In the past month, I must have been so elated that I didn't feel the need to post. LOL
Well, David broke up with me on Sunday. I will own the judgment that he is fickle and flaky, since he was chasing after a whore for most of the time we were "together." And David is the type of guy who is always looking to the door, to see if someone better is walking in; it's better not to have to deal with his indecisiveness. In a way, I am glad this is over. A good decisive ending at least.
I am considering to where I want to expatriate. I was thinking of South Africa, but the high crime is a deterrent to going there. On the plus side, the cost of living is very affordable, and gay marriages are legal there. Health care is on my own, but the price is still affordable, if I need to pay for my own procedures. I like the climate.
I am looking at Tasmania. The cost of living is almost as high as here, so I would have trouble affording it. On the other hand, they have government health care. Crime is lower than here. I like the climate.
There is Mexico. I speak some Spanish. The cost of living is a little less than here for most things, and much lower for real estate where I am looking at on the plateau, so I think that I could afford that. I will need to run the numbers to be sure. Health care is affordable, if I need to pay for my own procedures. I like the food. I like the climate. Crime can be an issue in some parts of the plateau, so choosing will need to be done carefully.
At one point I had considered expatriating to China, around Yunnan Province. I do speak Chinese, but I don't think I know enough of it to get along. I know that I would eventually learn more, but there is a time lag for the learning curve. It is very affordable. Health care would be OK, as I could afford to pay for my procedures there.
If I were to do this selection intelligently, I would create a excel spreadsheet to facilitate comparison.
Decisions. Decisions.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
There Is No Fear In Love
From my former christian background, I derived that there are two primary motivations for action in my life: fear and love ("there is no fear in love" from the first epistle of John).
My fear motivates my angry responses, and my sadness and depression stem from being overtaxed and being exhausted from my ongoing chronic anger.
Love is a higher motivation. Rather than fatigue me, it invigorates me; i.e., it builds life into me.
Much of my step 4 fearless moral inventory revolves around so many things I have done motivated by fear, rather than in love. My fear made me fat. My fear made me act codependent. My fear made me self-loathing for so long. I have chosen to live in fear for too much of my life.
My counter-response is that I need to love and forgive myself for the wrong things I have done to myself and others. I need to love the fat off of me. I need to love the codependent behaviors out of me. I need to love the hatred and anger out of my heart.
One big thing that I love about the 12 steps is that they have so much Buddhist truth in in them, and Buddhism deals with fear. Fear is the cause of those "desires" that will lead us into unhappiness.
"Perfect love casts out fear."
My fear motivates my angry responses, and my sadness and depression stem from being overtaxed and being exhausted from my ongoing chronic anger.
Love is a higher motivation. Rather than fatigue me, it invigorates me; i.e., it builds life into me.
Much of my step 4 fearless moral inventory revolves around so many things I have done motivated by fear, rather than in love. My fear made me fat. My fear made me act codependent. My fear made me self-loathing for so long. I have chosen to live in fear for too much of my life.
My counter-response is that I need to love and forgive myself for the wrong things I have done to myself and others. I need to love the fat off of me. I need to love the codependent behaviors out of me. I need to love the hatred and anger out of my heart.
One big thing that I love about the 12 steps is that they have so much Buddhist truth in in them, and Buddhism deals with fear. Fear is the cause of those "desires" that will lead us into unhappiness.
"Perfect love casts out fear."
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Follow Your Bliss
Randy Pausch is a hero of mine. He said that it is a good thing to do what you like, and have a good time doing it.
This is what I need to do in my life. I hope your watching this video can inspire you, as it did me.
This is what I need to do in my life. I hope your watching this video can inspire you, as it did me.
New and Better Directions for Schools
Sir Ken Robinson talks about creativity and its proper role in schools. Too long have schools diminished the importance of creative expression of our students. It is time that creative pursuits become integrated in school curriculum again.
Thinking in Her Right Mind
Jill Bolte Taylor had a stroke, caused by AVM. It was in the left hemisphere of her brain.
As a neuroanatomist, she describes how it was to be cognizant of what was happening to her, and that she was also cognizant of switching over to her right hemisphere, when her left hemisphere was incapacitated.
She speaks movingly and lovingly about her experience. She found such peace, beauty and joy while in her right hemisphere, describing it as nirvana.
