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LJ Idol Week 18 {Sagayán} In which THIS IS SPARTA!
Sagayán, is it? So you want a war dance, then? MY PLEASURE ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 17, in which we have a word. Or several. {This year my word is...}
Each November or thereabouts, a committee in charge of the Oxford English Dictionary chooses a "word of the year" - a newly minted vocabulary word that has recently entered the English lexicon and reflects the personality, trends, and general vibe of the year and culture that gave rise to it ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 15 - #NailedIt
Quick background infoz: I'm a high school English teacher. (No, "infoz" is not a technically correct word. Shush.) A typical day consists of everything from joyous success stories to "OMGWTF" veritable #facepalm moments, but every now and then, something just takes a curve for the wonderfully absurd in that special sort of way where you definitely ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 14 in which there is nostalgia with a twist
If real-world locations came with 8-bit video game cheat maps to help you navigate the treacherous depths, meet allies, defeat enemies, and collect power-ups along the way...
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LJ Idol Week 13, in which judgment is clouded and the only lining is FB's pockets
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT TO ADD EXCITING NEW FEATURES TO MOBILE PLATFORM
March 11, 2016Facebook has announced ongoing plans to roll out a series of exciting new features to enhance the experience of its mobile users, starting this week ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 12, in which there is a professional development verbal vomit barf bag
It's 8 am or somewhere close to it, and I trudge my weary soul toward the gates of hell. And by gates of hell, I mean "professional development." Ask any teacher. They'll tell you just how deep the inner circle is, filled with meetings and data charts and stuffed-shirt presenters spewing out "exciting opportunities" (translation: torture) to learn ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 11, in which the joker is most definitely wild
One day the gods were sitting in a dusty saloon on the wild western outskirts of Mt. Olympus (C'mon, you'd get tired of all those prissy hipster bars serving nectar and ambrosia too). Naturally, Dionysis was tending bar. Apollo had somehow rigged a keyboard into his lyre and was playing a bouncy tune while the nine muses took turns dancing on the ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 9, in wh...**LOADING** [404 SUBJECT LINE NOT FOUND]
Ah, for the days of the simple "404 Webpage not found" error message. But no more! Or more accurately - it's just not that simple anymore. Behold the wonders of today's Information Superhighway, where half the people drive like grandmas, half the people drive with two lead feet, and everyone drives like the whole thing's some cracked out hybrid of ( Read more... )
