The Utah legislature is again considering school vouchers. Apparently the fact that it hasn’t passed the last five years makes them think it will this time for some reason. What vouchers say to me is this: We know Utah schools suck. We have this money we get from every single parent in the state. Rather [...]

The squealing, smoke, and broken belt of yesterday were caused by the alternator that was put in on Friday. It was a bad alternator. But it was still under warranty – being only 4 days old. So now I have a good alternator. The End (it better be)

Yesterday my car started making this awful awful noise. So I took it back to the mechanic. He listened to it and said he was 90% sure it was the water pump. The part would be $100, and then four hours of labor, so about $500. I couldn’t believe it. I only paid $1000 for [...]

Yesterday hurt. I spent the morning at the auto mechanic. My car had to be jumped start so I could get home on Wednesday, and since I was going to be needing an oil change real soon, I decided to just go get the whole thing looked at. I thought it might just be something [...]

I am a member of two on-line communities currently. One is basically (very loosely) about Utah theater. The other is about quilting. I participate in both of these communities via message boards. The theater one, Players Anonymous: For the Utah Theater Addict, is completely addicting. Part of that is probably that I’ve met a lot [...]

Today is my dad’s birthday. I hope he does something fun to celebrate.

The first assignment for my technology integration class was to start this blog. Now we have to write a telecollaborative lesson plan. My partner and I wrote this lesson plan. It is due on the 14th, so there might be one or two changes between now and then. The Many Faces of the Man in [...]

I am now in physical therapy for the second time in six months. I really need to stop getting hurt. But the belly dancing I learned a few months ago is again helping me out. The last time it was better for my shoulders and back than the physical therapy was. This time it just [...]