Apr 03
FINlosdaily life
Being a teacher has its perks, chief among them is tons of time off. But what most people tend to overlook when pointing out this acknowledged benefit is that without so much time off most teachers would probably quit. These strategically placed (thank you Christianity) breaks are needed and well deserved decompression and recuperation periods, without which a teacher’s brain would surely collapse upon itself creating a micro black hole whereby (mostly) innocent and (somewhat) undeserving students and/or any other bystander who might happen to be within the rapidly expanding void’s accretion disk would be irrevocably drawn in, only further feeding the mass until the whole world was consumed.
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Feb 17
FINlosdaily life
So, I have been fighting off a cold for the past four days. I seem to be losing the battle.
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Jan 31
FINlosdaily life, pop culture
A few months back a student of mine brought in a soundtrack for a movie that she was psyched about. It was some trashy goth affair with a mostly industrial grind aesthetic to it, which wasn’t to say it was bad. She explained that the film was actually a musical, and then she threw the title at me. I admit, I laughed a little at first. But I indulged her enthusiasm and looked up the trailer. Like the music, it was a trashy goth affair with a mostly industrial grind aesthetic. But then my mind was changed when a face appeared that matched a familiar voice in the music. Anthony Steward Head was one of the leads, I knew I had to see it.
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Jan 22
FINlosdaily life, miscellaneous
There are certain situations that seem to bring time to a stop, and I don’t mean in a "wow this is kiss is intense and I hope it lasts forever" kind of way.
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Jan 13
FINlosdaily life
My dog has cancer.
I am trying to not make things awkward. I told her that the tumor was removed, that she probably has a long time yet.
But she has cancer and will die from it.
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Dec 10
FINlosdaily life, miscellaneous FINlos, gifts, holidays, wish list, x-mas
As consumer-mas rapidly approaches, I find myself being bombarded on a daily basis from family to send them a gift list.
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Oct 26
FINlosart, daily life amigurumi, crochet, eva, FINlos, mario, super
My wife loves to crochet, and she does it very well. She can whip up a granny square like no one’s business. But disappointed by the limitations of the single-needle craft and the tendency for crocheters to focus on quaint styles, namely things involving granny squares, she scoured the web for colonies of crafters who like her long to bring crocheting into modern times. It is while on this search that she discovered amigurumi, the Japanese art (because all crafts from Japan are art) of crocheting or knitting stuffed animals or anthropomorphic creatures that are, quite simply, adorable.
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Oct 11
FINlosdaily life aging, FINlos, old, sleep, tired
A few nights ago I went upstairs to charge my phone. I sat down on the bed next to my night stand, plugged in the phone, and the next thing I see is Eva leaning over me on the verge of a laughing fit because I had inadvertently fallen asleep. “So that’s where you went,” she said with a smirk.
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Oct 06
FINlosdaily life clog, FINlos, mario, plumbing
Pipes for the purpose of transporting water and waste have been a staple of human civilization for close to 5000 years. And yet in all that history, all those years of scientific and technological advancement, when it comes to fixing a clogged pipe the near unanimously agreed upon best tool is a wooden stick with a rubber bowl attached to it.
Really?
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Sep 20
FINlosart, daily life bradbury, fiction, FINlos, fixup, writing
As anyone who writes with the intent of having their work read by others, looking at a blank page can be a daunting experience. For some, like myself, getting started can be the hardest thing. Like pushing an object from rest, once it gets going momentum helps out a lot, but those first few inches can be killer.
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