Call it cheating…but on nights like this, when I’m teaching from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., I’m pretty drained. So, I think I’m going to, on occasion, pull a post from the archives here on my blog and re-share with all of you. This post, written and published originally on January 12, 2008, is pretty…

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At 6:00 p.m. today, WBAL announced that the Orioles are coming back to the AM radio station. To those of you who are true Baltimore natives and are old enough to remember the play-by-play calls by Chuck Thompson and Bill O’Donnell, you know why this is such a big deal. The O’s and WBAL are…

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(photo: rus vanwestervelt) The last week or so has been abnormally intense and stressful, and the reason (I believe) is that there just hasn’t been a whole lot of down time. Our family schedule has had us running all over the state for our children’s events as much as our own, and there has been…

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GREEN BAY BEATS THE STEELERS! That’s about the happiest Sunday news EVER! 🙂

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Short and sweet. I got six girls over for a sleepover with Holland. Need I say more? Saw Gnomeo and Juliet today at the prescreening event at Arundel Mills. Look, I don’t get out too often to catch a movie, but when I do, it doesn’t take much for me to like it. This movie,…

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I’m sorry to say that the folks I wanted to spotlight this week were 1) too busy for the interview or 2) decided against it for some reason. 😦 No worries, though! I’ve already made some contacts for next week (ah, yes! Ahead of the game!), and so I hope that this will be the…

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I’ve been quite fortunate today, as I have had several strong, healthy conversations with friends and colleagues, and between those words shared, I’ve peppered in a good number of lighter discussions that have been both fun and inspiring. This takes me down a slightly dangerous road, but I’m going to make the point anyway. Despite…

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Straight post here. My Ed301 class at Towson U began tonight. Several important things to note: 1. I love teaching this course. 2. This semester’s group is, like so many of my other groups, outstanding. 3. Put those two together, and Wednesday nights are nothing short of dream teaching. But they are also draining, going…

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It’s heeeeeeeeeere: the month all Marylanders dread: February, aka the blizzard brewer, and I’m not talking about Dairy Queen’s treat of the week. This is the month that has tested the bonds of Valentine’s Day lovers (and, not inconsequentially, created a boom of births in early November…). We’ve been teased enough with these systems running…

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Ok, folks. Here it is: The real reason I teach. I know that you non-educators out there think that it’s all about the summer vacation, but you’ve got it all wrong–at least for this teacher. Maybe you think it’s for the salary….wrong again. Oh, I’m sure there are some saps out there that think it’s…

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