Her description touched me deeply.
As a neuroanatomist, she describes how it was to be cognizant of what was happening to her, and that she was also cognizant of switching over to her right hemisphere, when her left hemisphere was incapacitated.
She speaks movingly and lovingly about her experience. She found such peace, beauty and joy while in her right hemisphere, describing it as nirvana.
Her description touched me deeply.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
New Piece of Learning
"The key is to keep moving forward towards the vision of the life I want for myself, and not be swayed by what [another] does or does not do. The measure of a person is not what happens to them, but how they react to what happens."
I read this on a mailgroup of which I am a member.
For too long I have been affected by what others have done to me. Thus I have allowed myself to be controlled by what they have done. What negative consequences I have created in my life because I allowed this to happen!
I need to focus rather on what I want to accomplish for myself in this life.
I can see now how important it is to maintain focus on the right thing.
I read this on a mailgroup of which I am a member.
For too long I have been affected by what others have done to me. Thus I have allowed myself to be controlled by what they have done. What negative consequences I have created in my life because I allowed this to happen!
I need to focus rather on what I want to accomplish for myself in this life.
I can see now how important it is to maintain focus on the right thing.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
My First Appearance on YouTube
I had a wonderful time appearing in this short film about America.
I hope you all like it.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Olbermann interviews Grayson
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
http://congressmanwithguts.com/
My Hero
I will be honest, my congressman is McDermott, my senators are Murray and Cantwell.
I will say that this Congressman Alan Grayson CARES ABOUT ME!!! He represents me.
He is so great, it's almost worth it to move to Florida.
HURRAH FOR ALAN GRAYSON!
BTW, his re-election campaign needs more money: http://congressmanwithguts.com/
Monday, October 19, 2009
Strengths-Based Living I
I first watched Marcus Buckingham on Oprah.com and I learned about what things really constitute our strengths and our weaknesses. His definition is unique and novel, at least to me. A strength is doing a task which lends a sense of invigoration to the one doing the task. A weakness is doing a task which causes negative feelings of loathing and disgust.
For too long in my life, I had been working in the teaching profession where I have had limited freedom to pursue my strengths. Too often I had been burdened down with working my weaknesses. And lately, with No Child Left Behind, the tasks that are my weaknesses have become the emphasis in education. Buckingham says that working more and more on weaknesses is common in most professions, and doing that is the main cause of burnout.
I wanted to get this much down so that I could remember what I am thinking about. I will add more to this thread later.
Non-revocable Choices & Happiness
I really love watching ted.com!
I just finished re-watching a video by Dan Gilbert of Harvard about happiness.
He talked about synthesized happiness. He gave evidence of when a person has an event in their life that they will synthesize happiness in consequence. And the synthesized happiness can happen whether the precipitating event is positive or negative.
I am thinking of certain non-revocable choices in my life. One biggie is that I decided to teach elementary and to stick with it for SOOOOOO many years.
In the past two years, I have looked upon my teaching career with a modicum of regret. By doing that I have denied myself many of the things in life that I really wanted. I have denied myself of happiness.
However, I do have the choice to respond to my past career with happiness. Though I am not sure how that is done, I will think long and hard about how to make that happen. I just bought Dan Gilbert's book, Stumbling on Happiness. I am looking forward to reading it.
And if Dan Gilbert ever reads my blog, I must say, "Dan, I think that you are really cute!" LOL
I just finished re-watching a video by Dan Gilbert of Harvard about happiness.
He talked about synthesized happiness. He gave evidence of when a person has an event in their life that they will synthesize happiness in consequence. And the synthesized happiness can happen whether the precipitating event is positive or negative.
I am thinking of certain non-revocable choices in my life. One biggie is that I decided to teach elementary and to stick with it for SOOOOOO many years.
In the past two years, I have looked upon my teaching career with a modicum of regret. By doing that I have denied myself many of the things in life that I really wanted. I have denied myself of happiness.
However, I do have the choice to respond to my past career with happiness. Though I am not sure how that is done, I will think long and hard about how to make that happen. I just bought Dan Gilbert's book, Stumbling on Happiness. I am looking forward to reading it.
And if Dan Gilbert ever reads my blog, I must say, "Dan, I think that you are really cute!" LOL
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Philosophy and Living
This weekend, I had the most wonderful conversation with a person whom I consider one of the most erudite persons I know, my good friend Carl.
