I Hereby Resolve…

Posted by on Jan 1, 2006 in dish | 0 comments …not to get stupid with resolutions. I am definitely in the make-’em-but-don’t-do-’em camp when it comes to New Year’s resolutions. Obviously, the “Lose X pounds/Write X pages/Organize X rooms” format isn’t doing it for me.This year, positive stuff only. So, here’s what I resolve: I resolve to be kind to my body by eating better food and...
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Gee, thanks, Dad!

Posted by on Dec 26, 2005 in dish | 0 comments If you’re sharp, you get the sarcasm in the title, but if not, let me explain. My dad went gray early. Like totally-white-by-the-age-of-fifty early. And of course, I am just. like. my. dad.Gray hair started popping up when I was in my twenties. My early twenties. Luckily, I have a lot of curly hair, so they were easy to hide, but I’m vain enough to want some reinforcement. So I turn...
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Feelin’ Crappy

Posted by on Dec 1, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I spent today out of the classroom at a department chairpersons workshop. These run the gamut from really useful to mind-numbing wastes of time. Today’s leaned to the useful side of the continuum. Lots of good stuff about teaching writing, approaches to literature for students who aren’t good readers, problem solving with other English teacher types.It sucked.Not the workshop...
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Crossing Over to the Dark (Pink) Side

Posted by on Nov 7, 2005 in dish | 2 comments It’s been a long time since I’ve done this, but I broke down and did it.I bought Mary Kay.I have to say that I wasn’t intending to do anything of the sort. RWA shared its conference space in Dallas two years ago with the annual Mary Kay gathering, and it was a mite scary for those of us who don’t get the whole multi-level marketing thing. It was even scarier to get...
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Night Owl

Posted by on Nov 4, 2005 in dish | 1 comment I should be in bed right now. I have to be at school at an ungodly early hour of the morning, and it’s nearly one a.m. No sleep in sight for me.I just finished reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo, the latest choice of the book club I belong to. Good read overall, but the eternal Pollyanna in me has to wonder why modern fiction seems to require a traumatic/depressing ending, especially if...
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