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Breadwinner Blues

No woman I would ever be involved with goes to school for an MRS degree.
Convenient, then, that I ended up married to one of the more ambitious, self-motivated women, nay, people I’ve ever met. Kerry certainly gets more press than I do, that’s for sure, but she also makes quite a bit more money.
I’m totally [...]

The Center of Attention

A few years ago, I did a semester-long stint as a substitute teacher. I’d never had any kind of pedagogical training and had no clue what to do when a particularly loud-mouthed seventh-grader wouldn’t sit and keep his mouth shut during the “quiet homework time” that the teacher’s notes told me that the kids were [...]

OTM Highlights, 02/13: Dodging arrows, from Cupid and the Ayatollah

Normally, I get to listen to “On the Media” on my way to work on Sunday mornings. It airs here at 11:00 a.m. Sunday mornings. About 43 hours after the podcast goes up.
That didn’t happen this week. I lost my job Saturday.
Valentine’s day is a rough day to lose your job. Sunshine, flowers, chocolates, warmth [...]