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the Christmas letter
The school year is ending, and I've been feeling a bit reflective. It's been an exhausting, challenging year, as they all seem to be, and heading into the summer leaves me thinking a bit.
This year's students have been troublesome. I've had a few 10th and 11th graders who were absolutely determined not to do any work (but who are, now, sad that ( Read more... ) -
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Two weeks ago, I was elected to a one-year term on the Board of Directors for TABCO, the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, our union (within the NEA).
I was driven to run because I'm incredibly concerned with the right-wing attacks on the public schools; I do not believe we can improve the situation by replacing public schools with charters ( Read more... ) -
Privatizing Medicare
Big news in Washington. They want to force everyone
who doesn't already have health insurancewho is old and hasn't died yet
to buy private health insurance. That's right, the politicians want to force you to give your money to
health insurance companies in a regulated markethealth insurance companies in an unregulated market
and it's
an ( Read more... ) -
Egypt-baggers
I've been watching Egypt with some fascination and I feel the need to make some comparisons to America.
We've spent two years now hearing that our government is leading us to tyranny. Our President cuts taxes and it's a tyrannical theft. He increases gun rights and it's an imposition on one's second amendment rights. He makes health care less ( Read more... ) -
2011 Goals
2011 Goals
- Personal Goals
- Clean/Sort/Throw/Minimize
- Hall Closet
- Office
- Office Closet
- Clean/Sort/Throw/Minimize
- Personal Goals
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The Cabinet
- Basil
- Beef Boullion
- Cajun Creole Seasoning
- Chicken "Better Than" Boullion
- Chicken Boullion
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Doenjang Jjigae (Korean Soy Bean Paste Stew)
Doenjang Jjigae (Korean Soy Bean Paste Stew)
This is a spicy soup. Very spicy. But delicious. The recipe below is taken from the "eating and living" blog, with my comments added.
Ingredients:
- 9 oz tofu
I used a whole 12oz package of extra firm tofu - 1/2 medium zucchini (mushrooms and potatoes can be added if desired)
- 1/2 small onion
- 2 oz pork (or ( Read more... )
- 9 oz tofu
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Tired. So, so tired.
Please excuse me if for a moment this is a self-pity party, but I am tired and just want to vent.
I'm tired. I'm working too hard, and I'm doing everything poorly. I agreed to a class swap at my night job which has me teaching consecutive nights, and so I'm teaching day-night-day-night-day and I'm a walking zombie by the end of that process. I ( Read more... ) -
Somen Noodles with Shrimp
Somen Noodles with Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 T oil
- 16 shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 3 shitake mushrooms, finely sliced
- 1/4 white or green cabbage, shredded
- 1 carrot, shredded
