Some Good News
I went to Central for my practicum, like I do every Tuesday/Thursday, and I was talking to my co-op teacher. His third period class is creating schedules for next school year for the next few days, th...
Man Fired for Drinking Bud Light
A man was fired from a Miller distributer when his picture wound up in the paper. He was drinking a Bud Light. RACINE, Wis. -- The battle of the beers took a new twist in Racine this week when a Mille...
Repost: The American Dream Makes You Alone
As quoted from Chuck Palahniuk in Stranger than Fiction If you haven't already noticed, all my books are about a lonely person looking for some way to connect with other people. In a way, that is the...
Busy Weekend
I've got a busy weekend. I have three papers to write. One for THE 101, one for HST 551, and one for HST 330. I'm hoping to get one done each day. If anyone wants to do them for me, I'd appreciate it.
Random Update
Well, two days have passed and I have not had any guys on pcp trying to get into my house. That's a good sign, I guess. I met the class I will have to teach today in my practicum. They are a wild bunc...
My Superbowl Story
First, let me describe my house. I live in what used to be a duplex. It still has that little "lobby" area between two sides of house. I hear the screen door open to the lobby area and figure its our...
Buy a Brick
Can someone please buy me a brick? I would love one. It would be great to have my place "cemented" in Cardinals history. Cardinals Bricks: Paving the Way to the New Stadium. If you want to know what t...
The Facebook
A lot of colleges distribute a facebook to Freshman with pictures of the incoming class and their respective majors. A new website takes this beyond that. TheFaceBook.com matches you up with other reg...
Volkswagon Commercial
Taking a note from the Grey Video, Volkswagon fused Gene Kelly's face on a dancing body to recreate Singing in the Rain for a commercial for the new Golf GTI. Check out the awesome commercial here: Vo...
Practicum
I started my practicum at Central High School today. The teacher seems cool. Central is on the North side of town, so is mostly a low income school. They have recently added on to the school and it is...
Addiction to Television
Hi, my name is Shep. I am NOT addicted to tv. It amazes me how many people are. Sure, I watch television for background noise when I'm doing other things, but I DO NOT base my life around programs lik...
Random Updates
SMSU played Creighton University last night. In the past, Creighton has always dominated the Bears. A lot has changed since last year though. Many of Creighton's best players of years' past graduated....
The Scarf: What is Your Purpose?
First off, I am a nonbeliever in the article of clothing called the scarf. In my opion, it serves no function. Does your neck really get so cold that you can't bear to be outside without it? What real...
Blogging Rules
With the influx of new bloggers, I have decided to come up with some Blogging Etiquette and Rules. Please follow these if at all possible. If you have a personal blog, please do not place Google Ads o...
Dear Abby,
Dear Abby, My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit card bills. At the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money. He say...
It's All Hip Hop's Fault
Found this great article on a message board, so I thought I would post it. It really does get the point across about the direction hip hop has gone and where it is going. A good read, even if you aren...
Student Teaching Meeting
Looks like it will be fairly easy to do my student teaching in St. Louis. This is a good thing. Hopefully I will be able to do it at Fort Zumwalt and Francis Howell. If not, I would prefer one of thos...
New Look
New look, thanks to the creaters of Manji and the MidEvil themes. This is very elegant. I will be making some changes to suit me more in the future, but I thought I'd get this up now.
Quick Update
Weekend was great. Went to Ebbet's Field on Saturday Night. Never been there before. It's a pretty cool place. I've decided what i'm going to write about for my Business History class. We have to pick...