His background is in philosophy, which is a topic I always had eschewed in my early life.
I learned so much from my conversation with him, but as yet, have not internalized the information.
He stated that his life has metamorphosed from a philosophical base to a more quotidian existence. Just takin' care of business.
Conversely, I have discovered that my life has gone from an emphasis on the day-to-day, to more of a philosophical emphasis. Perhaps having more time to think leads me to just think ruminatively. Bring up a new thought, chew on it a while, etc.
I have come to realize that I have informally applied the Socratic method in discussion before, but I find that I want to become more skilled at the method.
I know that others have viewed grasping the Socratic method as a means of dominating a conversation. In my case, it is one method where I can better ascertain what it is I should be doing, and where I should be going.
His background is in philosophy, which is a topic I always had eschewed in my early life.
I learned so much from my conversation with him, but as yet, have not internalized the information.
He stated that his life has metamorphosed from a philosophical base to a more quotidian existence. Just takin' care of business.
Conversely, I have discovered that my life has gone from an emphasis on the day-to-day, to more of a philosophical emphasis. Perhaps having more time to think leads me to just think ruminatively. Bring up a new thought, chew on it a while, etc.
I have come to realize that I have informally applied the Socratic method in discussion before, but I find that I want to become more skilled at the method.
I know that others have viewed grasping the Socratic method as a means of dominating a conversation. In my case, it is one method where I can better ascertain what it is I should be doing, and where I should be going.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Interconnectiveness & Independence
I have just watched a great webcast:
In it, David Logan, a professor in Business at USC, says there are five stages in tribal development: 1] "Life Sucks; 2] "My Life Sucks"; 3] "I Am Great, But You Are Not"; 4] "We're Great"; and 5] "Life Is Great".
There appears a distinct parallel to Kohlberg's stages of moral development, progressing from self-centered to principled. I like that Logan's schema is more applied to daily life, and that one can use it in his interpersonal interactions.
He states that a leader perceives all stages of tribal development, is able to monitor the status of his tribe, and is able to motivate growth up to the next stage of tribal development. Logan states that a person in a tribe can only understand the stage above or below his own status. Thus it is the leader's responsibility to "nudge", as Logan says, the level of the tribe members to the next higher level.
I look back upon my teaching career, and see how this tribal schema applies to where I was at certain times.
At my teaching career zenith, twenty years ago, I was in an organization that was level 4, and we were great. My most effective teaching took place in that situation, and I was my most successful, and I now can see that it was because of the great support I had from my colleagues and superiors. We openly perceived each other's strengths in the organization, and built on, and encouraged those strengths.
One of the very bad situations in my teaching career was in a district when I taught in stages 2 and 3. In one case I could see that the parents inculcated the attitude in their children, "I am great, but you are not", where both the parents and students condescended to me. The administration colluded in allowing the parents and students having control over us of perceived lower status in the "customer driven district." After all, isn't the customer always right? Even when they are wrong, they are right.
My absolute worst teaching situation was in California, another district where the administration bought into the stage 2 belief that "my life sucks", i.e., that the teachers in the educational system are broken (a fallacious assumption from the neo-cons, and the basis of "No Child Left Behind"), and that they were going to autocratically impose an arbitrary new method of pedagogy on all teachers and students. The worst part was that this district indiscriminately recruited teachers, giving us NO disclosure of the pedagogy, myself included, with the assumption that the admin could intimidate all new staff to teach effectively according to the new pedagogy. The admin hired us regardless of whether we agreed with the methods, or willing or able to conform to them; we were simply kept in the dark until we arrived. They treated us like mushrooms: kept us in the dark, and fed us a lot of horse manure. After all, we were probationary, and therefore expendable; that particular district got rid of half of the rate of new hires every year, i.e., hire eighty newbies, get rid of forty, like a quota. This is the form of intimidation the admin put on new hires.
On a daily basis, I remember that the admin reinforced their intimidation to motivate conformity to the new teaching methods. Basically, the threat was, "either do it our way, or we will show you to the highway." The admin took a philosophical base of stage 2, "my life (you teachers screwed up the educational system) sucks" and implemented an instructional strategy based on stage 3, "I (the admin) am great, but you (teachers) are not," i.e., we were perceived as too incompetent to know what to do instructionally.
