A rant on teaching

With all of the news on teacher strikes and the like in the last year—including one here in my home state of Arizona and one currently happening in Los Angeles—there have been a lot of … opinions that I disagree with. Usually, I scroll by, because I’m substantially unlikely to change the mind of one … Read more

Ramblings on cancer

Eleven years ago today, I had my last radiation treatment. For my particular cancer, remission and cure are measured from the end of chemo, so medically, today’s end of treatment is somewhat irrelevant. From a practical standpoint, I didn’t have to get up to go get radiation every day before work. I’m very much not … Read more

Something borrowed

Nearly everyone has borrowed something from someone else at some point. Sometimes, we give it back; sometimes not so much. I’m in the process of getting ready to return something that was loaned to me (I didn’t ask to borrow it, but I was happy it was offered) two years ago. Two years ago. Yeah, … Read more

Geographic friendliness

There is “common knowledge” about what the personalities are like in different parts of the country. This body of knowledge told me that the people in the northeast—where I’m originally from—are rude and standoffish and always in a hurry—and that life is slower and people are friendlier in AZ. I’m here to tell you that … Read more

Tasty, healthy food

The Kid was helping me prepare dinner the other night. He was chopping tomatoes; I was chopping onions. We were talking about upcoming Thursday night’s dinner. “Swiss chard is so good. And it’s healthy! Which makes it perfect!” “Did you know there are people who think that healthy food can’t be tasty?” “WHAT?! Well, they … Read more