Some of you know what I am up to this summer. Part of the fun (and difficulty) of this is finding ways of making remedial math both fun and interesting. Luckily, thanks to the wonderful technology of the world wide web, we’ve found some wonderfully cheesy videos that hearken back to the days of big [...]
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Brian Eno – Put a Straw Under Baby
Another sign of the times: A few summers ago I reflected upon how strange it was that so many of my friends were getting married. Well, what wasn’t strange was their marriages, but rather how quickly the idea of “getting married” has been re-appropriated from something that older [...]
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12 years before I was born, man landed on the moon. What’s weird is that 12 years isn’t that long at all!
In honor of the Apollo 11 astronauts, here you’ll find some of my favorite songs about space. What am I missing?
Elton John: Rocket Man
Pink Floyd: Brain Damage
David Bowie: Space Oddity
David Bowe: Life On [...]
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Randy Newman – Short People
Some of you know that this summer, my friend and co-conspirator Rustum are working feverishly on developing a math program for our incoming 6th graders next year to FINALLY honestly deal with the fact that kids who don’t have basic math skills CAN’T access the curriculum. “Kids Mastering Math” will be [...]
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If it weren’t for the line of trees, the golf ball would have gone straight into Pico Blvd. Yes, that’s right, this evening I went par-3 golfing at the risk of those drivers on their evening commute home on the adjacent Pico Blvd. Yes, I shot horrifically, yet it was simply wonderful to walk through [...]
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Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
After a long week at work, my roommate Mitch, my colleague Greg and I headed down the 5 freeway for a 2-day visit to beautiful San Diego. And yes, it was absolutely beautiful. The temperature was a comfortable, breezy 70 degrees, and the fact that downtown is walking distance from the [...]
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Joni Mitchell – Both Sides, Now
It’s hard to believe that I’ve now lived in Los Angeles for over 5 years now. While on the one hand, the time seems to have flown by, on the other hand, there are often frequent reminders of just how long ago 5 years was.
Case in point: when I first [...]
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Little Pink Houses – John Cougar Mellencamp
Saturday was the 4th of July, and two buddies and I headed up to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for a bit of tailgating / football / fireworks. The weather was a perfect 75 degrees with a slight breeze across the golf course fairway on which the Rose Bowl [...]
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Belle & Sebastian – Wrapped Up in Books
Just about the only silver lining to the dark cloud of air travel is the fact that hours and hours in airports and airplanes provides one with a chance to catch up on reading, something that I don’t get to do as often as I’d like to during [...]
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