A few weeks ago, I was asked by one of my blog readers why on earth I “tweet” (a verb referring to the stream of consciousness micro-blogging on upstart social network Twitter). Truth be told, I didn’t have a great reason, other than it was the newest technology fad (this was pre-Iranian election solidarity-tweeting). And [...]
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Yes, today I slept in until 9am and it was wonderful. Tomorrow, I get on an airplane and head down to Costa Rica for a few days of vacation! I’m looking forward immensely to simply getting out of the city.
The last time I was out of the country was during Thanksgiving of 2005, when [...]
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Joe Satriani – Summer Song
Yes! Finally. After a seemingly interminable spring (maybe it wasn’t that long), summer is finally here, with our last day of classes yesterday!
This summer will be remarkably different than all of my previous summers up until this point. Essentially, I am giving myself a two-week vacation (like most folks who [...]
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The Beatles – Paperback Writer
One of the hallmarks of summers growing up was the opportunity to spend time reading some great books. Much in the same manner, I look forward to doing the same this summer.
The case is very different for some of my students who, in an online survey that is currently still open, [...]
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Dave Brubeck Quartet – Blue Rondo a la Turk
Last night was sort of fun. With one week of school to go, a bunch of us got together for happy hour to simultaneously celebrate the end of the week, watch the Stanley Cup final, the Mets/Yankees game, and play trivia to raise money for ISSS-LA, [...]
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Seen on the front page of today’s L.A. times website.
I never knew that LAPD actually fought ire! And I never knew it was such a dangerous job, although one could certainly imagine! Sign me up!
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Simon and Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy in New York
One of the things that sucks about my school is that there is such a high turnover rate among the teachers. Every year we lose roughly 15% of our staff. The silver lining in this dark cloud is that for the past five years, the [...]
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Great Northern – Home
It’s a completely gray day here in Los Angeles, and as such is keeping me completely inside. Luckily I have the company of good music. Great Northern, who I heard live two weeks ago with some friends has been on repeat on my iPod ever since the show. I guess that’s a [...]
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The Beatles: Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Today I’m at the third of three days of textbook training. If you’ve been following my Twitter updates, you know just how exciting these sessions have been!
The best part is that these trainings have been at the downtown Belmont High School, whose mascot is the sentinels. I love [...]
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The Jackson 5: Rockin’ Robin
So, it’s official. After much hesitancy, I’ve joined the social network called Twitter. “What’s Twitter?” Well, other than another excuse to waste time online, it’s essentially a micro-blogging site in which I can do basically the same thing I do on this blog, with the advantage that I can post updates, [...]
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