It makes me shudder to think about this again. The only conclusion I can come to is that the district there was highly dysfunctional. My response was simply, "OK, let me out on the side of the road, thank you."
I will need to think on this schema, and find other applications for this in my personal life.
In it, David Logan, a professor in Business at USC, says there are five stages in tribal development: 1] "Life Sucks; 2] "My Life Sucks"; 3] "I Am Great, But You Are Not"; 4] "We're Great"; and 5] "Life Is Great".
There appears a distinct parallel to Kohlberg's stages of moral development, progressing from self-centered to principled. I like that Logan's schema is more applied to daily life, and that one can use it in his interpersonal interactions.
He states that a leader perceives all stages of tribal development, is able to monitor the status of his tribe, and is able to motivate growth up to the next stage of tribal development. Logan states that a person in a tribe can only understand the stage above or below his own status. Thus it is the leader's responsibility to "nudge", as Logan says, the level of the tribe members to the next higher level.
I look back upon my teaching career, and see how this tribal schema applies to where I was at certain times.
At my teaching career zenith, twenty years ago, I was in an organization that was level 4, and we were great. My most effective teaching took place in that situation, and I was my most successful, and I now can see that it was because of the great support I had from my colleagues and superiors. We openly perceived each other's strengths in the organization, and built on, and encouraged those strengths.
One of the very bad situations in my teaching career was in a district when I taught in stages 2 and 3. In one case I could see that the parents inculcated the attitude in their children, "I am great, but you are not", where both the parents and students condescended to me. The administration colluded in allowing the parents and students having control over us of perceived lower status in the "customer driven district." After all, isn't the customer always right? Even when they are wrong, they are right.
My absolute worst teaching situation was in California, another district where the administration bought into the stage 2 belief that "my life sucks", i.e., that the teachers in the educational system are broken (a fallacious assumption from the neo-cons, and the basis of "No Child Left Behind"), and that they were going to autocratically impose an arbitrary new method of pedagogy on all teachers and students. The worst part was that this district indiscriminately recruited teachers, giving us NO disclosure of the pedagogy, myself included, with the assumption that the admin could intimidate all new staff to teach effectively according to the new pedagogy. The admin hired us regardless of whether we agreed with the methods, or willing or able to conform to them; we were simply kept in the dark until we arrived. They treated us like mushrooms: kept us in the dark, and fed us a lot of horse manure. After all, we were probationary, and therefore expendable; that particular district got rid of half of the rate of new hires every year, i.e., hire eighty newbies, get rid of forty, like a quota. This is the form of intimidation the admin put on new hires.
On a daily basis, I remember that the admin reinforced their intimidation to motivate conformity to the new teaching methods. Basically, the threat was, "either do it our way, or we will show you to the highway." The admin took a philosophical base of stage 2, "my life (you teachers screwed up the educational system) sucks" and implemented an instructional strategy based on stage 3, "I (the admin) am great, but you (teachers) are not," i.e., we were perceived as too incompetent to know what to do instructionally.
It makes me shudder to think about this again. The only conclusion I can come to is that the district there was highly dysfunctional. My response was simply, "OK, let me out on the side of the road, thank you."
I will need to think on this schema, and find other applications for this in my personal life.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Modus Vivendi
I have been a bit tortured over what is the role of the individual in society.
I know that benefaction runs so deep in my soul, that I cannot ignore it.
On the other hand, I have also learned that I need to care well for myself, so that I can be well and prosper.
Recently in my experience, I have been forced to encounter a cadre of devotees to Ayn Rand, whose philosophical constructs served as the basis of the neo-conservative movement. She had an absolutist perspective that believed that an individual had only one obligation: to act for one's own happiness. She also stated that altruism, which she refers to as a tribal phenomenon that human society has outgrown, is a betrayal of self-care.
I believe that a corollary stemming from that indicates that if anyone else suffers while one is providing for his own happiness, then that is just tough for them. Too bad that you are in my way. Is an individual just collateral damage? Circumstantial? I don't believe that any individual deserves being relegated to the status of obstacle rather than a person. Because in their fulfilling their need for happiness, are they not dehumanizing those other than themselves?
I don't think I like that idea much. I have always held to the Hippocratic ideal, "Do no harm."
The Daoist in me craves finding a balance between proper self-care v. altruism.
