Firefox for Mac

Is great! We've got new computers in the Ed Lab (where I am right now) and they are loaded with Firefox, which of course I already use on my PC...but finally, a browser that supports Blogger Compose mode fully on a Mac. About time.

Another new one...

Everybody seems to be starting new blogs...

A Teacher in Transition

Perhaps I ought to group all the teacher blogs on my sidebar under one heading? Hmmm...a thought

Interesting Article

Teacher goes back to school to reconnect with Undergrad Students:

Read it here

New Blogs on Roll

I've done some updating to my sidebar. Check out the new additions:

Teaching and life:
Suspension of Ego
Head First
Matt in the Middle

An adventure in the Peace Corps:
What's Jake Doing?

Some Others::
Veracidad
Broadcasting Life
Illusions, Delusions...

Wikis:
English Methods
Berne's Experimental PB Wiki

Back For Another Year...

Arrived back in Bemidji this afternoon to begin another school year. Classes start on Tuesday. I have discovered the summer passes very quickly when most of it is spent taking classes. It is also hard to believe I am now a Senior. Granted, I'll probably be here an extra year, but still...the three years I've been in college so far have flown by.

Moving in was so easy, since I've been here all summer and my room is all organized. The building is full again, and activity has resumed. And here I sit, preparing for a fourth year certain to pass just as quickly as the first three.

Rest of My Time Home...

Was pretty uneventful. I hung out, did a little shopping etc. Had a nice lunch with Julie on Thursday. I also went to the dentist, which, in contrast, is not an activity I enjoy. We did find my sister a truck, which is good news, and made me nearly as happy as it made her, seeing as it was kind of the "mission" for the last couple of weeks.

What I've Been Up to...

Yeah, I haven't updated much this week, but that doesn't mean I haven't been glued to the computer. I've been helping my sister search for a new vehicle and have become all too familiar with CarSoup, KeepitLocal, and the Kelley Blue Book. Takes longer than one realizes when given specific parameters and a tight budget.

Hopefully, we'll find one soon.

Duluth

On Sunday night, I talked to my sister online and she told me she was heading to Duluth again on Tuesday to do some more work on her bedroom in the house she'll be moving into this fall with some friends from UMD. Six girls in one house...imagine that. So, after getting back home Monday, I decided to go up there with her.

It was actually a really nice couple of days. She gave me a tour of her house, and a "driving tour" of the campus and the town. We shopped around and found her a small stereo and desk chair for her room. Also ate at a couple favorite haunts... Erbert and Gerberts and Grandmas.

What was the most interesting though was just the fact that we actually spent time together, and as we talked about college, and friends, and jobs, I realized we aren't kids anymore. We're more on the "same page" at this point in our lives. She's no longer the little brat I constantly sparred with.

It was great.

For Once, He's Right

Our Minnesota Governor might actually have come up with an idea that...wait for it...makes sense!

Governor Proposes Performace Pay For Politicians.

Seems more than fair. After all, I don't get paid if my job duties aren't fulfilled on time, so why should they?

That's Just Not Right...

Teacher Reprimanded for Licking Wounds

Any teacher who is caught licking his/her students has got to have some serious issues. Eeeww.

Heat...

Upper 80s/ Low 90s and humid + no air conditioning= ICK.

Last night was terrible. Up till 3. Glad to see it cooling down for a couple days.