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Fred

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About Me

I teach math at Clark Magnet High in La Crescenta, CA (Go Panthers!) I am active in student ministry at my amazing church, Shepherd of the Hills in Porter Ranch. I love my wife, Alex, and my two sons.I enjoy sports, especially baseball, basketball, and test cricket (don't knock it until you've tried it!). I am the president of a youth baseball league and enjoy that work immensely!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Coach John Wooden, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Vin Scully

Music:

Classical Guitar (esp. Rodrigo's Concertos) U2, Pete Townshend and Elvis Costello

Movies:

Casablanca, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, And anything by Nick Park (Wallace and Gromit, etc)

Books:

The Bible, Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner, Still Life with Rice by Helie Lee

Heroes:

Jesus (that's right. Deal with it!) Jackie Robinson Branch Rickey My Dad Martin Luther Martin Luther King, Jr.

My Blog

V Tech

Most likely you're reading this because you are one of my students either at school or at Shepherd HSM. I have been away from most of you this week because of spring break. I just want you to know tha...
Posted by Fred on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:46:00 PST

The Reason for the Season

Karo S. , the famous revolutionary, says I should blog more. I really hope everyone realizes that just because Scrooge said that Christmas is a "false and commercial festival, devoutly to be ignored"...
Posted by Fred on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:29:00 PST

I think some of my students are Armenians, so...

Check this link out... http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fund24nov24,0,598788 0.story?coll=la-home-local See you at school! God Bless. Mr B....
Posted by Fred on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:39:00 PST

Surge at Shepherd

Alec A. said I had to update my 'blog or he would shank me again. Anyway, my church (Shepherd of the Hills in Porter Ranch) is hosting an awesome outreach event on Thursday, the 9th, at 6 PM. I will b...
Posted by Fred on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:58:00 PST

Halloween

I pretty much avoid Halloween. I am not sure that we are feeding the right part of our beings by indulging in occult and morbid imagery, even if it is just one night a year (although I am sure the fas...
Posted by Fred on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:17:00 PST

Shout Out to Clark

To my crew at Clark: You guys have been threatening to post a mySpace for me, so I decided (after a year) to beat you to it. Hope to hear from you.
Posted by Fred on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:34:00 PST

An Awesome Day at Shepherd!

I spent the day in prayer and fasting at my church, Shepherd of the Hills, in Porter Ranch, CA. There were over 1000 of us praying about everything from our nation and its leaders to our own families,...
Posted by Fred on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:53:00 PST