Procrastadabbler

Ruminations about life, teaching, literacy, research, and anything else I can think of when I am procrastinating

Living With War

January 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been somewhat out of the loop in terms of new music releases. When I work, I can’t listen to anything with lyrics (I get too distracted), and when I drive I tend to listen to NPR. I tend to rely heavily on Pandora.com when I do have music on. It’s convenient. I’ve created a [...]

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Ordinary Responses to Extraordinary Circumstances

August 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

Everyone is writing about the heat, I suppose. I’ll be no different. I’m skipping my morning bike ride today. When I got up at 7:30 it was already in the 80s. There is a decent breeze blowing, but as I sit here in front of the fan with my laptop, I’m already beginning to feel [...]

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What I’m reading

February 18th, 2006 · No Comments

I’m wrapping up a six month attempt to read The World is Flat. I know, it’s a majorly hot book right now. There are some school districts nearby that are talking it up and how they need to think about their educational program in light of what Friedman is saying. But I have to admit, [...]

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