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The beauty of late night writing/insomnia....got my Friday blogging covered within hours of my Thursday blogging.
Second post of the month....voila!

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Ah, yes, the beginning of NaBloPoMo, what I signed up for about a month ago, looking for a challenge. Oops. I've taken on a few minor projects in the meantime, so guess what? If I run out of blog fodder, you very well might see event announcements for the MMORPG I play or paragraphs for the classroom portfolio that we're working on at CHCC for NAEYC accreditation. Hopefully it won't come down to that, but consider you… Continue

I have become a relationship counselor.
Of three year olds.
Fun.
Now
please pardon me while I spread honey on my face and plunge my head
into a red ant hill, cause really, that would be a lot less painful.

I
spent all last year teaching these kids to use their words. That is
like the mantra in the twos room at CHCC: "Use your words, use your
words, use your words." For instance, rather than snatching a toy from
another child, we tell the kid to ask, "How many minutes?" Th… Continue

Watching CSI:Miami tonight with the folks and towards the end two of the crime team go to apprehend Julio (uber tattooed Latino bad guy...it's Miami, all the criminals are skinhead-esque Latinos with no restraint when it comes to inking). They go to this dock and when they start to walk down it, the police officer says, "I'll take the left flank."

The left flank?! Who the hell says that anymore? Do they even still use that in the armed forces?! I can't wait for an opportunity to use thi… Continue

Hi to anyone who stumbles across my blog page. This is my first attempt at participating in any type of blog related activity outside of my own little personal one, which can be found at (shameless plug): http://lilacspecs.blogspot.com .