There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. - G.K. Chesterton
I drove up to the front parking lot reserved for teachers and principals. From the look of things they had decided to actually paint the school the school colors. I didn’t remember it being so…red. After 11 years I found myself back in a familiar place. One that I [...]
How long has the image above my menu been missing?
Why did I just now notice it?
And where did it go?
The link has been erased from the html code.
That’s not cool.
As some of you may or may not know, I have been singing with an a cappella group for about 5 years now. Not to go into all the gory details, but for the first several years we were a strictly “Christian group”. I use quotes because as I have gotten older [...]
Well, seven Tylenol cold tablets, two Benadryl, countless tissues, and four litres of Dr. Pepper later, my cold finally feels like it’s eased up. Let’s hope that’s it for a while. It seems I’ve been sick most of this month, which is odd because I rarely get sick.
No more sub stories [...]
The mayhem is over. At least for me, anyway.
First off, I’m getting my cold back…for the third time this month. The stress of dealing with the youth of America didn’t help, I’m sure. Second, I’m taking the rest of the week off to do some other freelance work that pays better than [...]
Today wasn’t quite as bad as the last week has been, at least in terms of threats and personal insults. It’s taken me a week here to begin to get a feel for who some of the kids are. There’s a few who I at first assumed were trouble makers, but now I [...]
Today I was told:
“I’m not scared of you, I’ll pop a cap in you as soon as look at you. I don’t care.”
Yeah, he went to the office. As did 3 other kids that class.
Me: “okay, no more drumming on the desks. The next person that drums is going out of [...]
Today you would have overheard me say “shhh”, “settle down”, ” be quiet”, “do your work”, “put the desk down”, “put the desk down”, “PUT THE DESK DOWN”, “stop talking”, “stop talking”, “stop talking”, “shhh”, “what do you mean it’s hard, it’s a WORD SEARCH”, “shhh”, “quiet”, “settle down”, “shhhhhhhhhhh”, “go [...]
This week I’m Mr. Shearer…purveyor of knowledge to four classes of 8th grade students, all of whom fear the process of learning as much as some fear dentists. It’s tough, being forced to read out loud…having to do work with no CD player….having to answer 10 questions….trying to use your brain. It’s true [...]
There are certain people who never catch me at my best. One such person goes to my church and attends a men’s small group that I’ve been going to for the last year. And still, every time I see him, I’m never quite comfortable enough to be myself.
Maybe it’s because he’s [...]
I woke up at 4am yesterday trying to cough up my esophagus, so I went into the den and sat in the recliner hoping that would help. There I learned that re-runs of TJ Hooker come on at 4 in the morning. If there’s one thing you’ve got to admire about William Shatner, [...]
I subbed in an 8th grade math class on Monday. In case you weren’t aware…me and math don’t get along. But I think I pulled it off pretty well. And by pretty well I mean I said “just do your best and if you have a problem ask about it tomorrow” a [...]
Dear NyQuil,
Thanks for helping me get to sleep last night. Your various ingredients certainly told my cold who’s boss.
However, that was over 12 hours ago and i would appreciate it if I could wake up now since it’s four in the afternoon.
Thank you in advance
Brian
The Christmas decorations have been put away and the new year has been rung in with ample avidity. It’s this time of year that finds me both reflecting on the year past as well as expressing my longing for the return of the spring and summer, and since the latter will come across [...]
Ever find yourself formulating what you think will be something interesting to write on? Only to find that after a paragraph or so, you’ve pretty much said all there is to say, so you leave disappointed that it wasn’t the masterpiece that you felt like it was going to be?
I do that quite a [...]
When I was growing up my father and I would, every so often, get into long discussions about God and theology. These discussions mostly consisted of me asking a bunch of questions and him answering them the best he knew how. Me and dad never really did much together growing up. [...]