Now playing on the iTunes random shuffle:
Sufjan Stevens – The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake. For those of you who don’t know, Sufjan Stevens is essentially reinvigorating (if not reinventing) modern folk music. With thick and at times, tumultuous instrumentation, his sounds range from subtle and austere solemnity to utter chaos, but with an [...]
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So there’s about 14 things I could be doing right now that would be a much more productive use of time than blogging, but oh well, it’s essentially Friday for me! Yay!
My “warm up”:
Alrightey then… my first random song from the classical genre, Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 4 movement I: Tempo Molto Moderato, which is [...]
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It’s Tuesday. I’m home from school. Time for a blog post… Alright, here goes…opening iTunes now…shuffle on…Play:
Another lucky strike! One of my favorites.
“Mandy” – The Langley Schools Music Project.
In the late 70s a group of rural school children from Western Canada, with little musical schooling put together an album of pop songs called Innocence and [...]
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The hardest part of blogging is beginning. I can’t even begin to say how many times I’ve written, deleted, and rewritten even the first sentence of this blog post. What I’m finding I’m lacking is a good jumping off point. So why not take something completely random, and force myself to at least begin the [...]
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This is a test. This is only a test. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am entering a new phase of functionality by using Microsoft Word 2007 as a blog editor! For those of you thus completely unimpressed, here are some reasons why you might want to care:
Microsoft again clearly flexing its power muscles in the [...]
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Wow. Life is full.
Just today:
Two of my 8th grade girls served the first day of their suspension for throwing some punches at each other (with mild success) just 10 minutes before school ended yesterday. I feel like I need one of those signs you see at industrial plants, only with this one reading “Days Since [...]
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The Rolling Stones - Something Happened To Me Yesterday
My bracket is over. I’ll admit that projecting USC into the Final Four was a bit of a stretch, but who’d have thought that neither UNC or UCLA would make an appearance in the title game! Who would have thought that I would have found an even [...]
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When my kids walk into my classroom, they typically immediately begin a “Mad Minutes” activity, which allows me the opportunity to check homework, take attendance and otherwise complete those annoying logistical tasks that need to be completed.As seamlessly as this process often flows, the 5 minutes of silence is often too much for their ears [...]
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Wow, it’s really been a long time since I last posted. Apparently this is what happens when my life becomes too busy. Either that, or else there’s nothing worthwhile to speak of (which cannot be true). A few blips on the recent radar screen:
Opening Day: Monday, March 31st (Chavez Ravine). For about 45 minutes, Dodger [...]
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