Tag Archives: awesome
Gadget Addict
Gadgetaddict offers quite the array of tech toys, like remote-control cars or videogames. Some of them are the crazy toys like we just saw in that in-flight duty-free catalog, like the motorized inflatable bumper boat. I think it would be … Continue reading
Rainbow Bridge By Night
Christina’s awesome panoramic of the rainbow bridge. (PS — Eric, the Great Firewall seems to be preventing me from answering your comment, but Stick said the same thing when we saw it.)
Rainbow Brite Halloween Costume
The guys at halloweenpartystore.com want you to know about their selection of Halloween costumes. I love dressing up, and I always go all-out — you’ll never catch me putting on half-hearted ears and saying “Oh, I’m a bunny.” HalloweenPartyStore has … Continue reading
Graduation
We had graduation on Monday night. It was great to see my students all dressed up and to meet their families. Unfortunately, it was really disorganized. Get here at 6, bring your certificates and sit in the front rows! No, … Continue reading
Test Scores
I hate state-required testing, and I don’t think it measures anything, and I think it’s a waste of my students’ time… except when works in my favor. I got my students’ test scores back today and they were awesome! The … Continue reading
The Basic Art Of Italian Cooking
The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati is part cookbook and part travel memoir. Between recipes, Maria shares travel adventures, like meeting her now-husband, and misadventures, like the Italian-language student who asked for a shower, instead of a … Continue reading
A New Semester
It’s the beginning of the semester, and I need a new parking pass. At UMass, I go see Marcus but at Local Community College, I end up waiting for a while, trying to catch the attention of one of the … Continue reading
Born In The USA
It was awesome having Pseudo-Thanksgiving with my Yantai friends. Ron and his wife brought their new baby so in some ways it really was like a family. A crazy dysfunctional family, with a lot of alcohol and trashtalk, but still. … Continue reading
Pepero Day
Today all my Korean kids came to class wearing traditional Korean dresses and eating this amazing candy called pepero. Pepero is a Korean version of a chocolate-covered pretzel. Or chocolate-pretzels are the Amewrican version of pepero. Either way, pepero is … Continue reading
In Yellow Wood
Today, my boss Will offered me really good terms to work in Yantai next year. (I’d get a lot of nice things, and none of that pesky responsibility junk) I really like my job, I like my students, and I … Continue reading
