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January heat wave

the lack of snow.  it worries me. in other news, maggie and i got plane tickets for arizona for march.  hopefully it will be a chance to see my grandparents, my friends peter and david, maggie's friend nick, and the grand canyon.  and get a tan. in still other news, i meant to post a while ago about a place in fort collins we discovered, a restaurant named 415.  chickin and waffles?  with maple-bacon syrup?  why, yes. in more, unrelated news, i was in casper last weekend for a wyoming writing project gathering.  it was refreshing, and more evidence that i need to push out into new experiences.  the group was a fun one, teachers from all levels who love what they do and continue to do good work, in the face of the frustrations that go with being a public-school/community-college/state-funded-university teacher.  i hope i may get to work with them this summer. and yet more news: i've committed myself to working through aristotle this spring.  despite holding a masters deg

2012 additions

My friend Shannon reminds me that 2012 also included two more events that I didn't include in my year end recap: A trip to Casper in July, for a wedding reception for my high school friend Luke and to catch up with Shannon and Craig and their awesome kids.  This trip also included a mini-trip to Casper Falls, too, and we played some volleyball at Ayers Natural Bridge by Douglas.   And Craig and Shannon were down to Laramie in October for UW's homecoming, along with our other high school friends, too: Ross (and his wife Jess), Travis, Theresa, Willa, and Brian.  Ross was long overdue for a return to Laramie, so it was great to see them.  Also, it was great to have six of the 200 or so outdoor seats at the game that weren't soaked with wet snow by halftime. And, indirectly, thinking back to the trip to Casper also reminds me that 2012 was an Olympics year!  Yeah, mutherfucker, Olympics!  I love the Olympics and I don't know how I could've forgotten that awesomene

2012: Year in review

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All in all, 2012 was a pretty good year.  I thought it'd be worthwhile to assemble a quick list of the highlights, before the year gets too far past.  I think most of these are mentioned in previous posts, but it seems a good time to aggregate the experiences of the past year: Grad class.  For yet another year, I enlisted in a grad class, this time about qualitative research methods.  I recruited Maggie to join the class too, and we ended up developing a curriculum for the class she taught this fall. AZ trip for grandpa's birthday.  In April, I flew to AZ for a quick weekend trip to join the family in wishing my grandpa a happy 90th birthday.  He has always felt a desire to outlive his own parents, and this birthday means he's achieved that goal.  It's no small feat, and I admire his commitment to a lifestyle--over the past 65+ years--that has allowed him to make it to 90 in such good shape. TWW.  This year I took the role of coordinator for a statewide conference,