bite
size pieces, add a package of frozen mixed vegetables (or whatever leftover veggies are in
the fridge) and a can of cream of mushroom soup.
Put in a baking dish and put on top a biscuit mixture made from one cup of biscuit mix (e.g. Bisquik), one-half cup milk and [...]

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I haven’t felt like writing over here lately. Just haven’t. I think I’m going to change things up a bit and start using this blog as a bit of a notebook for some random thoughts, well, perhaps more random than usual! I also apologize for not stopping by much lately. I haven’t felt like being [...]

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I’ve just been loving the vacation from school lately. Although, subconsciously I know I’m going back soon, since I woke up to a dream of my boss chewing me out and me quitting on the spot.
We had a blast in Houston–here are a few pics!
Here’s the life-sized floor sign indicating the floor we [...]

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I don’t know how many times I’ve done the “6 Random Things About Meme,”, and I really don’t care, because after all, isn’t having a blog all about talking about yourself and the things YOU like? Well, it can be, anyway!
I’m doing this one for two reasons: I like Pacian, and I like the [...]

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I’ve done this meme once before, but I love it. Actually, the last time I did it, afterwards, I found myself doing the same thing with several more books. I’m doing it again thanks to Ken over at Teaching and All That Jazz. Thanks Ken!
Here are the rules: Grab the nearest book. Open the [...]

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I believe that Varmint is smiling. She likes it here. We have a lovely fenced backyard that is perfect for her to enjoy. And yes, she has three legs.

You know how digital cameras (unless you have a good one) take the picture when they darn well feel like it? That’s what happened here.

Sage [...]

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