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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Back to the Salt Mines

Posted by on Jan 2, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Okay, fun’s over. Time to write.Seriously, though, I took the month of December off to rest after NaNoWriMo. Now that the New Year is upon us, it’s time to pull out The Five Step Plan and see whether it can be revised into a salable manuscript.I emailed Paige after the win and told her I had three options: Spell check and do a quick revise on the whole mess, and send it to her raw...
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Posted by on Jan 1, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Happy New Year! The staff at chez mimi (okay, that would be just me) wishes you a happy and healthy 2007! Here’s to good friends, hope, happiness, and success!
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