The guppies and I had an understanding, and it involved cannibalizing their young. Let’s rewind a couple of months: As a reward for earning his yellow belt in Taekwondo, Fang promised Lucas a fish tank. Not just goldfish, Fang emphasized—real fish. I think Lucas may have had visions of a 50-gallon saltwater tank filled with […]
[Continue reading...](This is another über-post. I’ve been feeling some bloggers’ block lately, and this is my attempt to just get The Big Issues out there so I can refocus.) Since I came to Boise, I have thrived professionally. (This isn’t to say that I’ve garnered major grants or become a publishing machine, but I’m establishing a […]
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[Continue reading...]You decide. . . (I totally should get a commission from Apple; many of my students bought their own devices following this experiment.)
[Continue reading...]I’m going to try to keep up with the EdStartup 101 MOOC. I’m not planning on blogging about it here at The Clutter Museum, but if you’re interested in that topic, please join me in the MOOC. I’ll be posting my assignments at a new mini-blog I created for the course, (Technically) Doing History.
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. . .brought to you, I hope to God, by stereotypes about this place I live, rather than actual retail metrics. Check out the top ad: Of course, it’s a companion piece to my photo from yesterday’s post: I do have one question: if Idahoans are allegedly so hellbent on survival, why did I […]
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Thanks to wildfires in Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and even California, the Treasure Valley, where Boise lies, is shrouded this week in dense smoke. The haze obscures the mountains in all directions, and it even makes it difficult to see the local foothills. We can not only see and smell the air–we can taste it. Our […]
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“Report finds for-profit colleges serve shareholders over students”: “We uncovered two very big problems in for-profit higher education,” Harkin said in a statement. “One, billions of taxpayer dollars are being squandered. And two, many for-profit schools are doing real, lasting harm to the students they enroll.” …. The colleges studied spent 23 percent of […]
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Ends up ten years is both a very, very long time and hardly any time at all. A decade ago, on July 20, I made Fang an honest man. Apparently, I was barely beyond a zygote at the time. In spite of ourselves, we’ve held it together, and I’m more in love with the man […]
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