a routine for the semester is establishing itself. I arrive on campus typically between eight and nine AM; depart after six. The Mighty Schwinn is serving me mightily well. Although I live farther from campus this …

*edit* Let's try that again. There's a hyperlink in the following sentence: at last, a concise and understandable breakdown of the <<<major differences>>> between Sunni and Shi'a Islam. The hy…

second day of Amharic class, we're practicing the sounds. The instructor leads us through syllables like 'ha,' 'se,' 'do,' and the like. Then, calmly, he tells us, 'say this after me:' and makes a preposterous, …

In the 1800s, the undefeated peoples of the Everglades and central Florida were decimated by soldiers and American settlers. Until Florida was annexed by the US in the 1820s, it had never been home to slavery. Contrari…

Back am I in Florida, sans precious fluids which were left in New Mexico to appease the authorities. I hear tell that the scary plot which started this whole mess was an internet chat room. Participants in said chat ha…

Howdy from New Mexico. Internet access is sketchy. The state is, friends, divine. I want to live here (yes, there are thirty other places I also want to live).

if, while your students are filling out their course evaluations, you talk to them & their parents about how to use the skills you've taught in the coming year, then on the comments section of the evaluation they ten…

Five weeks ago, "Sandra" was reading at two hundred and twenty words per minute. Now, this middle-schooler has topped 1,000 WPM.Hers is the most drastic improvement, but most of my students have at least doubled, if not…

The speech was flawless: dramatic, well-uttered, intelligent, and terribly convincing-- the conclusion being that the World War had not been fought in vain, that Democracy had saved the world. Everybody in the auditoriu…