Okay, I officially nominate school monitors for most un-appreciated (in proportion to how hard they work) people on the planet. I made a point of keeping tabs on one of them today, just out of curiosity. Last week he wore a pedometer and told me he’d walked seven miles in his eight hour shift. So […]
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Had another of those annoying in-service thingys yesterday. Half of it was a major waste of time, but half of it wasn’t too bad. Of course I found it irritating anyway, for the simple reason that yes, I fully believe the education and well-being of my students is the most important thing, and I’m perfectly
That’s what I’m trying for, a chapter a week. Four thousand measly words. Somehow, at this point, I’m a chapter ahead. Meaning since I’m sending one a week to my friend on Sundays, I already have this Sunday’s chapter. I’m trying to write the one after that. And I’m not getting anywhere. In other books
I’ll answer my own question. I’m thirty-six. So how come I’m only now figuring out how I work? Regular readers will have noticed a period of distance. I was just searching out things on the web to toss on this blog. I tend to go in cycles like that, and I’m only beginning to map
Page one, of the book that was. My story now starts 80 ms pages later, and is no longer first person. Meet Dr. Ben Alexander–who back then was Dr. Mark Gawlownskey. (don’t ask) I’m no fool. I didn’t belong down here. But if necessity is the mother of invention, desperation fathers recklessness. Since I needed
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Quoting from this site: An Afghan man who allegedly converted from Islam to Christianity is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death, a judge said Sunday. Hey, can we send you a few who are so on fire for their faith (we know because they persecute anyone who doesn’t agree
It’s Saturday. I got some housework done, got some cooking done, Hope is happy and occupied and I am trying to write. But is anything coming out? No. Instead I’ve been wandering all over the place, looking at all sorts of interesting crap. Did you think I was kidding when I said the linkblogs are