Wasted
Burnt. Toasted. Too tired to think. Too tired to read. Too tired to post. Maybe later. If my brain reboots. [...]
A Two Hat Day in My Life …
5:30 a.m. — the alarm rang. I whacked it. It was too dark outside to be time to get up. 5:40 a.m. — I gave in to the the cat’s harassment and got up. Showered, brushed, combed, deodorized, dressed, etc. 5:55 a.m. — stumbled across the living room. I’d left [...]
Shoulda Stayed Home
The Nascar race was in town this weekend. I live just a few miles from the track, on the main road there. It is good I left earlier than usual to go to church this morning, because I thought I was never going to get onto Las Vegas Boulevard. There [...]
Alfonse Goes Ghetto
Describing Jim’s first day in my class reminded me of a new student who came to my room last year. Class had barely begun and there was a knock on my door. I opened it. There stood a young man all spit shined and polished. He was wearing dress shoes, [...]
New Student
I got a new student today. He came in bold as brass. No shyness at all. Asked to sit with the worst behaved kids. I sat him right square in front of the class. I overheard him talking to Joe. “We could do anything at my old school. They’d send [...]