I am becoming interested in the topic of ethics. I need to sort out all of this information.
I need to find what it is that I should do.
I know that benefaction runs so deep in my soul, that I cannot ignore it.
On the other hand, I have also learned that I need to care well for myself, so that I can be well and prosper.
Recently in my experience, I have been forced to encounter a cadre of devotees to Ayn Rand, whose philosophical constructs served as the basis of the neo-conservative movement. She had an absolutist perspective that believed that an individual had only one obligation: to act for one's own happiness. She also stated that altruism, which she refers to as a tribal phenomenon that human society has outgrown, is a betrayal of self-care.
I believe that a corollary stemming from that indicates that if anyone else suffers while one is providing for his own happiness, then that is just tough for them. Too bad that you are in my way. Is an individual just collateral damage? Circumstantial? I don't believe that any individual deserves being relegated to the status of obstacle rather than a person. Because in their fulfilling their need for happiness, are they not dehumanizing those other than themselves?
I don't think I like that idea much. I have always held to the Hippocratic ideal, "Do no harm."
The Daoist in me craves finding a balance between proper self-care v. altruism.
I am becoming interested in the topic of ethics. I need to sort out all of this information.
I need to find what it is that I should do.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Letting Go
From the 12 steps, I am learning many new lessons, among which right now is letting go.
Preliminarily, I will say what letting go is to me, and what letting go is not.
Letting go is a step toward healing.
Letting go is not weakness, except in the sense that as in irony, where it is in weakness where one finds true strength.
I am discovering that wrestling tenaciously with a situation simply keeps me in a static position. I have found it is impossible to gain a different perspective if I am stuck in one place. My misery is simply prolonged, and the situation cannot change, because I am holding on so tightly. And I have found that holding stubbornly to a particular position is futile, if the situation cannot change. It is only in paradigm change that a solution can be found.
Letting go gives me the freedom to change and grow. Letting go is my strength.
I have discovered a whole new world. It exists in my heart. I am creating it. It possesses joy, hope, and love.
I tell myself that I am sorry for denying myself the chance to be free.
I forgive myself.
Preliminarily, I will say what letting go is to me, and what letting go is not.
Letting go is a step toward healing.
Letting go is not weakness, except in the sense that as in irony, where it is in weakness where one finds true strength.
I am discovering that wrestling tenaciously with a situation simply keeps me in a static position. I have found it is impossible to gain a different perspective if I am stuck in one place. My misery is simply prolonged, and the situation cannot change, because I am holding on so tightly. And I have found that holding stubbornly to a particular position is futile, if the situation cannot change. It is only in paradigm change that a solution can be found.
Letting go gives me the freedom to change and grow. Letting go is my strength.
I have discovered a whole new world. It exists in my heart. I am creating it. It possesses joy, hope, and love.
I tell myself that I am sorry for denying myself the chance to be free.
I forgive myself.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Bye, Heidi.
This is a pic of my beloved Heidi. Though you might not recognize it, she was a Bearded Collie (think Tim Allen in "The Shaggy Dog"). It was summer, and she got shaved every year to keep her cooler.
I remember when my first partner and I were looking for a dog. We went to the King County Animal Shelter, and I didn't see anything that I wanted there. We went to the Seattle City Animal Shelter, and I didn't see anything there that I wanted either. Then we went to the Seattle-King County Humane Society Shelter in Bellevue.
Now understand that there are dogs of all kinds jumping up and barking loudly in all these shelters. But I came upon one little girl who was sitting in the middle of her enclosure. She had these sad eyes that pleaded, "Please get me out of here. I don't like the noise."
I replied to her out loud, "I know how you feel." Turning to my partner, I said, "That's my dog."
She came home that afternoon, and she had been mine until she needed to be put down, on April 15, for old age: kidney problems and arthritis. I mean, when she can't stand up to eat or poop anymore, then she is suffering.
Bye-bye, baby-dog. I miss you.
Out of the Darkness
Wow, that was a pretty dark entry I put in last.
I have come around to discovering some things:
1] Industry leads to happiness
2] I can be happy when I live life fully
3] Life and love are around the corner
1 - I worked on the house most of the month of March and all of the month of April. Now, understand, I have always detested working on the house or yard. As I kept persisting, working on the house, I discovered that I enjoyed the work, and that the work made me feel more alive and happy, as well as improved my physical condition. I actually like working on the house. Ironically, I am discovering that Arbeit Macht Frei, i.e., Work Makes You Free, but in a different way than in the Third Reich. If it is work that I choose, and I do it with good quality, then I become freer. I like making that happen.
