My students definitely got hooked on TED this year. After I showed a few of the talks to my classes, they complained about viewing so many TED talks that they got behind in their other school work. The videos really are that good. We have our own favorites, but TED Read more…
My readers and students know that sports are important to me….August 30th is not only my birthday (#56…woo hoo), but it is also the opening game for the USC Trojans (at Virginia). Two days later, the UCLA Bruins swing into action against Tennessee. I know where Karen (a Trojan Read more…
One of the memories about parenting that haunts me, as I was so ashamed of my reaction, was the time I actually had to close the bathroom door when my poor daughter Kristin was barfing. We all had the flu, and I just knew I’d be in trouble if I Read more…
Mr. F and I braved today’s very weird (for San Luis Obispo) weather–it was 111 degrees today–to take our usual two walks a day. People did give us some incredulous looks. For our after-dinner walk, we take a circuit that often brings us by a large, colorful, and interesting trailer parked Read more…
I’m not sure I’ve blogged about my coffee habit for awhile, and when I say habit, I mean it. As a grad student at UCLA in the 70s, working in the Neuropsychiatric Institute, I was recruited as a participant in a study about caffeine. I was the perfect participant–I do Read more…