On Financial Freedom

My sister has slowly converted our family to Dave Ramsey’s way of thinking.  My parents gave me their copy of Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover, and I sat down today to start reading it.
This evening, I stubled across this post on the So You Want To Teach blog.  He’s giving away a copy of [...]

On Technology: Have we actually “improved”?

Today I came across this post from Scobberlotch.  Brian Williams brings up some good points:

I like technology.  I like how it makes my life simpler – I have given my life over to Google, using their calendar instead of a paper agenda/dayplanner.  I’m using a GoogleDoc spreadsheet to keep track of [...]

Signs that I need a break (if not a new job)

I’m out of DFW this week, visiting my mom and the rest of the family, also in town for the holidays.  My sister  lives in another state, so whenever she comes home (about 2-3 times a year) she has a small get-together to see all her in-town friends.  One of these friends happens to teach [...]

On New Year’s Resolutions, the sequel

One of the nice things about teaching is that we get to make New Year’s Resolutions twice a year.  I’m not going to analyze whether or not I’ve achived the goals I set for myself in August, because that would just stress me out.  I’m on a low-stress campaign.
Starting over is good.  I like starting [...]