Monthly Archives: April 2009

Red Sox in HD and thoughts on the day

By James | Published: April 29, 2009
So how about that for a nice surprise? Finding out that I get the New England Sports Network (NESN) in HD on some obscure digital channel (49-4)? Summer has that extra edge of something special now, eh? A memorable conversation in one of my schools today, with a few other teachers in their first period [...]
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Pre-summer heater and BPS PD Session #3

By James | Published: April 28, 2009
You know you’re speeding towards the end of the year when that first heater comes in, and you start sweating non-stop for 20 minutes after walking up the steps at Madison HS (though admittedly, there are a lot of steps) in the middle of the afternoon. Reminders of room 105 at the Taft building [...]
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Georgetown and upscale German food

By James | Published: April 25, 2009
How nice was that, to ascend up a long escalator from Rosslyn to the level of the pedestrian-walking-under-open sky, and crossing the Key Bridge in early evening (reminiscing of those afternoons walking across that same bridge in high school, doing some type of internship at the university as set up by Auntie L.) Walking down M [...]
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A spring break midpoint..

By James | Published: April 22, 2009
It’s the mark of a good spring break when you get to spread out all the good things in stages– from the errands of home (an inspiring visit Saturday to Zimman’s in Lynn with the expert help and eye of C.) and a Sunday of room decluttering and cleaning, to the next phase of a [...]
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Music choices

By James | Published: April 19, 2009
Bjork gets a little grating after awhile, coming close to overwhelming the usually attractive choice of doing some late afternoon work in the local coffee shop with its offerings of muffins, fruits and hot breakfast sandwiches. Sigh.
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Caballo steak to a spring morning

By James | Published: April 18, 2009
You might think that it’d be hard to top a caballo steak (a seasoned thin steak with an egg or two on top) accompanied by sweet plantains with yellow rice last night at Cuba Oriental with S., but a sunny promising morning comes awfully close. Looking forward to a gorgeous Saturday.
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BPS Student Leadership Event

By James | Published: April 17, 2009
Just heard about this event that Maria Ortiz from the Office of Student Engagement has organized…
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A Running Commentary begins…

By James | Published: April 16, 2009
So I went to get some shoelaces today in a standalone shoe repair store this afternoon, and the man behind the counter determines the length of shoelace I’ll need by counting the number of lace holes on my left shoe (as I struggle to keep my balance on my other foot, offering the other to [...]
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