Talk about major paradigm shift!
2 - I had closed myself off. My life had walls that were closing in. I let my life happen that way. I have learned that I have control over what I do, and that the doing can bring me joy.
3 - I have analyzed my past behavior when in relationships, and I believe that I am a codependent to sex addicts. I have been learning about codependency, and what I have let my life become. I am learning to set and maintain proper boundaries. I am learning that others are not my responsibility to control. I am learning to take better care of myself, emotionally and physically.
It has been hot here in the Pacific Northwest (not the Pacific Northwet today), and I have just put in the AC in my room. I have decided that I can tolerate one isolated day of heat, but we are in for a string this week, and the AC needs to go in.
C'est suffit pour maintenant.
I have come around to discovering some things:
1] Industry leads to happiness
2] I can be happy when I live life fully
3] Life and love are around the corner
1 - I worked on the house most of the month of March and all of the month of April. Now, understand, I have always detested working on the house or yard. As I kept persisting, working on the house, I discovered that I enjoyed the work, and that the work made me feel more alive and happy, as well as improved my physical condition. I actually like working on the house. Ironically, I am discovering that Arbeit Macht Frei, i.e., Work Makes You Free, but in a different way than in the Third Reich. If it is work that I choose, and I do it with good quality, then I become freer. I like making that happen.
Talk about major paradigm shift!
2 - I had closed myself off. My life had walls that were closing in. I let my life happen that way. I have learned that I have control over what I do, and that the doing can bring me joy.
3 - I have analyzed my past behavior when in relationships, and I believe that I am a codependent to sex addicts. I have been learning about codependency, and what I have let my life become. I am learning to set and maintain proper boundaries. I am learning that others are not my responsibility to control. I am learning to take better care of myself, emotionally and physically.
It has been hot here in the Pacific Northwest (not the Pacific Northwet today), and I have just put in the AC in my room. I have decided that I can tolerate one isolated day of heat, but we are in for a string this week, and the AC needs to go in.
C'est suffit pour maintenant.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
A Constricting World
Here I am, at a crossroad. The choice is as Hamlet's, to be, or not to be.
I have come to discover that when the world seems to expand, and grow, the desire to live, love, and learn grow with it.
As I age my world is continuing to contract, to constrict. The opportunities to love, live, and learn seem to become more and more diminished. The pain becomes more and more extensive, and my joy becomes so much more decreased. Friends whom I knew are gone. Loves I have known have vanished. My career has become meaningless, and has fled me.
I figure that I have but one option: to see if I can successfully expand my world again. Without that, the futility of this life will lead me to succumb.
I have come to discover that when the world seems to expand, and grow, the desire to live, love, and learn grow with it.
As I age my world is continuing to contract, to constrict. The opportunities to love, live, and learn seem to become more and more diminished. The pain becomes more and more extensive, and my joy becomes so much more decreased. Friends whom I knew are gone. Loves I have known have vanished. My career has become meaningless, and has fled me.
I figure that I have but one option: to see if I can successfully expand my world again. Without that, the futility of this life will lead me to succumb.
Friday, February 6, 2009
First Post
Lessee. Hm.
I am a retired elementary school teacher. I don't like what is going on with "school reform" measures instituted lately. I detest "No Child Left Behind." More about that later.
I am a landlord. Had some good experiences with tenants, but lately bad experiences with deadbeats.
I am a caregiver for my aging parents. They and I have a really good relationship now, even though my childhood was fraught with lots of pain. In short I have overcome it.
In the future, I will post about my views on life, art, love, and other stuff.
It's late, and I am gonna crash.
I am a retired elementary school teacher. I don't like what is going on with "school reform" measures instituted lately. I detest "No Child Left Behind." More about that later.
I am a landlord. Had some good experiences with tenants, but lately bad experiences with deadbeats.
I am a caregiver for my aging parents. They and I have a really good relationship now, even though my childhood was fraught with lots of pain. In short I have overcome it.
In the future, I will post about my views on life, art, love, and other stuff.
It's late, and I am gonna crash.
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