What We've Been Up To

Today was my last day at Crescent Elk. I got my principal to sign a book he'd given me, and said goodbye (again) to a few coworkers. Eve...

Well, I did it. I accepted a job at Busan Foreign School in Busan, South Korea. Holy moly! We already have passports, but we have to get pl...

Why am I a teacher? There are several reasons. First and foremost, I'm inspired by all the marvelous teachers I've had. There have b...

Ok, so I know that I've probably mentioned my bed before, but let me again say: I have the best bed ever. It's a queen sized captain...

Every year I fly down to Monterey to attend the Mathematics conference at Asilomar. I have never made it to their world famous aquarium thou...

This afternoon I put together Haley's rope bed and tightened the rope net. I figure this way we'll both have tight beds for West/An ...

So I just had to show off my tent, which is EVEN MORE FANTASTIC when I lift one of the sides up :)

So Dad came up this weekend and helped me do a bunch of chores. In addition to helping me install a programmable thermostat and fix my garag...

"Can I ask you to please recall a time when you really loved something...a movie, an album, a song or a book and you recommended it who...

This lady is pretty eloquently describing the state of affairs in American education today, and why we need to change the status quo. I'...

Haley got an invitation to spend the night at a friend's house, so I had a night to myself. I dropped her off a bit before 3, and when I...

So the rope beds are very comfy, but only if you have a mattress. Somehow, I don't think I'll be taking the mattresses off ...

I decided on a few alterations of my bed plan. The benefit was that I could use (with only slight altertions) the same parts I had already ...

Today Dad and Andrea came up for a visit, so I got them to help me with the final stages of my rope beds. The beds are made out of 4x4s for ...

I wanted a Prius for years before I bought one. When I finally bought my Prius two odd years ago, it was very exciting. I'm driving my d...

I'm at Mom's house this weekend, after flying back from donating stem cells. Today around 4:30 a major earthquake hit. Andrea, Gabby...

I had a big adventure lately! A couple of months ago I got a phone call from a nice lady who asked me if I remembered registering to be bone...