Just a guy teaching English and coaching baseball in the city. Early 30s. Lover of good music, films, theater, television, and literature. I've been blogging since 2001.
Disorder Disorder
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Psychiatrist Allen Frances worries about the expanding definitions of
mental illness in the new edition of the DSM: The grief I felt when my wife
died woul...
AL East Notes: Yankees, Red Sox, Ellsbury
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The Yankees will now be partners in a new Major League Soccer franchise, as announced on MLB.com. "We look forward to the opportunity to work with Manchester...
Is the Economy Saving Obama’s Approval Ratings?
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Political coverage over the last week has focused on a series of stories
that reflect negatively on the executive branch, but President Obama's
approval ra...
Teeny tiny violins
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An "adult male" shot to death in Belair-Edison*, a woman shot May 10 has
died. This is not a repeat: a man and a boy were shot outside on the west
side Add...
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It's been a while since I recapped my blurbs for The Singles Jukebox, but I
have continued to be kind of lazy and sporadic with my contributions so far
thi...
Diigo Links (weekly)
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The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald Teaching Resources – Resources – TES
TES’s resources for teaching The Great Gatsby. tags: great gatsby
literature am...
Sunday Secrets
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PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail
in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.
See More Secrets. F...
Race to the Top: The Common Core Dilemma
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4 years after the start of the Race to the Top initiative, we as a country
have reached a point in which we should see the fruits of the insurgence of
reso...
How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare
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by Ken Ludwig Since my early teens, I’ve felt strongly about
Shakespeare—about the value of studying and memorizing significant passages
by the greatest wr...
I’m trying to stay humble**
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Being a parent has changed the way I teach. I used to bring home gobs of
work and spend all of my free time planning and prepping, only to have the
best la...
Wandery.
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We need some things at the store. *I* need some things at the store. I
feel lazy and don't want to make the effort to leave the house. I want to
go becau...
Awesomeness. Times two.
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Close to a decade ago, I randomly regained contact with Lesley, a college
friend from Colgate. We started communicating via email for reasons I can't
eve...
His eyes are on the tiger
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[image: Thumb_tiger-thumb-500x170-55375]
*Again this week, I'm double-posting a major review to permit your
comments, which my main site can't accept--al...
Mug Protocols
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Captain Stemkowski: Don't drink my coffee from my cup, Jilette! —No Mercy (1986) ----------------------------------------------- I just got back from a whirl...
Red Line: All things to all people
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*The Red Line on the east and west sides are at fundamental odds with each
other, so that neither can be built right. The solution is to split the Red
Line...
My Heart's Just Not In It
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Well.
It's not been a good year for the Bluebird family, which is why I haven't
posted much. Truth be told, my heart just isn't in it.
We lost a good fri...
Bruised
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I started the morning slow, hitting snooze and getting that restless sleep that ends up not being worth it. I ended the morning in a spectacular rush. As if ...
In which new names are assigned
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This summer brought seismic shifts in our household requiring some new
names.
My eldest is off to the fantastic UMBC (yes, that university that's always in...
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My first wedding anniversary weekend - even talking about "my anniversary,"
makes me feel like an old married lady, but in a good way.
After work on Friday...
Operation Die Rocky Die!
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What follows is a true story told to the best of recollection. No names
have been changed, no stances have been softened (which should be clear,
because I ...
InsideEd moves to new platform
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Hello Inside Ed Family, As many of you may have noticed, there are some changes to InsideEd. We have moved to a new platform, that can be reached here. Over ...
So long, farewell
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Friends, neighbors, countrymen: It’s time for an official Supafine
hiatus.Possibly (and probably) a sunset, though I hate to say goodbye — so
I’ll just say...
Crime Beat has moved
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We've moved!The Crime Beat is now on a new platform. Our hold home is still available if you want to reminisce, but for new features please come over to the ...
Graphing Stories and My Many Boyfriends
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Today I taught the graphing stories lesson to four classes, and it was
incredibly interesting to see how each class reacted to the lesson. It was
actually ...
Adorn your wall with this really cool poster.
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Since Whiter Shades of Pale came out back in November, a lot of people have
voiced how much they love the book’s scarily accurate line drawings, which
call...
Reflections on 9/11 after returning from Mass
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The “anniversary” of the September 11th attacks came again. I recalled all
that happened from my point of view. The surreal hours in the classroom as
t...
Before & After 2010: Submit Your Story and Win!
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[image: Before and After 2010 blue]We’ve been waiting all year for this day
to come! Summer is just around the corner, and with it comes our annual
Befor...
You can go home
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...kind of.
I hadn't been home since September, and I wasn't home for 10 minutes before
I walked out to the backyard and burst into tears. It's strange ho...
It's official - blog is changing back
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I'm barely blogging enough for one blog now, let alone two, so I have
decided to just blog at the old blog site: Epiphany in Baltimore. I'll mix
my teachin...
Unheard The Word
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In addition to the words “nigger” (and the “nigga” variant since I’m
white), “retard” and “faggot” being banned by the P.C. police, forcing me
to insinuate...
Transition
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I started "Broadsheet" way back in January of '05 as a New Year's
Resolution to take advantage of a relatively recent phenomenon at the time
- a weblog. Gr...
Moral right to lose your Pants….
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Those who believe that the capitalist system is driven by the “Moral right”
of “Selfishness” to drive one to innovation forgot to add one MAJOR human
trait...
Apparently I am not a peer
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Went for jury duty yesterday. I had rescheduled it because when I had it
before, I also had finally gotten a date to talk to the water commissioner
(which ...
In Which I Have Literary Angst
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[image: EPIC FAIL]
I can't tell a lie - I read Stephenie Meyer's Twilight in one six-hour
sitting last year, fulling engrossed in her love story of the ev...
4 comments:
actually, not quite as unhappy as he did when you put him in that stupid tux...
I think you're sleeping alone tonight, dude.
Awww, he's so cute!!!
ZC: That tux is an instant mood changer. It's really pretty amazing. I wish I had gotten a photo of him that night.
Snay: That's okay. I can't stand the smell of wet dog.
Lindsay: He takes after his owner.
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