Awesome concert. All three artists–Ben Lee, Rufus, and Ben Folds–were great! The crowd wasn’t very big, so I was in the 4th row of seating, able to see everything. I chose not to stand among the crowd of teenagers. At 5’2″, this is just a bad idea for me. I was really amazed by Ben…

I’m sitting in my office and the rain has started. At first it just sounds like the wind rustling through the trees but then it builds up and now it’s coming down the gutter and sounds like music–a drum beat with a little piano. We needed this. In a couple of hours, we are headed…

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My mother in law reports that Geeky Boy is being quite polite, which I think means he took my “No, thank you, Gram, I don’t want any more” lessons to heart. It also made me think about the whole issue of politeness. Growing up in the South, politeness was valued. Many kids were required to…

Here’s a picture of my students protesting Rick Santorum’s visit to our fair city yesterday. Click through for more. I love my students!! Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Last night, I was out with friends when they convinced me to go into the city to a club. Specifically, a gay karaoke club, though it could have been any club. I thought, what the heck, the kids are away, I don’t do this very often. It’ll be fun, I thought. Well, it wasn’t exactly…

I’ve had an extremely interesting day of thinking today, all thanks to blogs. Today at work we spent some time discussing where we think technology is going. What does the future look like and what should we as an educational institution do to prepare? As an all-women’s college, I think the technology issue is a…

I’m doing it! I’m taking my little self to see Rufus in Atlantic City. What the hell. Woo hoo! (okay, that was pretty geeky) Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

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I’m gearing myself up for whining today. I’m tired. I could not go to sleep last night despite having several drinks with friends which should have knocked me out completely. But the effects pretty much wore off by 9 p.m. Still, I was too tired to write, nearly too tired to blog (though I managed).…