I don't know why I like this, but I really do.

Oh my god--that's horrifying.

I’ll try.

I am that bad. I see how the exact same students act in other teachers' classes, and they do much better for the other teachers.

I might as well not even be in the room; the students would learn the same amount if I weren't there.

I disgust myself with my incompetence.

We're having carpet put into our basement tomorrow so I will be moving shit out of the way. I know, I know, I'm such a romantic.

Jazz, especially my wife.
Wargaming.

I say this every time, but it's always true: Observing colleagues makes me feel horrible about myself.

I find it hard to believe that no one has made this joke yet, so I will: What are your top 3 reasons for ranking things?

and you can't indulge yourself in any of the things you would normally do either to ruminate on the subject and make yourself feel worse, or to talk yourself down so that you feel better. You just sit with the anxiety itself, doing nothing else. I should try this. My problem is carrying out the par...

I've never gotten poison ivy or oak, for which I am very grateful. Ron, I'm impressed--I am terrible at fixing things, and I'm jealous of people who can. I grew up unable to afford to pay anyone to do it and my wife has always been supportive of me even when it goes awry. Nowadays with Youtube it i...

I don't have anything that requires ERP that I know of (at least if I'm understanding ERP correctly). But . . . if I have certain big and stupid failures from my past . . . and a person I wish I'd never met . . . does thinking about them all the time count as ERP????

I knew I was doing it right!

I've never gotten poison ivy or oak, for which I am very grateful.

Ron, I'm impressed--I am terrible at fixing things, and I'm jealous of people who can.

I don't think Sanders can win the general election. I think his leftist views and past comments would be used to make him look very bad, like a socialist extremist, and lots of swing voters wouldn't support. I'm also afraid of what happens if Sanders doesn't get the nomination. A lot of his voters d...

I came down with a cold over the weekend. I feel miserable. Then today I threw up at work. But I can't take time off 'cause I don't have much sick leave left. I hope I don't infect any one.