So since the last I've updated, we've had the holidays. It was my first of these with my wife's family. I've done Turkey Day last year, but first time for Christmas, New Years, and what have you. All in all though, it was a fun time. Her family enjoys games, which was a nice refreshal for me. The games ranged from Spades, Euchre (which apparently ( Read more... )

It's the start of a New Year, a time to start fresh. It's time to leave behind baggage and strive forward into the future. It's time to reflect and change yourself with the help of loved ones ( Read more... )

Today I've shared something special with my fiance. The yearly watching of the Lord of the Rings Extended back to back. It takes up approximately 11 hrs and 6 minutes, but we were well stocked on food. I enjoyed spending time with her while doing something incredibly geeky (and some might consider it wasteful). We both enjoyed making geeky comments ( Read more... )

 First let me wish everyone who reads this a very happy Turkey Day…even if it was yesterday. Madison and I have been enjoying a few days down in Georgia. The whole family is down here which means quite a lot of small children wrangling. We’ve got 2 one year olds, 1 three year old, and 1 six year old. It’s quite a handful as they all vie for ( Read more... )

So first a continuation of the previous post. I've been assigned two teachers. One is my former college friend/former flatmate/person I connected to get his job here in the first place. The other is a friend of my supervisor, whom I've also done a series of physics grad classes with. Suffice to say, my dry wit saw an opportunity as I emailed them ( Read more... )

I've recently taken a new job in the district. In addition to my usual teaching, I'll be tutoring other teachings in preparation for the Physics MTEL. The MTELs are a set of standardized tests in Massachusetts that are required for a teaching license. Specifically, teachers must complete the Communication and Literacy test as well as the test for ( Read more... )

Today we got our first real New England fall weather; cold, wet, and windy. While such weather is certainly dreary, it can't help but make me imagine the mood setting weather often found in fantasy, as the hero(es) first begin their struggle into the world. Where the elements themselves seem to be fighting against the protagonists. And weather like ( Read more... )

So it had come in conversation about knowing people with the same fist name. This made me recall about a time I posted just how many iterations of Megan I knew at UMass so have been browsing for it (I still haven't found it by the way). Anyways, while reading through, I've debated as why people do these public journals. I think part of it is a cost ( Read more... )

Seems every time I say I'm going to start blogging again something else comes up. Ah well, I've got time, I'm in the mood so here goes nothing ( Read more... )

So I know I haven't posted in a while, but I'm hopefully going to change that and go to at least weekly updates. Things have been very time consuming as of late, job, re-accreditation, gaming, and the like ( Read more... )