November 2009
4 posts
Happy Birthday, Blog
I realized that about a week or so ago, I hit the one year mark on this blog.
This is a HUGE deal!
Writing and I have had a love-hate relationship for most of my life and it is just recently that I have come to realize how much I actually DO love writing, and more importantly, how much sharing this writing is not as terrifying as I originally imagined.
Last year, when I decided to start keeping...
"You're So Brave!"
…Says my former student as we march to the front section of the prayer hall, half way through ceremonies.
Just picture it - it’s bad enough having to walk through the outer hallway which is lined with people who don’t want to enter the internal prayer space once the ceremonies have started. But then, once you get inside and sit your late butt down at the back corner where you...
Lab Rat
In Chem labs, rats are made to run around and carry out the experiments of many a mad scientist. The one that I remember laughing about the most was when you put a lab rat in a box, put some cheese on the other side and attach a little electric shocker to it. The rat smells the cheese, runs to it, tries to eat it and then… ZAP! It gets shocked with the little buzzer.
And then, 5 seconds...
Information Brat
My lesson planning group just finished brainstorming for this Saturday’s class which centers around nature, God’s creation, and the limitations of human capability. It’s quite poignant, really. We’re tossing around all these ideas, trying to bring in creative, multimedia options when all of a sudden I remember this awesome, awesome video about the earth - it zooms in and...