March 2012
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I thought 50/50 was a beautiful film. [Link] →
February 2012
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Throw Up Water
ioncehadajob:
I work with toddlers and yesterday one of them got sick and threw up all over the floor. I helped him clean himself up and tried to teach him to swish-and-spit into the sink. He swished…then pretty much did a spit take all over my face. Throw up water is even less appetizing than it sounds.
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Watch This: The Scale of the Universe 2 Will Blow... →
Sweet jebus.
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“I once had this job where I was a student teacher in an economically depressed...”
– I Once Had a Job Where…: You’re Not Stupid
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I Once Had a Job Where...: Aaaand they're off . .... →
Apparently pig race calling is a thing…
ioncehadajob:
I once had a job where I called pig races at a farm. Pigs don’t race. I was laid off after one embarrassing day on the job, which consisted of me repeatedly failing to excite crowds of 3-10 confused people. The pigs stumbled through a makeshift obstacle course and I called the action, but found…
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New Blog Project! →
Check out my new blog project! It’s called I Once Had a Job Where…. I feel like everyone has a story that’s sad, funny, awkward, strange, heartbreaking or awesome from a job they’ve had. One and all are invited to contribute. Share whatever you like, whether it’s text, a picture, video, anything. Go now!
FYI - the 50 Cent post is me :)
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My Hero Kicks Ass. Literally.
I guess you could say he was an unlikely candidate to be a hero. But there he was. He was my student in an alternative middle school education program, a dead-end program. These were kids that had exhausted every other public school option and if they failed here it was detention or a therapeutic placement. At the time I was splitting my time between teaching there in the mornings and teaching at...
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January 2012
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“Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me...”
– Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath (via bookmania)
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“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing,...”
– Alan Watts (via neil-gaiman)
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Samuel Jackson and Donald Duck...Together at Last →
Because we’ve all wondered what it would be like if Donald Duck did the “And you will know my name is the Lord!” speech from Pulp Fiction…right?
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The Stolen Bike Underworld →
The author had his bike stolen, like me, but unlike me he decided to see how far the rabbit hole goes. What he found was fascinating…
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Tool Lullabies →
Darn it if this isn’t some of the most peaceful music I’ve ever heard. I NEVER would have guessed that Tool done as a lullaby would be so calming.
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From my blog archives: My relationship with my mom
Found this short entry on my old blog, written 2 and half years after my mom passed. Still rings true to me today…
I was thinking today about my relationship with my mom. I remember just before her passing and afterwards, I was worried about what our relationship would be like. My main worry was that I would forget her, what she was like, what it felt like to be around her and hear her...
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WatchThis is a video I did for work for kids and families. It shows Hank & Terri, two bears dressed up as bunnies, working out a problem together. And my daughter has a cameo saying and singing the prayer!
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We’ve been getting a lot of feedback on our videos that kids like to watch them too. So here’s one especially for them! There’s even a short prayer they can say and sing along...
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This tops my list of “Songs That Bring Me to...
December 2011
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