• Vignettes

    Here are a few sketches that I made as illustrations for the collection I am working on. These might be used in addition to some of the already published xykademiqz cartoons. 

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  • Here is a repost of four recent casualties in my murder-of-darlings spree, as I work on this collection. Dislikable Do you actually have to like your students? Or is it at least important not to dislike them? What if there is a student who really pushes your buttons? Perhaps they are not even doing it on purpose, maybe it’s cluelessness, or just

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  • Jane’s Addiction Friday

    Brightening a gloomy Friday with a couple of  more pop/well know “Jane’s Addiction” songs and a Perry Farrell (“Jane’s Addiction” singer) rendition of “Here Comes the Sun”. Enjoy!  

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  • This and That

    We had an unexpected episode of bed wetting,so we are all up about an hour earlier than usual, everyone has been fed and dressed, and I have a tiny bit of free time! Just enough to jot down a few lines. I have been working on the book and it’s nearing completion. Well, at least the form

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  • Apropos Nothing

    The true mark of a successful person is not that they never fail, but that they almost never fail. Nah, just kidding. The true mark of a successful person is not that they never fail, but that they quickly bounce back from failure. Also, it’s much easier to bounce back from failure if you occasionally succeed. Or better yet, if

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  • Listless

    Over the past several weeks, I have read a number of post around the blogosphere about the organizational habits of people (specifically women) who really love lists. Actually, the love for lists and organization in general seems to be quite widespread (so says me, based entirely on anecdata). Obviously, there is nothing wrong with liking to

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  • Grumpdates

    ** If you are trying to avoid carbs, you are totally screwed during conference breaks. There are cookies, granola bars, and fruits. As for beverages, coffee and tea. I love it how it’s all caffeine and sugar, as if to imply, “We know this $hit is so boring, there’s not way you will staying awake without stimulants.

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  • Green

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  • Starting 2016 with a bit of levity. I got the best pizza cutter ever! From ThinkGeek http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/dea2/ I saw the new Star Wars movie, twice actually — once for real, once with children climbing all over me. I really enjoyed it. Which brings us to Costco’s new nicknames for Han Solo and Chewbacca! I sometimes draw

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  • 2015 in review

    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 160,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 7 days for that many people to see

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