The callousness, or rather, the cheerfulness with which the American news media reported the tsunami in the days after it hit stuns me. Tens of thousands, an incomprehensible number of people, were killed outright, and millions of people will be affected. “Our top story tonight, a tsunami from a massive earthquake devastates the coasts of many nations in Southeast Asia, [...]
Have you ever had one of those days where you are kicking yourself from the moment you get up? That seems to be my day today. I am not working this week, so I decided to get my butt to the social security office. Because I applied for a card about two months ago, waited in their office with a [...]
It’s the first snow day in Dallas TX in my memory, at least since last February, and last February it only snowed on Valentine’s Day. This snow threatens to last only one day also, but at least it will give a few of my Taiwanese students the opportunity to see actual snow. I went to the office of one of [...]
Why have a blog? Some say it is to stroke your own ego. I have a blog not because I am full of a sense of self-importance. I use it to vent to the world out there, to say my piece, to free myself of ideas that I have, and to let those ideas “out” into the world, into free [...]
We went to Disneyworld this last birthday weekend and so many things to write about but I am sick as a dog and I don’t feel like telling it all. But we got a thousand pictures from my new digital camera, my b-day present from Tony. He is sooooo sweet. He knew exactly what I wanted for my b-day. I [...]
Hey, Mr. Oblivious. I know most people don’t mind when phlegmy fortysomethings sit right behind them in a restaurant and make clearing noises in their throat. And sigh-moan. And then hock up something. And then moan. And then clear their throats, and cough in their hair. The Wendy’s dining area is absolutely the best place in the world to hock [...]
Today was a mixed bag. It was cold and dreary most of the day, and I had a relatively normal class load. I made up Angel’s class for Thursday because we’ll be in Orlando visiting my Dad and his family. I love these girls, and I love their mama. I wish Sandy was going to stay more than one year, [...]
