This post should have gone up on Friday but technical difficulties made tat impossible although the observations below remain valid.One of my peers came over to me Friday morning to tell me how proud he was not to hear me yell once this year. Now, the school year is a mere eight days old, but […]
Well, I’ve had my dose of politics for the week and it’s only Tuesday morning.On Sunday, the Democratic Town Committee held its biggest fund raiser of the year, the Century Club (so named for the century-note, $100, it costs to attend). The event was an opportunity to honor one veteran with the Eunice Postol Public […]
Milford is about twenty minutes north of us and every year they have their Oyster Festival. In addition to oysters by the ton, there’s a load of other attractions. Headlining the music this year is the Blue Oyster Cult, veteran heavy metal band from the 1970s.The BOC put on a great live show in the […]
I no longer remember how I learned Stan Goldberg lived in my town of Jericho. Maybe it was from my younger brother Neil who was friends with Stan’s son at school. Heck, he lived just a few blocks over, so when I learned a real, live comic book artist lived nearby, I arranged to go […]
I remember when Fred Astaire died. I was walking to the LIRR from DC Comics and saw the afternoon edition of the New York Post and was thinking how an entire generation of performer was vanishing from the public eye.On Monday evening, the In Memorium portion of the Emmy Awards saw us say farewell to […]
Despite my name not being on the guest page (again), I can guarantee you that I will be at the Baltimore Comic-Con this coming weekend. I will be changing identities from mild-mannered English teacher to veteran comic book pro sometime on Friday afternoon in time to begin my moderator duties. This year, program guru (and […]
We haven’t chatted about work in a while so I figured I’d clue you in.Last week was one of those critical mass weeks where a number of projects finally got done. None of them were started and finished last week, but they were done in bits and pieces, and just by chance they got wrapped.So, […]
Last year, it made perfect sense that I was nervous on day one. It was my first time in a classroom for real and there were five classes of strangers awaiting me. I was therefore surprised to see how nervous even the veterans were getting on Monday and Tuesday. I was feeling fine, though, better […]
According to my mother, she used to return to her Los Angeles-area middle school exactly one day ahead of her students. There was little time to revise lessons, decorate the room, or even learn of changes to curriculum or the school staff. She therefore is amazed I have seven days prior to the kids returning.Here […]
As promised a while back, here’s some additional information on The Watchers. Check out the book trailer and below is a giveaway opportunity. The Watchers Book 1: Knight of Light [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMVJ6btZLFA?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata&w=320&h=266] In England, 1270 A.D., Auriella (pronounced yurr-ee-ella) flees her village after being accused of witchcraft. Pursued by nightmarish creatures, she struggles to accept […]