Brenda & I are doing the CureSearch Walk on Nov. 5^th.  We are trying to raise money for it.  The group funds & supports children’s cancer research & provides information & resources to all those affected by children’s cancer.  I miss TNT and enjoyed it immensely, but ALL of the money we raise for CureSearch goes to children’s cancer research.  I will most likely go and do something for TNT again in the future, but right now we are focusing on Childhood Cancer Research.  After this I will be doing several other things trying to raise more money.  This wont’ be the last time you hear of me and raising money. 

Amaya is in the lower right hand corner of the picture.  Not sure if I said that before or not. http://www.curesearchwalk.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=467895&lis=1&kntae467895=6D451B8F546C44FB8CB5002CBF9586C8&supId=336898878

Rusty Gut

1. I’ve started running again. At least a couple of times so far with someone from work at the Y. So, I can’t get too excited until I keep it up for a while. She runs really fast. And for a long time. I’m used to going 20 minutes and maybe doing a mile and a half. I have to step my game up. She has been smoking me. Hopefully, I get better. It’s kind of embarrassing, but I know I’ m not going to run unless I know someone else is waiting for me. If it was in the street and the treadmill someone would arrest her for a public beat down.


2. I guess no NBA means, more NHL. Penguins #1!

3. Can I get at least an 82-80 season Pirates, please? At least they’re not in last place.

4. Steelers are making me very nervous right now.

5. This rain stinks. I won’t be able to get on my bike until this weekend. I’m hoping Sunday is the day! I miss my bike after not riding it for a LONG time.

6. Amaya has an MRI next week. I’m really nervous. Not sure how it’s going to come out. Sometimes it’s hard to let go and let God deal with it. I will try my best next week.

7. WVU got HAMMERED by LSU. It wasn’t very pretty.

8. ODU football did well until the 2nd half. Not bad against a team that was in last year’s championship game for FCS football. Darn Blue Hens!

9. Both of my fantasy teams have not won a game. Not looking good right now. ]

10. Bills and Lions in the Super Bowl? It would be crazy if that happened.

11. 20 years since the Low End Theory by Tribe came out, CLASSIC MATERIAL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_-4GFV7uTE

12. And Nirvana’s Nevermind

13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbgKEjNBHqM&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TLfiU299vSpbI

14. Sept. 27th is the birthday of my best friend ever, Terence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNsMEP0i8aM

Help my wife Brenda out:  http://www.curesearchwalk.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=467895&lis=1&kntae467895=1B06B96EB8344455938BCA68B1D2499E&supId=336898878  We are doing the CureSearch Walk in November.  We need your help!  Please, give if you can. 

Twitter for Teachers? Really?.....

When people first tell you about all the technology out there you kind of scoff at it. I know I was not ready for all of this stuff. How can this help me? Are people really doing this stuff or are they wasting my time AGAIN? Why are they making me look at this stuff? I don’t have the time! CSI is on! What if I don’t want to change? I don’t like change! Leave me alone! You can keep your RSS feeds & PLPs! I don’t want any of it.
As my wife will tell you, of course I was wrong. There is so much great stuff out there. I used to use twitter to follow famous people and post stuff about the other kids/young adults that are fighting cancer. It took me a year to find out that twitter can give you so much information about the field of education. I will still post about childhood cancer & music, but I will also look for information to help me become a better educator. There are so many links to so many different types of information from teachers and organizations. It can make your head hurt if you look at it long enough. But it hurts in a good way since I’m learning. It’s exciting because it can open so many new avenues for me. I will need to sit down and take some time to sift through all of it. It’s amazing how many links have popped up after only two days.  Who knew twitter was part of the new revolution in education?  That’s what I get for being the number one grouchy pants.

#plp-pregame

I am writing this type of post because I am taking an online course and they wanted me to write a blog about what I hope to learn.  It’s by this group called PLP.  I guess what I hope to learn is what am I missing in the world of technology.  I know about facebook, twitter, ning, diigo, and RSS feeds.  To tell the truth I only found out about RSS feeds, diigo, & ning a couple of months ago.  The problem is at one time I thought these things were a majority of the things that you can use on the internet.  Hmmm….boy was I wrong.  There are so many different things to use out there that it can make you head spin.  A part of me is nervous about not knowing about these sites.  It really makes you feel not very smart.  So far I like doing this online and I have learned a lot after a short time.  Hopefully, by the end I will truly understand what I have been missing.