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Have A Very Goopy Christmas, Take Two
I posted yesterday about my new blog, Math Makes Me Poop, but apparently I was still suffering from Almost-Christmas-Break Teacher Brain and the link I tried to post didn’t actually work. So let’s try this again: here’s a post from the new blog. I hope you like it. Have a Very Goopy Christmas | Math…
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Happy Holidays (Operative Word: Happy.)
When someone chooses to use their words to share a message of joy with you and you take offense to the words rather than appreciating the message, when you slap away a hand held out in friendship because of a minor linguistic difference, you are the offensive thing.
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Why Saying “Happy Holidays” Proves that You’re a Child of Satan
You know what sucks? People wanting you to be happy, but not expressing it in exactly the way you think they should. Seriously, there’s nothing worse than exchanging cursory pleasantries with another person and having them wish you well in totally the wrong way. It’s that time of year, folks. Peace and love, joy…
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Silver Machine’s Night of the Living Dead is Here.
For all of you who have been eagerly anticipating the release of Silver Machine’s new soundtrack to the classic Night of the Living Dead (which they’ve also restored to the highest quality ever on DVD), details are here, in a post I wrote for our local Asheville blog. If you’re into zombies, space rock, psychedelic…
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Roses are Red, Booty Haiku.
I’m making the minions-I mean the kids-write Springtime haikus today. I hated being told to write a certain way when I was in school, so of course I have to inflict the same torture on them. Baby girl decides to write about catching butterflies and sticking them in a jar. I peek over her shoulder…
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On Love and Writers Block
I’m supposed to be writing about Valentines Day. I need to write about it so that Google will love me and people will read me and I’ll become popular and pretentious and rich as a mofo and never have to work again-but I can’t come up with anything to say. You know the usual arguments…