My Favorite Album of 2019

Welcome Back, Vampire Weekend! Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend is my favorite album of 2019. Yes, I’m calling it early. No, nothing will change my mind. Well, Dead Man’s Pop would, but that is a reissue, so I’m sticking with my choice. (More to come on Dead Man’s…

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Reviewing The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

Entering The Hot Zone Being educators, we look forward to when we receive our schedules mainly to know when is our planning period. When I received my teaching schedule, I saw a course that I hadn’t taught in this century — English. Long-time readers of this blog know from 1000s…

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Taking a Break from Nerdy Twitter

I have been taking a break from nerdy twitter. Yet, I haven’t abandoned it completely, but it’s just becoming a weird place. Well, it’s always been weird. Weirder would be the correct wrong. I follow a few fandoms on twitter, but the one I am most active in is Star…

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A Blogger Dealing with Writer’s Block

Ugh. Writer’s block. I’m a blogger dealing with writer’s block for nearly three months. I want to write for the blog, I just can’t think of anything to write. It’s not about topics; I have a bunch listed on Trello. In fact, I have an interview with cosplayer, Jen Eyre,…

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Interview with Jen Eyre

Amazing Cosplay In April 2019, we attended Star Wars Celebration and had an amazing time. While the wife and I did most of the convention together, we did do a couple of things on our own. I went to the Cosplay Contest and had a great time. It’s amazing how…

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Traveling to South Korea: My Summer Abroad

Finally Feeling Like Myself As many of you know, I had an extremely hard pregnancy and post-birth. Finally, I started to feel more like my old self again earlier this year and decided to apply for some summer professional development. I applied for three summer institutes within the United States…

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