tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.comments2011-09-03T11:18:43.937-07:00Claguespotbandguy5686http://www.blogger.com/profile/12709683991893838397noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-7453453917438074132011-09-03T11:18:43.937-07:002011-09-03T11:18:43.937-07:00I know how you feel. I don't have the respons...I know how you feel. I don't have the responsibilities that you do, but man... it feels like it's going to be a long year. How DO people with really large programs do this? Somewhere I have calculated how many days left for this school year. It's a long ways off!Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-51283344125885687832010-02-13T21:01:55.654-08:002010-02-13T21:01:55.654-08:00Life is about the journey, not the destination. I...Life is about the journey, not the destination. I was told this by a good man and mentor.<br /><br />Maybe more of us should take your niece's initiative.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-69841377102045685072010-02-08T03:08:22.591-08:002010-02-08T03:08:22.591-08:00Here, here. :)
(just a note, though...that photo...Here, here. :) <br /><br />(just a note, though...that photo of me HAS to be at least a year old! I had a very odd moment thinking, "Why on earth does my hair look so short?!")<br /><br />I find it a nearly daily effort not to go into auto-pilot through life. It's just too easy to slip through weekdays into weekends into weekdays. Conscious living is well worth the effort.<br /><br Lisa Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04744652736036813009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-13435006921335608332010-01-24T14:17:20.679-08:002010-01-24T14:17:20.679-08:00Let me try again. I made too many grammatical err...Let me try again. I made too many grammatical errors in the last post... <br />I meant to say, life often gets too busy for me, too! I have many things that are more important that I want to work on and am hoping for that this year.<br />Bon courage to you as you go through 2010!Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-38608158770087295552010-01-24T14:13:05.529-08:002010-01-24T14:13:05.529-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-89399003044417604072009-10-14T08:25:41.508-07:002009-10-14T08:25:41.508-07:00Kirk,
Catch a Salmon for me also. Enjoy the time...Kirk,<br /><br />Catch a Salmon for me also. Enjoy the time away. The natives don't know how to deal with rain. At least there they do deal with water. I saw one guy riding his bike holding an umbrella to keep from getting wet.<br /><br />SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-89292114570377183162009-09-20T14:55:06.190-07:002009-09-20T14:55:06.190-07:00Happy birthday to your dad!! I hope you're vi...Happy birthday to your dad!! I hope you're visit was good. Enjoy your time with him!Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-33698954953487239652009-07-05T11:16:54.337-07:002009-07-05T11:16:54.337-07:00Great way to decompress! Hope the rest of the sum...Great way to decompress! Hope the rest of the summer is just as restful.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-71483324817397617052009-06-21T18:04:56.662-07:002009-06-21T18:04:56.662-07:00"I am simply floored by the level of vitriol ..."I am simply floored by the level of vitriol I am seeing leveled at the new President."<br /><br />I'm not an apologist for Bush (honest) but shouldn't that politeness work both ways.... <br /><br />"Is this payback for us "elitists" calling Bush and his cronies what they so self-evidently were: morons (best case) or criminals (most likely case)?"<br /><br />Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716619994168402985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-67363179056796040552009-05-18T17:38:00.000-07:002009-05-18T17:38:00.000-07:00Ditto from an English colleague. If it weren't fo...Ditto from an English colleague. If it weren't for the student, I wouldn't teach. The adults just get in the way.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-53494928341181751902009-03-03T10:06:00.000-08:002009-03-03T10:06:00.000-08:00I want to know more about this music academy!I want to know more about this music academy!Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-19291819276459355872009-01-04T15:00:00.000-08:002009-01-04T15:00:00.000-08:00Great example of truly looking at the world around...Great example of truly looking at the world around you, and then acting. I will look for this book to read.<BR/><BR/>Steve<BR/><BR/>PS--Avoiding essays to be graded for 1st term grades yet to be posted. Not that I think of your blog as a diversion. I do enjoy it and it makes me think.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-24440056283165233522008-12-22T10:11:00.000-08:002008-12-22T10:11:00.000-08:00Thanks Steve. It was SOOOOO cold there yesterday....Thanks Steve. It was SOOOOO cold there yesterday. -6 with 20-25 mph winds.bandguy5686https://www.blogger.com/profile/12709683991893838397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-8708608175334685662008-12-22T10:05:00.000-08:002008-12-22T10:05:00.000-08:00Sounds like it's been wonderful there! Are you all...Sounds like it's been wonderful there! Are you all inspired now for the Spring semester? (These kinds of conferences always inspire me)<BR/>Have a restful Christmas and New Year!Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-55063539107632155822008-12-22T07:44:00.000-08:002008-12-22T07:44:00.000-08:00Always amazed how you pull this off just before Ch...Always amazed how you pull this off just before Christmas. The Windy City to the foggy Valley. Quite a contrast.<BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful respite.<BR/><BR/>SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-53195514384189014782008-12-21T09:06:00.000-08:002008-12-21T09:06:00.000-08:00A life = cheap plactic crap from China? I don't t...A life = cheap plactic crap from China? I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>Part of the reason we are without Walmart forever and China for a year in the Zoo.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-23064851045167516362008-12-21T09:01:00.000-08:002008-12-21T09:01:00.000-08:00Bandguy,I find that time is what relaxes me. I do...Bandguy,<BR/><BR/>I find that time is what relaxes me. I don't get over it as soon as I should and I do have restless nights. I talk to people I trust, a lot. I'm sure some of them would run if they could when they see me.<BR/><BR/>Bike rides help, even if it is the 5 minutes in the dark coming home from practice.<BR/><BR/>I guess I rationalize also. If it doesn't hurt a bit, then I need to Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-91031493893203771462008-12-18T10:12:00.000-08:002008-12-18T10:12:00.000-08:00I found a good quote for you...."Education is the ...I found a good quote for you....<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."— Robert FrostMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716619994168402985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-89394241419159205642008-12-17T19:56:00.000-08:002008-12-17T19:56:00.000-08:00I have never surfed, but skied in the past. This ...I have never surfed, but skied in the past. This reminds me of shooting down chutes of fresh snow; wide open bowls with long, high-speed GS turns; or telemark turns where few have been recently. <BR/><BR/>Snow is just frozen surf.<BR/><BR/>SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-5610251581366787932008-12-16T09:41:00.000-08:002008-12-16T09:41:00.000-08:00Thank you folks...Of course you are right. My que...Thank you folks...Of course you are right. My question is: Steve, how do you drop it? I am FINALLY relaxing, but I have had a few days of upset stomach and messed up sleep. Why can't I figure a way to cope?bandguy5686https://www.blogger.com/profile/12709683991893838397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-80460317257331474972008-12-16T09:17:00.000-08:002008-12-16T09:17:00.000-08:00yes, I was glad to find out about this...I use Ama...yes, I was glad to find out about this...I use Amazon, and that's cool. Wouldn't it be nice it E-town had a good independent store? Hmmmmbandguy5686https://www.blogger.com/profile/12709683991893838397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-20317074400242179562008-12-16T08:09:00.000-08:002008-12-16T08:09:00.000-08:00Hear Hear....from a fellow bibliophile!We have bee...Hear Hear....from a fellow bibliophile!<BR/>We have been giving our kids books every Christmas since birth. Of course we usually let them open them on Christmas Eve so they won't get lost amidst the largess of electronic paraphernalia under the tree on Christmas morning.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716619994168402985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-78893514090798982342008-12-16T08:03:00.000-08:002008-12-16T08:03:00.000-08:00Would it make you feel better to know that Steve h...Would it make you feel better to know that Steve has been lectured on what a loser baseball coach he is by more than one player? I'm sure these young men are going to go on to be the next Curt Schilling (she says sarcastically). And no matter what his fellow coaches say, it still hurts and it still makes him reevaluate the way he does things, and that's not necessarily a negative....keeps him Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716619994168402985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-59442676960640811392008-12-16T07:42:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:42:00.000-08:00Bandguy,You bring up so many questions that public...Bandguy,<BR/><BR/>You bring up so many questions that public people have to deal with, and there is no road map because you will never satisfy everyone. That is the beauty and curse of teaching, what works for one will not work for another and will offend a third. The skill of teaching is to morph the lesson into something that fits each individual. And lately we have to think of the parents Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14202410717147326787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063326329768496985.post-70061941695412771022008-12-14T13:04:00.000-08:002008-12-14T13:04:00.000-08:00Wow, I am sorry for what happened! The Internet is...Wow, I am sorry for what happened! The Internet is a wonderful "tool" and also and dangerous one at times. There's no one who "polices" blogs (and would we want that anyway?), so things can just be said without any thought as to how it might affect someone else.<BR/>As for responding to criticism... I wish I had some words of wisdom. When you're in a public position (teacher, pastor, leader) Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.com