Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

I find Catcher in the Rye obnoxious. Your students sound like the kids I went to school with, and reading that book made their behavior UNBEARABLE for an entire quarter. I think teachers hesitate to expose students to literature outside their experience, so I would encourage you to do one of the Bla...

We definitely should, Mico! Let's make this happen!

Thanks to Imogen introducing me to the Mad Style blog, I'm analyzing my own clothing choices and the choices of everyone around me. (Tom and Lorenzo are addictive!) Oh my goodness, I just read like half an entry and I feel exhausted by the amount of thought/analysis put into clothes. That kind of t...

Watching "The World Wars" on the History Channel. SO AWESOME.

Mic0 is correct! You should all move to Texas after the pool party!

(I, too, wish I could attend the pool party!) I...didn't even see that typo. So under slept and over worked. I actually live in Corpus Christi, but I'll be in grad school at UH for the summer. You should totally move to Round Rock because it is my DREAM to teach at one of the high schools there (one...

Kinda OT, but the National Speech and Debate tournament is in Salt Lake in 21016, and I vote you all drive up and visit me at my hotel when that happens. I'll remind you. No offense, Imogen, but I really don't plan that far ahead. Will I even be alive in 21016? I guess if you're reminding us when i...

Kinda OT, but the National Speech and Debate tournament is in Salt Lake in 21016, and I vote you all drive up and visit me at my hotel when that happens. I'll remind you.

I think part of the reason it helps is because orgasm releases pain killing hormones in addition to it relaxing your muscles.

Hiring someone who can coach just sucks. Coaches are almost never actually good teachers, they're just convenient.

Portia wrote:As a fellow theater geek, I have to admit that I first thought of tech week. So much William time!

I was definitely calling it "Holy Hell Week" all week, just as tech week is "hell week."

Nothing beats Catholic Holy Week, y'all. 5 days of mass. Epic Saturday night celebrations of sacraments. So much Jesus time. It's exhausting, but amazing.

I moved back to my hometown after college, but none of my family lives here anymore. I twas just me and my mom anyway (the FAA plopped her here when I was about 4 years old). I even work at my old middle school, which is delightful. I love being here, but I'm starting to get wanderlust, so I imagine...

Add my voice to the people looking for Black Sheep. Rep my girl, yayfulness!!!

Welcome to my life, Portia. Flying right after 9/11 was a NIGHTMARE for me. Even my Jewish ex gets stopped at the airport all the time because he's got a full beard and a last name that ends in "i." He's not even the ethnicity being targeted, but he looks it so he gets stopped a lot. I don...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wdMs46sigw

This is not us, but this is what we're singing Tuesday for the Chrism Mass. It's my favorite Agnus Dei and I want it sung at my wedding (assuming I have one).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDIOyIPokHM

It got posted to Youtube! Even better!

http://www.goccn.net/AVDL/AudDL/ccmass/ccmass.mp3

Fastforward to about 46:35 and listen to our anthem from this week. It's my favorite from the Lenten season.

So many comparisons and so many things that aren't really comparable are going into this decision. Do I want to end up in Austin or Chicago? I don't know. Basically, I thought I had made my decision and then I realized I hadn't. AUSTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

So I'm going to try a water-only regime and see if that helps me be healthier. I don't think I eat too poorly, but looking at this page , which pretty closely matches about what and how often I drink, I was pretty surprised that that can add up to 800 calories. I probably consume about 2000 calorie...