Monthly Archives: May 2007

home again, home again, jiggety-jog

Posted on May 27, 2007 by sh

Marina City at night close-up Originally uploaded by Noel Cornell I’m back in Chicago for a while, and even though I will miss Scottsbluff’s topography and my parents and my friends and my students (in no particular order), every breath … Continue reading →

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who is this guy?

Posted on May 19, 2007 by sh

And so that’s how it ends.

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and the winner is . . .

Posted on May 11, 2007 by sh

Alix G. of my GHS German 1 class won the drawing to design my coiffure. Here’s what she had me do: The woman who cut my hair very definitely thought I was insane, but we had fun anyway. It’ll stay … Continue reading →

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the end of the beard

Posted on May 9, 2007 by sh

Tonight, I’m going draw the name of the student who will decide how I’m going to cut all this hair. I’ll write more about that later. In the meantime, here are some pictures of the beard at its end. This … Continue reading →

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look how pretentious my stack is!

Posted on May 8, 2007 by sh

boingboing.net pointed me to the Reading Stack group on flickr. I couldn’t help myself. Hopefully someone will look at my benoted picture and write a comment to me about how it looks as though I’m trying to show off. Who … Continue reading →

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a book review

Posted on May 3, 2007 by sh

I recently bought (impulsively, and at Wal-Mart no less, while shopping for groceries when J was visiting and unfortunately ill) and read The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. It is a fantastic piece of (young-adult (whatever that means)) … Continue reading →

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lists and letters

Posted on May 1, 2007 by sh

Esquire magazine recently published a list called “60 Things Worth Shortening Your Life For.” I found a link to it on boingboing.net. I read it. It’s pretty stupid, and mostly contains food you shouldn’t eat as well as other gems … Continue reading →

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