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I can’t believe he left me
As a St. Louis Cardinals (baseball) fan, Albert Pujols leaving the team is painful, but it could be worse. At least he went to a team in the American League. I like to think in analogies, so here is my...
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Your life is happening right now
Your life is happening right now and this is the only moment you can control. This is the only minute that really matters. If you are constantly dwelling on something that happened in the past or...
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2011 – My year in books
Just a recap of the books I read this year in the order I read them. Maybe you’ll see something that strikes a spark in you. Some of these were educational, but most were recreational. No matter what...
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Taunting Darth Vader
This is definitely blogworthy. What’s not to love? Darth Vader, slacker dude in a bathrobe, sandals… If only he was drinking a White Russian and complaining about his rug.
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The kissing spot
My favorite spot to kiss you while you sleep is your temple where tousled hair meets tender skin. Curled among the babies and blankies on your bed, your sweet kissing spot tastes of sleepy perspiration...
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Gamestar Mechanic fun
My 9-year-old son Gavin designed the game below on the site www.gamestarmechanic.com. (Thanks to @bradfordgs for leading us to this.) Gavin has had a lot of fun playing the games on the site, learning...
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Moon chat, Storified
[View the story "Moon Chat. Goofy talk on a Saturday night. " on Storify]
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Knowing yourself through an autoethnography
I’m taking a course (Digital Age Learning and School Technology Leadership) right now from Dr. John Nash of the University of Kentucky’s Educational Leadership program. Our latest assignment was to...
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Rees family Harlem Shake – Why not?
Yes, more than half of the civilized world has made their own version of the Harlem Shake video, and my family is no exception. See our video below. I’ve always been curious about how different memes...
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The Time You Have (in jellybeans)
Ze Frank has me thinking again, this time about how we choose to use our time in life. I love what he shares about the amount of time that we work. On average we’ll spend 3202 days of our life working,...
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11 Ways to Avoid Burnout and Reinvigorate Your Creativity
11 Ways to Avoid Burnout and Reinvigorate Your Creativity. (Just sharing from a post from a blog I’ve recently started following.) Especially in schools, we see burnout (just the temporary kind) from...
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My favorite Corey
Being a guy who grew up in the 80s, I saw a lot of Corey Feldman’s work– the good (Stand By Me, Goonies, Gremlins, Lost Boys), the bad, and the really bad. Even though I think his best acting days are...
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Sunshine
I’ve been tagged a couple of times in this Sunshine Award blog challenge. My initial reaction was to ignore these requests, but as we get closer to Christmas, I am working hard to control my...
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Not Everyone Is Able to Tweet and Post Who They Are
The Wejr Board – Not Everyone Is Able to Tweet and Post Who They Are. This is a great post — best thing I’ve read in a few weeks. “…my view on the subject was coming from a lens of privilege – the lens...
View ArticleHappy Day at Northern Hills
Today was International Happy Day. I was home with a sick child, but was happy to watch the Badgers win their basketball game while my little one napped. I also put this video together of videos and...
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Shawn White is a teacher, father, husband, and lover of life in New Hampshire. He’s talented in many ways. His poem below is just one of his talents.
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Beer photos and digital dualism; Principals are people too
I’m enjoying a great family trip to Ireland and Norway as I type this post, and am sharing photos with friends and family through my Instagram account. This is my 4th trip to Ireland, and I greatly...
View Article“Information” by Daniel Donahoo
I found this video and poem while checking out the In Bb 2.0 music and spoken word project. Love the message about this hyper-connected world in which we live. she closes the lid and unplugs the device...
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