I have finished a long-term assignment, now I have bits here and there again.
I think, with my experience with other children, that I am that fat jolly old elf ... summer time Santa, not threatening ... you can punch him, bounce on him, and he still gives you presents. With that, I wonder if I am that, which is why I have some difficult time convincing children/students that I mean business and that like-it-or-not, learning and practice is what we do.
I guess Buzz Lightyear can't be a teacher, perhaps -- although the one time that I never think of "its a payday", teaching isn't the perfect fit. All other jobs it was ... working for the pay. Teaching, I like so much, that apart from bills and debts ... I never think of the money. It is a fun ... it is work, but I never think of "its a job". It is what I do --- fun, work, accomplishment. There I achieve!
I'll be sad to leave it.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
in command of nothing
It's better to burn out
than to fade away ...
my father's friend, slowly degenerated ... lost hearing, vision, co-ordination, then finally died from prostate cancer. His wife had to put him in a retirement/assisted living home, as she couldn't adequately care for me. What a sad way out. Lost of vision, hearing, so there you are, alone with your thoughts, then -- you fade into your next form.
Perhaps it is better to burn out. I am sorry for the loss to these loved ones. I met him a few times. He was a nice man, resembling somewhat, Walter Matthou.
middle school madness (series) 2
no hip hop, just rock and fluff on the radio ...
two competitors battle it out with randomly shuffled Rubik's cubes ... winner was at 2.3 minutes.
Geek paradise, followed by more mundane math
Pains of civic duty
I have agreed to be volunteered to be in a dunk tank at a school. There are some kids who will be "gunning" for me. Thankfully they are pie-throwing. 30 minutes and I'm done, wet and off to Dave & JJ's (include here Will and Andrew).
Newspaper calls
gets answerer peeved! What are they doing calling my cell phone?! I don't have a subscription and I certainly won't now! Bloody ____ munchers!
new phone virus
I got a "new" old (neo-classical if you wish) virus picture of a back and a butt. Thankfully it was front an anatomy chart and not Jeff's actual backside like the last time. It's also better than the ______ in the bun shot that I didn't see and heard about!
Thanks Monkeyjack! BTW: Charlie stated right after me, "EWWWWW!" seconds before I purged it from my phone. Way to go Charlie! That's right! That's EWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
War of the Worlds 07 AD (series) ep. v
In 2 hours the object will strike the Earth. It has increased its speed again and appears likely to hit the ocean and not the US. Americans are relived that they are in less danger than they were hours and days ago. With this news, many in the US are returning to a calmer state and expecting to return to a normal “hump day” Wednesday.
Camera crews on ships are preparing for any footage they can get and have announced that the associated press will pay for most footage of the object.
The US military is at a stand still in the Iraq movement. The news that they may pull out, has been changed, but the insurgent lines still pour into Iraq unchecked by the military. The US again focuses on the challenges of helping Iraq regain and retain it’s freedom from a coup. It hasn’t announced any intent on increasing its force which is now substantially smaller.
Japan’s rocket fired correctly, but missed the object, so scanning it wasn’t possible.
