Entries from January 2008

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Science Blogging Conference ‘08

With gas prices around $3.00 per gallon, and trying to budget around all the inflated living expenses, and add to that the treat of snow, I decided not to attend this year’s event in the Triangle. After reading David Warlick’s blog post , I could have kicked myself for not having made the journey.  I have attended [...]

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Martha what is that coming down the road?

 Martha what is that coming down the roadOriginally uploaded by mnesterpicsWhile reading my RSS feeds on the new and improved, still beta version of Bloglines, I came across this humorous image from mnesterpics on Flickr. I showed it to my wife and we initially thought the animals were seals. However, we laughed when [...]

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

This Makes Me Sick

Teaching is a challenge. Students today are engaged in a plethora of hardcore criminal behaviors. Violent behavior is just beneath the surface of every conversation.  Drugs plague our communities and spill over into the school yard. My point is that teaching is a hazardous endeavor. NEA has an interesting article online at the link below. [...]

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

GuitarsNotGuns

This looks interesting. Got to check this out. GuitarsNotGuns