There are a set of stories that get told about me regarding my childhood – over and over. Perhaps you have a similar set, those stories that dragged out at family gatherings. One story is about how when I was a kid, young enough that I have no recollection of this, I was at myContinue reading “Drawing”
Category Archives: Misc
Not My Normal Kind of Post: PSA
Every year (meaning the start of the academic year, which for my school is mid-August), we (the faculty and staff) are tasked with taking a number of trainings: Ethics, Title IX, and cybersecurity. Every year while doing that last one, I can’t help but wonder how these scams ever work. Doesn’t everyone know not toContinue reading “Not My Normal Kind of Post: PSA”
Woodfield Mall
I’ll admit, this post is mostly for my own nostalgia. But a couple weeks ago (by the time this posts, more like a month), I was listening to a podcast where one of the hosts, who is also from the Chicagoland area, mentioned Woodfield Mall – which is located in Schaumburg, IL, and is theContinue reading “Woodfield Mall”
Summer Teachin’
Like Summer Lovin’ but for teaching? Haha. What? Not funny? Yeah, Ok. This summer, I finally get to be that teacher – the ones people always throw in our faces when we ever dare to ask for a raise. The ones that get the ENTIRE summer off. *gasp* I just finished up my sixteenth yearContinue reading “Summer Teachin’”
A Belated Love Letter to Ginger
No, I didn’t not post yesterday as any kind of VDay protest. I got sick this week. Careful as I’ve been, some germs found their way in and knocked me for a loop. Strangely, the slew of snow my state has finally received helped me out a bit. (A few weeks ago, we were tenContinue reading “A Belated Love Letter to Ginger”
Resolutions
We’re now a few weeks into the new year – and most people have already abandoned their resolutions. If that’s you, no worries. If you’re still kicking yourself for not meeting last year’s resolution, let yourself off the hook. While we changed out calendars with new ones, January first is just the next day. There’sContinue reading “Resolutions”
Chocolate
I get personally offended when someone calls white confections ‘white chocolate.’ I don’t mean this in a serious way. But enough so that whenever someone says this in my presence, my friends will look me in the eye and recite, “It’s not chocolate.” Yes, white ‘chocolate’ uses cocoa butter, thereby ‘technically’ qualifying it as suchContinue reading “Chocolate”
Mile 11
Every year for the past decade, Appleton, WI, has hosted a (nearly) free musical festival featuring over two hundred musicians across forty venues along a mile of downtown over the course of four days. The twist on the festival is that all songs must be original (no covers) from emerging artists from all over theContinue reading “Mile 11”
The Barry Manilow Experience
My first memory of Barry Manilow was as a kid. I knew my mother was a big fan of his, but I also knew that my dad didn’t care for his music. I was eleven or twelve when he gifted her a box set (this was back when a box set was CDs and VHSContinue reading “The Barry Manilow Experience”
Wisconsin Pride
A few months back, I had the opportunity to attend the launching of UW-Green Bay’s digital archive – Our Voices, a series of LGBT+ narratives from Northeast Wisconsin. In tandem, there was a screening of Wisconsin PBS’s documentary WI Pride, currently a two-part series. Now, as someone that has lived in WI for most ofContinue reading “Wisconsin Pride”
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