So what if… you were trying to go to an event that was broadly advertised in the mail (you know, one of those things with four tickets included where there are door prizes), and you head out there… but they LOCK YOU OUT? Well, you try priceline to see if you can grab another piece [...]
Take a look. Besides noticing that my favorite non-fiction writer is almost painfully shy (at least under the full comedic gaze of one Stephen Colbert), it’s also something worthwhile to consider if Lincoln and the rest of us, could in fact, belong to both the angels and ages. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm [...]
Was glad to make it to friend K’s classroom at Charlestown High School this early afternoon, wedged nicely between a morning and afternoon commitment. With her having hosted two of my BCLA students my first year of capstone (with C and V doing a cold call interview of her for their projects), I definitely wanted [...]
Always good to find the deals. Check it out! Some free MP3 downloads from Urban Outfitters. Don’t know if they’re any good, but if there are one or two finds, it could be worth it. http://lstn.urbanoutfitters.com/5/?musicgw Got outside today for lunch– some reminders that the outside exists and the weather is fine. Fellow committee member [...]
A little after 10pm and just finished up the last meeting of the day here at the Palomar Hotel– in most other circumstances a pretty cool place to hang out and home-base it here near Georgetown, but a different feel when you’re in pretty lengthy, and at times intensive, meetings for close to twelve hours. [...]
Back down in the DC area for meeting round three of the social studies/history committee work for the National Boards. At the end of a pretty long day, but feeling really good about getting back into the work as a group. How satisfying to have had the chance (or rather, the assigned task) to draft [...]
Just came back from the BTU elections at the union hall, driving by BCLA to pick up former colleagues, J. and R. at the bus stop outside of school. Always something to see the candidates lined up behind the ropeline in the walk towards the front entrance, all vying for your attention or straining for [...]
[Access part 1 here: http://jamesliou.com/liouwp/?p=271] It was the first purely happy time I’d know in years. Round and round the blocks, seeing the kids going home, saying with truly obnoxious officiousness (and to Luke’s extreme embarrassment, when he saw me), “Okay, kids–let’s move on. Okay, kids–let’s get home. Everybody home now.” I had become the [...]
Isn’t it nice to imagine the pure excitement of seeing the caller ID from an unexpected phone call in mid-morning (say you’re five or younger), and being so happy to talk to the person on the other end of the line? Randomly called my parents’ house the other day (while they were watching my niece [...]
Sick on Sunday mornings
The title of this post aside, there’s something good about waking up on Sunday morning, still congested and on the tail end of the Benadryl knock-out, when you hear the steady rain falling on the street in front of your place, under the tires of passing cars and falling particularly heavily from that broken-off downspout [...]