I’m not bitching about it, though, given that I was ready to come in and put in a day’s effort anyway. I like getting things done while no one else is around, since it actually happens when no one else is around.
This weekend was the Gracia Burkill Memorial, a nice tournament at Natick that happens [...]
So I’m a debate coach again, which is funny, since that’s where I began with this whole mess about 15 years ago now. Which is great, since I missed this facet of forensics, and it’s fun to teach kids what overviews and claims and warrants are.
On the other hand it does mean that I [...]
So my sister wrote to me today.
An ordinary statement, usually, except this wasn’t Cassandra, the sister I know. In the wake of my great uncle Kenny’s death in August, when things were unsettled, it caused me to think of siblings and strangers. Uncle Kenny was a stranger to us for years; he let [...]
The best Halloween costume for 2007 was an 11 year old boy dressed up as Alex Rodriguez in a Red Sox uniform.
“It was the scariest thing I could think of.”