I had my high school students come in over winter break for a planting bee!  We planted all sorts of hardy California-weather friendly plants in the quad so students can appreciate PLANTS!  We're going to continue throughout the year by planting a ring of CA wildflowers along the fences on the outside of school ( Read more... )

It has begun: the traditional Its a Wonderful Life X-mAs party ( Read more... )

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Okay, so I had this thought after returning from dinner with my family.  Tell me if I'm crazy, or if this is SCIENCE!  This is how I understand things...

Fact: Teenagers' brains develop as best as they ever will by about age 17 at which point, no new connections or cells are generally created.  The reason they do stupid shit is because they have not ( Read more... )

Just FYI for any starbucks drinkers out there:  they'll give you 10 cents off your drink if you bring your own cup/mug!  I love my mocha, so this is very nice for me [and for the landfills ( Read more... )

This is fiction, but it reminds me of biography... what lame weird things we were as kids.

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Hi Guys, this is for all my fellow diabetics out there!

So I decided to get into an exercise routine this summer because I know its supposed to be critically important as a diabetic (guilt!) to prevent all sorts of bad stuff later.  So, today I went for a bike ride at 10am!  Nothing too intense, about a half hour is all.  I got back to the house and ( Read more... )

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Hello all!

I just wanted to put a couple of my favorite and informative practical websites out there for good use (if you've already read/seen them, just ignore me :)

The first is a 20 minute video called "The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard"  this is an exceptional simple, yet detailed look at production that I'm planning on showing to my US ( Read more... )

Those who are friends of Chuck...
I have been asked to update Chuck's plans as follows:

Chuck: "Disregard my last posted schedule.  It looks like I might be leaving by August 2nd.  More to follow as I get info."

I [Lisa] would like to get a roll call for Chuck's going away party on Chuck-preferred date JULY 11th!!!!  Who among you is man enough???  ( Read more... )