teaching in moderation

I’m on day 4 now of teaching my 8 week (4 days a week) summer class. Yesterday was the first day I spent lecturing– keynote (apple’s better version of powerpoint) and asking questions and such– and since the answered them, and seemed to understand what I was teaching, I felt some margin of success. Today, [...]

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addictions

Addictions get a bad reputation.
Well, sure, some are awful– addictions to alcohol, smoking, drugs etc. And some are harmless– like my total addiction to Burt’s Bees honey lip balm. I even went and bought a bundle of 12 on ebay so I’d never leave the house without one. And I am shamelessly addicted to coffee, [...]

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Murphy’s Law

I remember my Nana evoking Murphy’s Law a lot. When I was little she had a friend named Murphy (a woman– I don’t know the origin of that name) so I, of course, thought that whenever Nana talked about “Murphy’s Law” it was her wise friend, Murphy, that she was evoking.
Murphy’s Law: Anything that can [...]

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running soundtrack

I just added it up, and so far this year (the month of January, that is) I’ve run 28.4 miles! Holy crap! Considering I ran, oh, ZERO miles during January (and Feb, March, April, May, June, and July) last year, that’s something to be proud of!
It doesn’t surprise me that I love running. I always [...]

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around the block

Did I mention I’m running again? No, I didn’t. I didn’t want to jinx it.
I’m taking it extra, extra slow. I’m thinking that I was way too gung-ho about it before and started training like I was a pro and like I was going to run a marathon. So I took some time off (to [...]

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