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Continuing Their Excellent Adventure: The Things Come To Rochester, New York
Thing 1 and Two arrived in Rochester to continue their world-wide tour. But they wondered: Where is the snow?…
Ingrate Spotted With Invisible Awards
I got some wonderful attention in 2011, but I was a little ungrateful. It is time to make amends….
Lessons From Laryngitis
Having temporary laryngitis was a gift. Being sick away from home made me think about the role I want to play in other people’s lives when I see them struggling….
What We Are: A Hanukkah Post
When Tech Support was a l’il dude, I found myself in the grocery store for the eleventy-seventh time that week. It was our turn to host the annual Jacobson family Hanukkah party that night, and twenty-four people were coming….
No More Bad Hair Days
In the days before mousse and gel and other hair care products, I used to pray to G-d to make my horrible curls go away….
My Cat-Eye Glasses
When I was in elementary school, I had a really good friend named Andra. We did everything the same. We dressed the…
What the Deuce is Fongutter?
Today we continue with Made-It-Up Mondays where I throw out a 100% made-up word and ask you to: define the word, provide its part of speech, and use the word in a sentence that indicates how the word could be used. If it were a real word. …
A Surprise Response
Yesterday I wrote about a student who surprised me by withdrawing himself late in the semester. During the course of the day I received a response….
Scorpios: Were You Born This Way?
I am a Scorpio. Scorpios are notoriously tough. People love us or hate us. Before I knew anything about astrology, I knew this. I felt it in my bones. I know I am my own person, that I have the ability to make choices. But I also possess certain traits that are nearly impossible for me to suppress….