I was sitting in the DMV today wondering when my horns and pitchfork would arrive.  The three hours I sat there waiting did not pass uneventful…for me at least.  Needless to say I like to people watch and on this occasion several small bands of teenagers (about 16 I’m guessing) entered through out the morning [...]

The Fourth turned out to be quite the event for us. The kids were great sports, letting me spangle them with red, white and blue ribbons, tatoos and other assorted decorations that should have been reserved for a Christmas tree. The kids were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for most of the day.   The Rands spent the [...]

Now that I am done teaching I feel like I went from being way too busy – needing 27 hours in the day, to trying to figure out how to fill up the hours and pass the time.  Yesterday I let pico be the filler.  In the process I had a thought provoking moment.  Yes, [...]