Monty python lego remix

Recommendations?

I am looking for some good books to read.  Please, if you have read anything worth recommending leave a comment with the title and author.  Thanks!

uhh..

So I have been doing a pretty poor job at posting lately.  I will try and make an effort to remedy that during this week.  Be warned that I will be away for a few weeks after that, so blog updates probably won't happen from 5/25-6/10.

Mission Accomplished

So i have officially applied for my Massachusetts Educator License in both High School and Middle School English.  There is something incredibly uplifting about that.  

China Earthquake

As some of you may know my uncle and cousin are in China right now.  My aunt e-mailed today to let us know that they were not near the earthquake when it happened; praise the Lord.  I do have a feeling they won't be going to Chengdu anymore though.  Please pray for all those in China and who have family in China who were affected by the earthquake.  

Postage Price Change

Public Service Announcement:  The price of mailing a letter went up 1 cent today.  If you have "Forever" stamps, you do not need to worry about this change.  Otherwise the price of a first class stamp is 42 cents.

Exciting revelation!

As I wrote about before, I have found a church that celebrates the Extraordinary Rite or Latin Mass here in the Boston area,  What I did not realize before is that it is totally accessible by public transportation!  Mind you I realized a little bit late for this week, but I know where I'll be next Sunday!  Sweet deal.

How I feel right now

3 days to go...

I have my next round of MTELs on Saturday.  I am planning on locking myself in the library for several hours today so I can continue studying.  Oh the joys of teaching tests...blaaaaaah.

Fire...

I have a bizarre attraction to the beauty of fire.  I do not tend to like to handle fire as the potential of burning myself is not one that seems worth it.  I will light a match so I can light a candle, but it took me a while to not be totally skittish about the whole procedure.  I don't mind holding a lit candle at all; despite it's ability to go from innocuous to devastatingly harmful in a matter of seconds, I find candles to be beautiful.  One of my favorite types of fire to observe is the campfire.  There is something awe-inspiring about the containment of something so completely harmful yet so wonderfully useful.  

How Dungeons and Dragons is going to pay for our honeymoon...

As many of you may already know, my wonderful fiance Ishmael is a big Dungeons & Dragons nerd.  He his no longer playing D&D, but he does play other role-playing games.   As a way to finance our honey moon he has graciously decided to sell a lot of his old D&D books.  When he visited in mid April we listed them on Amazon at my bookstore, and today we had our first honeymoon funding sale.  So for all of you who think D&D is not worth your time, remember that one day it may pay for your honeymoon.  Thanks Gary Gygax!

Sore feet haiku

My feet are sore. Ouch!

I have walked too much today.

It's time to relax.

Site meter an google search amusement.

I have a site meter on my blog.  It tracks how many visitors I get, how they were referred to my page, and their general location.  Every so often i check how people are being referred to my site as the location that shows up is one in which I don't know anybody.  I have realized that the majority of my traffic outside of friends happens to be from people searching for worksheets on haikus.  I am actually the 5th hit that shows up on google if you type in haiku worksheet.  Hopefully people are at least finding it useful.  

Quote of the Day

" I say, if we can believe someone can be saved by a blister, is it really too hard to believe that bread and wine can become Jesus Christ in the flesh?"--Mickey Addison,Saturday Morning Catechesis 

There is something really unique to my neighborhood.  Even though I live in a city, my neighborhood has no traffic lights.  There are a few businesses in it--a convenience store, a deli, an auto body shop, a barber, a real estate agent, and a sail maker.  We also have an elementary school and two churches.  We are attached to the rest of the city via a causeway.  You can imagine the hilarity when the causeway is having work done on it and the construction crew puts up the signs stating "Under Construction.  Please seek alternate routes".  Umm...what alternate route?   I can pretty much get to water in 5 minutes or less on foot in every direction from my house. This has led to sunset and sunrise being my two favorite times of day.  I love sunsets over the water.