Close reading and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) lurk like shady hit men in the alleyway of the English building. Wiseguys waiting to whack someone. That someone is reading. […]
I LOVE MOVIES. Seriously I do. When I was in high school my dream was to become a movie reviewer. I had visions of watching movies and getting paid to […]
Last Rites: the sacrament Catholics perform for the dying usually isn’t given to babies. Fortunately for me, I’ve managed to outlive the life expectancy bestowed upon me by the Pasadena city hospital priest and […]
*updated 3/19/14 with new resource link on the bottom of this post. AND HULK HOGAN is getting tossed over the top rope! When I was a kid my brothers and […]
Major Update 4/11/14. I used to call this project the 1365 project, now it’s the My Senior Footprint Project (#myseniorfootprint) Other updates and added videos can be found below. If the […]
The dreaded sea of stares. Clutching my podium like a sea captain in a storm I brace myself for the eye of the storm. An ominous silence looms overhead… “Well?…” […]
“Is anyone there?” “This is John Connor Crystal Peak” “Who’s in charge there?” “I am.” The ending of Terminator 3 reminds me of the Nordic warrior mindset. In […]
