After Christmas, I asked my young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the
following:
We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Florida …Now they live in a tin box and [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Retarded Grandparents – reported by a teacher
Posted in Familia, Hilarious on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Guilty Pleasures
Posted in Hilarious, Los Angeles on January 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I LOVE TV. And unfortunately, that means I like some reality shows, too. I freely admit that many time I’ve felt embarrassed for knowing certain things about ‘celebrities’ – I use that term lightly since there are many people that are considered celebrities that shouldn’t be, aka Brody Jenner, Kim Kardashian, any of the Girls [...]
Hemmingway
Posted in Uncategorized on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As I’m sure you’re learning I totally dork out, easily. Today’s news that Cuba has decided to allow electronic access to many of Ernest Hemmingway’s documents (including notes and revisions to his work For Whom the Bell Tolls) has got me high on nerd. Hemmingway has been someone I’ve studied extensively throughout grad school, spent [...]
Sadness
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve hesitated to write about my soon-to-be father-in-law’s cancer since our blog started. It seemed something too sad then too hopeful to bring up. Cancer is a roller coaster of emotion. You have to continue to stay positive, yet knowing in the back of your head the severity of the situation. Gastric cancer is terminal, [...]
