For the past two months, Emmy has been trying to walk. Her standard procedure has been to rear up on her hind legs, launch forward, teeter, collapse, and then resume her journey anew, this time with all moving parts in full contact with the ground. Two days ago, she suddenly decided to spend more time ambulatory than crawlatory. When gravity starts to win, she fights back. Click once, twice, thrice to view this new style […]
Read moreMonth: December 2011
Wrapping Up
Presents aren’t the only things I’ve been wrapping up. In fact, I have precious few presents to wrap. It’s a lean Christmas, y’all. To my daughters I’m bequeathing a couple things I’ve had for some time. To everyone else, I give only my good wishes, which saves on wrapping paper. Last week I decided I needed to exercise my rusty critical thinking skills in the area of language pedagogy, since I sure feel like I’m […]
Read moreBoys with Drums
Last year my girls showed me two videos. They’re still funny, and o’ so seasonal. Bing Crosby and “Our” David Bowie singing Little Drummer Boy. John. C. Reilly and Will Ferrell pretending to be Bing Crosby and David Bowie Singing Little Drummer Boy.
Read moreStray Photos
A spider bit me on my back last week, and now my torso is sprinkled with little red dots, like so many stars in a night sky. It’s not for nuffin that I hate spiders. On a course survey last week, I asked my students, “What didn’t you like about this class, and what suggestions do you have?” One student helpfully noted: “consist paragraph. it not need do.” Another one wrote about how this was […]
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