This was inspired by this image.
This was inspired by this image.
After teaching special-ed and middle school since New Years, I forgot how nice high school can be regardless of the snottiness of tenth graders. I taught only two sections. The regular teacher felt guilty about calling in sick, so he…
I went to San Diego this weekend because the night before my son, Andy, got married to Crystal, my wonderful daughter-in-law, my twenty-two year old Nissan pickup died parked twenty feet from the Oceanside, CA beach. The timing belt broke.…
“Well, I’m back.” That’s what Sam said anyway as his wife dropped a child in his lap by the fire. No fire in my apartment and if any of my children dropped in my lap I’d throw them off.Too old…
Well, all the details are set and I’m on the road to Oceanside, CA. I’m excited and a little tired, but I’ll be fine. The road down there is very easy if not a little boring.
I’ve had a few requests about why I go by “the Ogre.” In the early 90s, I lost a job from a tele services company, because I was too scary to a female employee who suffered from some sort of…
Well, today is the last day for Provo Post High School (except maybe Monday). They hired a guy named John as a new Aide/Para-Educator. He is doing all the paperwork at the district office and sometimes that takes a few…
This is a response to my favorite political cartoonist (he is from Utah after all and I’m such a homer). You can see Pat Bagley’s comic here.
Today was an interesting day. Yes, we had Ty’s birthday and yes, Eric made a mess of things (he kept snatching other people’s cake . . .erm, cupcakes and ice cream). The class, however, was a half-day and the rest…