rustypants speaks

but all i hear is blah blah blah.

last night’s democratic debate sounds like it was a cartoon: caricatures of real people reading from a memorized script where even seemingly on-the-fly retorts are rehearsed sound bites.

it makes me wonder two things: at the end of the debate, did we really leave knowing anything more about the candidates? and were there dozens of sweet retorts that were left unused because the correct moment didn’t happen as planned?

how’re we to trust these clowns?

briefly:

• lise’s job = awesome. she loves it. (frickin’ YES!!!)
• things at school continue to get better - not just because my homeroom size is smaller but because certain realizations have taken place. these realizations exact a change in my thinking, causing me to change my teaching / attitude / discipline, all making things better for the students AND for me.
• lise, sadly, has to work M-T-W next week - my school is on fall break, so i’m leaving for cincinnati friday immediately after school gets out. looking forward to being with family and friends again - sad about being away from my sweetie for almost a week.
• this marks the first year in… 15? that we will not be with our friends barb and joe in maryland for thanksgiving. we’re sad, but looking forward to a possible trip there in december.
• am reading The Great Bridge by David McCullough. never ever would have thought something so seemingly boring could be so interesting.
• we’ve now rented and watched seasons one and two of Scrubs - holy crap, this is a freakin hilarious show!
• saw the blue angels last weekend on their homecoming show here in p-cola. pretty cool. got a few pictures but none of them turned out incredibly great - it’s hard catching super-sonic jets on film!
• a second leaf changed color yesterday.
• it’s still hitting the low 80’s here. am i ready to wear PANTS again during this visit to cincinnati? probably not, although weather.com tells me the high tomorrow will be 43 and the low as i pull into town will be 30. brisk, baby!
• the house = still not sold.
• scott = dead tired.
• goodnight.