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home again, home again, jiggety-jog
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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and the winner is . . .
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
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!
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
a book review
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
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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