Another one for the “it’s all relative” or conversely, “it’s all relatives”, file. Back in high school when Cory had his first semi-serious girlfriend he told me something that has stayed with me since. I am constantly amazed at the odd bits of information that stay with me while so many other things of seemingly [...]
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Mama’s got a brand new toy…
We have a new toy at our house. I bet you won’t be able to guess what it is. No, it is not a Wii Fit. That is not what I would consider a new toy. I understand that it actually groans when you gain weight. I don’t need a mechanism that adds guilt to [...]
Practical advice for regular folks…
These days I have to constantly remind myself that regular folks are not in the intense information loop I am in on the H1N1 virus. Regular folks are worrying about regular things and this topic is just barely beginning to hit their radar with the recent additional attention it has been given in the mainstream [...]
Coo, coo, ca-choo, Mrs. Robinson
One of the grad students I work with informed me that he is dating an older woman. He calls her his “cougar”. She is two years older than him. When I laughed out loud at the comment he hurriedly said, “Her birthday is coming up soon.” As if the additional year cemented her cougar status [...]
Perception is everything…
What can you do ultimately but laugh at some things? A case in point from the Noah files. When Noah was in middle school he was accused of being in a fight with another kid at school. Being the non-violent type, I was appropriately horrified. The vice principal performed an investigation to ascertain who threw [...]
I’ve been given clearance…
Today is the first day of fifth grade for Cheyenne. It is a big day that takes me all the way back to the first day of kindergarten - times four. With three children that are over twenty-one, I have already lived these moments before. Surprisingly that does not take the edge off the little [...]
“Shut the Chuck up!”
Well its back-to-school – for me. It has been a long three months without my students and frankly I have missed the interaction. A large cohort of our students graduated in May and I was sad to see them go. By virtue of the classes I teach, I typically see all the undergraduate students in [...]
THE NEW FORTY 