Treading Water

Posted by on Jan 16, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Time to face the music with the NaNo book. Actually, The Five Step Plan has some good bits! It also has some issues, like drive-by secondary characters, characters on green screen (all talk and action, no background and setting), motifs that drop in and out, and the usual “good God, please tell me I didn’t write that tripe.” Then again, I was coughing up as much as possible in...
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Why We Love Jake

Posted by on Jan 14, 2007 in dish | 0 comments You gotta love a man who’s comfortable enough to go on live TV in drag. If I hadn’t already put Jake Gyllenhaal on the Bed List, this would have done it.
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jan 12, 2007 in dish | 0 comments BED LIST: URBAN MEYERSince the Sports Illustrated subscription at my house has my name on it, I have more than a passing acquaintance with sports types. Urban Meyer’s just won himself a national championship. And he’s cute. Did you watch the game? See all those trick plays, those unexpected maneuvers on the field? One would have to wonder if his X and O strategies make it to the...
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Openin’ a Can

Posted by on Jan 9, 2007 in dish | 0 comments There’s something so satisfying about opening a can of whupass on loudmouths–loudmouth Midwestern football fans especially. Congratulations, Gators, on your National Championship! UF is now the only school in NCAA history to hold National Championship titles in football and basketball. Not a bad night’s work, huh?It was a great game. I’m just so glad my usual big game...
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Teaching to the Choir

Posted by on Jan 6, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Last night I picked up a copy of an interesting book, Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers. Authors Daniel Moulthrop, Nínive Clements Calegari, and Dave Eggars build a case for educational improvement based on treating teachers like the professionals they are, starting with their pocketbooks.Full disclosure: I am a teacher, and I do believe I...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jan 5, 2007 in dish | 0 comments BED LIST: ADAM RODRIGUEZI love me some TV cops. Especially TV cops who look as good as Adam Rodriguez, better known as Eric Delko on CSI: Miami. I can’t stand David Caruso (he has all the appeal of a wooden plank with a voice synthesizer), but Delko makes the mess worth watching.DINNER LIST: BEN STILLERI have to admit that those eyes are gorgeous. Ben’s a cutie, but he just...
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