Fail of the Week

"Officer, I am totally sober. Honest."

Baby Got Binder

He even came out with a new video: "You Can't Study This."

If you want to turn back the clock a little check out Father Guido's Five-Minute University.

Taylor Mali speaks out on What Teacher's Make.

Summer Vacation

The following entry is not meant for the purpose of entertainment, but merely to provide some information about my life. And it doesn’t really even do a great job of that, nor is it particularly interesting.

I would suggest not reading further.

Many people have a blog with the intent to post updates of their lives. They use it as a means of sharing life's mundane details with their friends in a slightly more complete manner than their Facebook updates. I try avoid this, but I am actually considering taking a few weeks off from writing so I feel some sort of obligation to explain myself.

As a teacher I work incredibly hard the entire school year. I’m exhausted and I long for the days where I can fall asleep in my bed without a setting an alarm, relax at home, and not have my normal responsibilities. However, for some reason what I do is I book up my entire summer to prevent these days from actually happening. My calendar is completely full until August 16th. I wonder if I over-plan my vacation time.

Much of my summer plans this year revolved around weddings, and Saturday I will be attending my fourth wedding in as many weeks. Two of the first three were officiated by a close friend. I guess you can just fill out an application on-line, and you can perform weddings; the screening process seems to have even less requirements than substitute teachers. But I like it. Maybe I'll start doing weddings.

I went to St. Louis for Grandma’s funeral, and I stayed several more days to be with my family there. I spent all last week in Southern California with Jonny’s and Brandon’s wedding bookending the vacation. This week I actually work a normal week, and next week I leave for Honduras with Gio. After I get back I have just a couple days to finish my plans for my next vacation at Clearlake.

I’m considering just taking off from my blog until August 22nd, or maybe just write randomly as stuff comes up. Leaving the country should provide me some material.
Basically, I’m not sure when you’ll hear from me again, but in the meantime I plan on having a good time.

Thought of the Week

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.
--Lord Chesterfield

Lot Not Full

I was just about to say that

The other day I picked up my date from her house. On the way to the restaurant she informed me, “I look lovely this evening.”

Oops.

*And she did look lovely. Despite my negligence in mentioning this right away, at dinner when I was sitting across from her I renoticed how nice she was looking in her dress and was sure to point it out in a sincere way. I think I mostly recovered.

Thought of the Week

Life is too small a container for certain individuals. Some of them huff and puff to try to expand the container. Others seek to pry the lid off and hop out.

--Tom Robbins (in Jitterbug Perfume)

We're not in Kansas

Or 1988 anymore.

Earlier this week Gio and I went to a music store downtown and saw this sign:





I went to investigate what was really on that aisle and it was actually new cassettes. Tapes still wrapped because no one in the last 30 years thought they were worth opening. I don't think this section represents a huge portion of their sales.