http://vergil66.com/blog Pull up a chair and chat a bit Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:34:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My father-in-law remembers it differently. He says that our first meeting was cordial and friendly and I tell him that his memory is a bit slippy. First, he should have remembered that Paul Hickey and I borrowed his Sony Micro Cassette recorder and hit “Record” and said some just plain ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/09/22/coffee-stains-choose-your-battles-wisely/ Just seeing if the newest WP 2.6 is playing nice with Safari 3.1.2. "That's not too much to ask for, eh?" [caption id="attachment_343" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Hello!"][/caption] And like someone had mention on Twitter, it looks like the media bar is working fine.  In older posts on this site, the visual editor looked right, but ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/07/15/just-saying-hello-26/ It looks like Utterz has just updated its services and has focused its site around discussions (no more Cow theme?). I think Utterz has always emphasized this, but the recent facelift (and the changing of its calling menu) seems to be a clearer presentation in positioning itself as the Audio/text/video ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/07/09/us-a-bully-or-czech-republic-a-push-over/ During last week's Indiana Teachers of Writing National Writing Project Advanced Institute on the University of Notre Dame campus, we had one prompt of "In 50 words, write about buyer's remorse." The 50 words motif is fairly popular as it is less intimidating to write 50 words as opposed to ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/06/27/50-words-on-buyers-remorse/ My first real car, the 1988 Ford Festiva of Love, got rear ended by a van full of Amish folk. The current car, the 1993 Ford Escort, hasn't lived up to the myth-like status of the Festiva--the Northern California nights of a San Francisco Giants hatted Dominos driver blasting the ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/06/18/coffee-stains-smug-green-monster/ A power song idea is from the iPod Nano+Nike mash up whereby you select a song that you play during your workout or run when you need a little musical "pick me up." I don't have an iPod Nano+Nike thing, but I do have a Shuffle and I'm looking for some ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/05/26/help-chris-find-a-power-song/ (on having a former teacher asking me what's been happening in my life since 1984 via Facebook) Dear Mr. Noble, And I start that way because what student has the gall to called their teacher by the first name? It just sounds and feels funny, so I'll simply address you the same ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/05/25/dear-mr-noble/ We're simply not ready for this: the state of the Indiana actually matters on a national level election (well, even if it is the Democratic nominee, it still is probably the most exciting voting thing here in the Midwest since... let me think about that for a moment). Anyway, I got ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/04/26/the-truth-behind-obamas-oil-company-claim/ Sometimes I feel like I'm getting payback for how lazy I was as a child. I was not helpful around the house and I watched a lot of television in the 70s until I got to school and then I was busy with whatever sports season it was or whatever ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/04/23/coffee-stains-amateur-hour/ Because I can. And that is perhaps the long and short of it. As it stands, my teaching schedule does not include Student Publications nor Beginning Journalism and that is a first since I've taken this position at Concord High School 13 years ago. The change also has me not in Room ... http://vergil66.com/blog/2008/04/13/coffee-stains-why-i-wont-be-advising-next-year/