So recently, I’ve alluded to the fact that a colleague of mine and I made a significant push to help our kids enroll in magnet schools for the upcoming year. Well, now that the application deadline has passed, our latest project has been to figure out how to promote charter schools as an option for [...]
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Scott Joplin – Bethena
I used to be into Scott Joplin. I mean, really into Scott Joplin. I listened to his music, purchased a few CDs and even attempted the foolhardy task of learning a few pieces to play on the piano.
Yet, while most of Joplin’s high-speed, fast paced ragtime songs induced a state of heart-pounding, [...]
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The Beatles – Hey Bulldog (rough demo)
So lately I’ve been rediscovering the music of the Beatles, which needless to say, is my absolute favorite group of musicians ever recorded. It’s so easy to simply keep coming back to year after year, again and again.
And the more I listen to it, the more I realize [...]
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The Swingle Singers – Little Organ Fugue
Tomorrow is President’s Day. I must say, that out of all the holidays for which public schools take a day off, this is by far the most confusing. After all, if anybody should get the day off tomorrow, it should be the President! There are no parades like [...]
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Brian Eno – The True Wheel
Ideas, ideas, ideas! Last night I met with two colleagues to work on a plan for 6th grade math intervention for the upcoming year. It was a great discussion, with pizza, beer, and arguing about things like homework, TA’s, social promotion, and the current morale in regards to our administrators [...]
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The Kinks – Sleepwalker
I don’t know whether to laugh, or to cry.
Last night, one of my roommates had a buddy of his crash on our couch for the night. In and of itself, not a strange occurrence (sometimes I think we’re running a hostel), except for the fact that this morning when I got [...]
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The Traveling Wilburys – Heading for the Light
Nothing much new here in Los Angeles, other than the simply absurd heat wave we’ve been getting for the past few weeks. With temperatures soaring into the 70s and 80s, I’m once again reminded of one of the many factors that made me move out here!
I guess [...]
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