Greg Maddux announced his retirement last night. He retires the winniest pitcher alive and a sure-fire Hall of Famer. But let me tell you why Greg Maddux occupies a very special place in my own personal baseball fandom...

It was the summer of 1989 and I was nine years old. My family was making a trip from Oklahoma to Utah across the Southwest, which ( Read more... )

Judging from the election results earlier in the week, I'd have to say that Marxism itself is the new opium of the people.  Marx and those who still think religion is an opium are fools who don't understand it and fear it.

Here's an amusing video to lighten up your election season woes.  After having several of his McCain / Palin signs stolen, this guy rigs his new yard signs with electricity.  Here's what his surveilance camera caught:

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=209213&comments=1

So funny.

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I'm taking a class this semester as part of my Masters in Education degree on the topic of Secondary Education Reading Strategies.  I have an assignment due at the end of next week which requires me to interview middle school and high school students on the their thoughts and opinions on reading, what they like to read, and other general ( Read more... )

As a Nebraskan and Omahan, I found this very amusing.

From an article appearing in this month’s Rolling Stone about the Westroads shooter trying to explain the motivation behind the shooting last Christmastime:

“But he soon discovered that Nebraska had become an unforgiving place for kids like him. Globalization and mechanization had winnowed away ( Read more... )

 The Kentucky Derby is this Saturday - one of my favorite sporting events of the year.  My official prediction for the winner is Monba, who will be breaking from the 14th post.

At the conclusion of each chapter in my crappy Educational Psychology textbook there are quotes from actual teachers illustrating principles discussed in the text.  Here's one about multiculturalism ( Read more... )

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Sometimes I don't give my parents enough credit.  I was talking to my mom last night and asked her who she, my dad, and my brother would be voting for today (they're all registered Republicans in Missouri).  Her response was "Romney!"  If she was a teenager, the tone of voice that she answered in would have included a "duh!" at the end.  So yay for ( Read more... )

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