OK, so I’m a little bit messy, but isn’t my living room pretty? I recently discovered a fun little panorama program that I’ve been playing around with. Aaron was really taken with it, too, and he took a series of pictures of the living room. Here’s another panorama picture I took at the Memphis Botanical Garden on Saturday by the duck pond:
Fun! I think you’ll be seeing way more of these before the thrill of the panorama ends!
Click on the picture to see the full size version.
Received this silly letter the other day and cracked up! First of all, I am referred to as "Mister." That’s the least of the ridiculousness.
I am here as an intern, a card carrying American Psychological Association-approved intern. I am on a prestigious consortium internship, but it’s the Memphis City Schools that pay me because I am there more than I am anywhere else. This is the case for the two of us working in the schools. The other four interns are paid by UT. The sites that offer major rotations all chip in to pay our stipends.
From the beginning, MCS has tried to stick this square peg into their round hole. They made me fill out an application with all this stuff about what subjects I want to teach and my teaching certifications. I am not a teacher! Not here anyway! When I teach, I teach college, not K-12. Most of my application said "Not Applicable." Since I’ve been here, I have to fill out their time sheets, their activity trackers… even though I’m only in the schools for part of the week. This letter is the culmination of all of their silliness.
Beaurocracy, man. It’s unbelievable. No wonder the schools can’t get it together. Micromanaging from the top, and soooo many budget cuts. And then we have more school-aged kids than just about anywhere. It’s a mess, and this letter… this silly ridiculous letter… is just a perfect example of the way of things.
I’ve deidentified this thing so that noone is singled out, but I think it still illustrates just what I’m talking about.
I know most of you reading my blog are fearful of not savvy to RSS feeds, but MAN, you should be. I’m just saying. Bloglines is the coolest thing EVER. Seriously.
OK, now that’s out of the way. Drumroll please…
GMail has added RSS feeds as a new feature. Just add https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom to your RSS feed list. If you’re using Bloglines, click Add , then input that into the field. Usually, to read everything that’s current, I have to check three locations: Bloglines, GMail, and Tribe. Now that’s down to two. I don’t know how most of you actually remember to check blogs to see if they are current. What a pain! Really, learn about Bloglines. It will majorly simplify and speed up your surfing.
BTW, if you still don’t have GMail and you want it, let me know. I have TONS of invites. Many to spare.
Good grief! More babies! Babies, babies, babies. I guess that happens when you’re 35. Everyone with the babies all the time!
Another congratulations to Heidi (a friend from Oberlin) and her husband, Andrej. They had a little girl named Ava on Monday.
Next baby up is probably Laura’s.
