Hi.
I’m done with my semester(s)! Well, I have to give a final exam on Wednesday but i’m pretty much done with my semester. And, i’m just about done with grading. I haven’t been this far ahead in grading since, I don’t know when.
I hope y’all don’t mind if I rant for just a [...]

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Overheard at Grossmont College, El Cajon as i’m walking to the class that I teach…
Preppy-clothed (kakis, polo shirt, white t-shirt underneath), unshaven, slightly geeky-looking guy, early 20s to his two male buddies:
“You know, Dracula backwards is alucard.”
His friends both look at him and nod, one has his mouth slightly open in wonderment.

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Tonight poet/novelist Eileen Myles is speaking/reading at one of the colleges where I teach. we’re very excited to have her, and i’m pretty interested to see how my students (and the other students) respond to her out in East County San Diego…
About Her: EILEEN MYLES [...]

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Garsh, where does the time go?
I can’t believe I haven’t blogged all week (and I was doing so well!).
Anyway, to catch up we had a fun time at the Halloween party last Saturday– where Ted and I dressed up as a Scout Master and his Cub Scout.

Don’t we look cute?
Quick (but scary) story about getting [...]

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Whew! I’m beat. Long week.
So, my Tues. night writing class came to an end. It was a truly great experience for me.
It was as if a (ok, how many cliches can I come up with here?) door had been opened, a weight had been lifted off of my shoulders, a light appeared at the end [...]

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Ah, yes. It’s Friday. Sigh.
I woke up late (9 a.m.!) and then I took Hermia (my aged cat) to Petsmart for her first ever grooming! She’s pretty tubby, and old, and so she has a hard time cleaning herself. We decided we should take her to get washed/brushed.
We’ve washed her in the bathtub before, but [...]

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