Quick Link: Baseball, Childhood Cancer, and a Family Comes Full Circle
Friday, March 15th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, Family, New York Mets | No Comments »This is a story I've told before, 4-5 years back, but recently retold over at my other blog, 2 Guys Talking Mets Baseball. The name pretty much says it all. So I'll direct you to it. Right this way, people ---> Click ...
One Reason Why I Titled the Book “Bystander”
Thursday, February 28th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, Bystander, bullying | 2 Comments »Writers: Stop Whining, Please
Thursday, February 14th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, the writing process | 1 Comment »I have to get something off my chest. A writer I know posted on Facebook that he'd just completed another novel. He described the process of writing just one book as "painful" and "basically torture." He compared it to childbirth. That's the ...
OVERHEARD: “I guess science is my favorite class — I just wish it wasn’t so serious.”
Thursday, January 24th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, Family, In the Classroom, Middle School Life | 3 Comments »Lisa had asked Maggie, grade 6, about her classes and received the above reply. Which at first struck me as a hilarious thing to say about science. It was like saying, I don't know, math should be funnier. Social studies, ...
Some Random Kid’s Petition: “Support a Jigsaw Jones movie!”
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 Posted in Around the Web, Jigsaw Jones, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »There's a kid somewhere in America named Daniel Van Ness. I don't know him from a hole in the head. But on November 7th, Daniel started a very important petition: Please have the 20th Century Fox company make a new movie ...
My New Mets Blog: 2 Guys Talking Mets Baseball
Monday, October 22nd, 2012 Posted in Around the Web, New York Mets | No Comments »I have a friend whose mother is a huge fan of the New York Mets. Sadly, she's been losing the battle with Alzheimer's, can no longer live on her own, and often doesn't even recognize the face of her own ...
Truth Revealed: What Are These Folks Looking At?
Friday, October 19th, 2012 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »You have to love these photos taken by a hidden camera inside a haunted house at Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Canada. Hat tip to my friend Paul for the heads up, and the NY Daily News and Buzzfeed ...
On Lois Lowry and the Perils of The New York Times Comments Section
Monday, October 15th, 2012 Posted in Around the Web, Interviews & Appreciations | 1 Comment »There was a nice piece on Lois Lowry, written by Dan Kois, in the October 3 edition of The New York Times. It's worth reading. I'm not a fanboy by nature, but with Lois Lowry I make an exception. I ...
Another Quick Pass-Along for Teachers
Thursday, October 11th, 2012 Posted in Around the Web | 1 Comment »If you are on Facebook, maybe you've seen this already. But there are still some sane people out there. This is for you . . .
A Quick Pass-Along for Teachers
Thursday, September 13th, 2012 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »Note: This cartoon was created by Aaron Bacall. You can enjoy more of his work by clicking on this link.