my cousins, jake and cale, are huge nerds. but i love em anyway. how can you not love farmboys in fur hats?
Archive for February, 2008
nerds
Posted in life on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
brotha man
Posted in life on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE BROTHER!! I am so glad we don’t dress alike anymore, but you gotta give Grandma credit: we were pretty fly in 1982.
I LOVE YOU, B.
like a baby
Posted in life on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
i slipped over xmas and injured the hell of my left foot, and it has been buggin ever since. i went to the doctor three weeks ago with what is apparently something old ladies get called a “plantar fascitis”. dr. phyllis she prescribed the following:
1) wear crocs (the [...]
huh?
Posted in life on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i had a student tell me today about a friend of hers who has hpv, and how 2 guys are going to fight over which one gave it to her. WHAT? in what world is it ok to have this conversation with a teacher? keep that shiz on the D L, sister. [...]
3 Rings: The NCLB Poem
Posted in life, tagged education, NCLB, poetry on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i had to sit through a bullshit meeting today while some of my kids read a this months poetry reading. i hated not being there to support them, and this is what came of my righteous inignation.
3 Rings: The NCLB Poem
six short years til the deadline
before we hit ground zero
the tightrope Walker
has plantars warts
and [...]
i just can’t help it
Posted in life on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i am moved. i am touched. i am inspired. and it is the belief in myself, and in my country, and the ability of both to change, that has brought me here. i tell my students how lucky we are to be born in the US, how particularly fortunate it is for the the women [...]
“What I Really Wanted to Say to Chris Matthews”
Posted in life on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The following article by Kate Michelman, Former President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, originally appeared on Salon.com:
Feb. 8, 2008 | As the red light atop the camera went dark on Monday night, there was still much more I wanted to say to Chris Matthews, much more that I needed to say.
So for the moment, my time [...]
breathe
