Web Gems

I already posted one baseball highlight on my main blog with Buehrle's flip so I'll refrain from posting another play there. However, for both of you that are reading this, check out this play made against the Giants tonight.

How does he manage to do that?

Running on E

I went to the wrong field for Frisbee. I was almost out of gas and I didn't bring my wallet. I pulled open the change compartment, but didn't have any change either, because last week I spent it all when I got to Jamba Juice without my wallet.

I made it to the game, home and to the gas station without running out of gas. I put 11.754 gallons into my 12-gallon tank. I think that is a new personal record.

Being Single

A single man writes an article about being a single man.

Quiet Me

Recently my principal did my yearly review. When discussing how much stuff I did on the campus she commented that I "flew under the radar."

Cool. I don't think people have said that about me very often.

Random Fail Photos

Bad Dreams

I have a reoccurring a nightmare. I've talked to other teachers and I guess it is pretty common among teachers. It seemed to stop for a while, and then it was infrequent-- until this week.

Each time it is different. The setting, people, and events are always different, but the general idea is that I'm teaching a class and the students are not listening to me. Usually it involves a room that is way too big, a class that has too many students (some that I recognize, some that I don't) and me running a round like a crazy man trying to get them under control.

Today's was a different. My kids were fine at first, but they were using my room as the hallway to prepare for the rally. It climaxed when they drove a car through the classroom and my coworker told my students, "Don't mind us; you guys just focus on your math problems."

Tuesday, I I even swore directly at a kid. Not just like a case when profanity is used casually. I was yelling at him.

It happened Monday morning, Tuesday morning, and this morning. All three times it was the very end of the morning after I had woken up once and had fallen back asleep.

And I'm on Spring Break.

What's up with this?

Measuring Stick

I met one our our student's fathers in a restraunt last week and I called him today on the phone.

"How you doing young man? Just how old are you anyway?"

"I'm 31."

"Wow, I'm getting old. I'm 35. I'm older than the teacher now."

25-Man Roster

Case Ace (12 Team League)

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Round	Pick	Player	Position
1.	(7)	Evan Longoria	3B
2.	(18)	Miguel Cabrera	1B
3.	(31)	Ben Zobrist	2B,SS,OF
4.	(42)	Johan Santana	SP
5.	(55)	Adam Lind	OF
6.	(66)	Josh Johnson	SP
7.	(79)	Andre Ethier	OF
8.	(90)	Clayton Kershaw	SP
9.	(103)	Lance Berkman	1B
10.	(114)	Gordon Beckham	3B
11.	(127)	Carlos González	OF
12.	(138)	Brett Anderson	SP
13.	(151)	Roy Oswalt	SP
14.	(162)	Julio Borbón	OF
15.	(175)	Frank Francisco	RP
16.	(186)	Francisco Liriano	SP,RP
17.	(199)	Mike González	RP
18.	(210)	Kerry Wood	RP
19.	(223)	Chris Davis	1B,3B
20.	(234)	Fausto Carmona	SP
21.	(247)	Milton Bradley	OF
22.	(258)	Octavio Dotel	RP
23.	(271)	A.J. Pierzynski	C
24.	(282)	Scott Sizemore	2B
25.	(295)	Brian Matusz	SP

Love, Mom and Dad

My parents picked out this Hallmark card for me for birthday:

Sometimes things work out well.
Sometimes life is good.
Like you're given a son
to care for and love.
So you try to bring him up well,
to let him know
how important he is to you...

And before you know it, he's an adult,
looking you in the eye
and grinning with that smile
that comes straight
from the heart...

And you think to yourself,
"Hey, he turned out good."
And your own heart
fills up with love... again.

Happy Birthday
to a good man...
and a wonderful son.