October 2006

On Dilbert, Part One.

October 24, 2006

Today I walked into the teacher’s lounge, and was surprised to see one of my former students sitting at the table. He had been a senior during my first year at Paxon, and now here he was substituting at his alma mater. This moment marked two firsts for me: he was the first of my former [...]

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We don’t need no stinking offense.

October 16, 2006

Bears 24, Cardinals 23. Grossman got the requisite three points, the defense took care of the rest. 6-0. 3 Responses to “We don’t need no stinking offense.” imnotretarded Says: October 16th, 2006 at 11:42 PM too bad its a one point win against the cardinals. im mad mr. v, jones and berrian made me lose fantasy football this week. they may have won but not in my eyes. VDV Says: [...]

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We the Rain.

October 15, 2006

The week before last, my American Government Honors students took a test on the Presidency. The test included an essay question which was worth 25% of the total test grade. I don’t have a copy of the prompt in front of me, but the gist of it was: Evaluate the relative strength of the executive [...]

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Two websites.

October 10, 2006

A while back, a friend and a relative sent me links to a couple of amusing websites. The friend sent me a link to HowItShouldHaveEnded.com. It’s one of the most aptly named websites out there, and hopefully you can figure it out for yourself. My favorite is their take on Superman: The Movie. The relative sent me [...]

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Agony.

October 4, 2006

Everything hurts right now. My knees ache, my calves are burning, I’m pretty certain I broke my elbow, and it feels like I ripped every muscle in my abdomen. Tonight I played pick-up soccer with my brother and some people from his co-ed league. We were supposed to start at 6:30, but we spent the first [...]

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