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Holby

Come on Spring...do we really need any more snow????

About Me


I am like SPAM: Some people like me, some people hate me, but nobody knows what I'm made of. -- C.J. HarbisonHey all...about me? Oh, I don't much like to talk about myself. Hahahaha. I will tell you that I have the most AWESOME kid in the whole world and hate the fact that he can't just come to work with me everyday. I think he would be a great addition to the Chem class. I teach Chemistry, assist Jenna and Holly with Amnesty and generally hang out with teenagers all day. I hate liars and thieves...no, I hate lying and stealing...sometimes the people that do it have good reasons and I hate their behavior, not them. (That is teacher-talk). I try very hard to teach my students something new every day, even if it isn't about science, per se. They might not know the periodic table, but they can tell you what virago means, what a virgule is, and why you should watch out for erasures! And I like to laugh...preferably at someone else, but at myself if there's no one else available. I believe in many socialist tenets and think that fair is not necessarily equal. I believe that public education is for everyone and should not be exclusionary. I believe we need to work harder to help those who are unable or unwilling to help themselves because a society is only as good as it treats its fringe members. I believe the rich should pay more taxes than I do and that if everyone did a little, a lot could get done. And I believe in doing as little as possible (hahahaha, jk) ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .............................................It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.                  -- John Andrew Holmes, Jr. Profile Pimp MySpace Layouts Contact Tables MySpace Icons MySpace Comments I edited my profile at ProfilePimp.com

My Interests


Right now the main thing I am interested in is my son. I am amazed every day by the smallest accomplishment. Seeing life through his eyes has made me more patient...yeah, that's right, I used to be LESS patient, can you even imagine that? Justice and fairness (not the same as equality) and fighting for truth, justice and the American Way (the old American way, when we had freedom of information and freedom of speech)

I'd like to meet:

Jon Stewart, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Angelina Jolie, Eminem, Paul Konrad, .........as well as.........Thoughtful people (by which I mean people who think...not people who remember birthdays), dynamic people, those with strength of character and integrity.

Music:

The music that Luke makes, shaking his rhythm eggs, banging on the tambourine and singing in tunes only he can understand. The Jayhawks and BoDeans, the August Story, Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel, Amos Lee, Jack Johnson, Warren Zevon, Barenaked Ladies

Movies:

Comedies and action movies are my weakness. I like to laugh and I like to watch the good guy beat the crap out of the bad guys!

Television:

SCRUBS!!! The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Robot Chicken, House, That 70's Show, History Channel, Science Channel and the Doodlebops, Seinfeld, The Family Guy

Books:

I read voraciously...at least two books a week. Forensic science murder mysteries are my "escape" reads (actually, I usually listen to them on iTunes so I can get work done at the same time). Lots of books about kids, history and politics. Neil Gaiman is one of my favorites. I also enjoy Sandra Boynton and Eric Carle quite a bit...lol.

Heroes:

Milton Hershey (look him up if you want to find out why...and it isn't because of the chocolate!), Madonna (she rewrote the rules and challenged convention at every step), Ed Chambers (he followed the vision of Saul Alinsky and took it to the next level), Paulo Freire (he defined the condition of the oppressed and legitimized the education of the oppressed as the only way to overcome oppression), My Dad.

My Blog

Crazy Russians!

Okay, as many of you know, I have spend my entire summer working at FermiLab.  It has been really cool...I am learning a lot and the money is helping with the bills.  I work with a bunch of ...
Posted by Holby on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:40:00 PST

A Boffin with Hyeracusis

Okay, thanks to someone else's blog, I realized that I am more disturbed than previously believed and now have two new titles to add to my name.  (Can I tack them on at the end like a doctor or a...
Posted by Holby on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:26:00 PST

My Broken Nose!

OMG!  I have a broken nose!  Yep, for those of you in my 4th Block class who witnessed the FIVE POUND RING STAND BASE FALL ON MY FACE...I went to the emergency room tonight and I have a brok...
Posted by Holby on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:36:00 PST

You KIDS have it SOOOO Easy

Yeah, my niece Shannon sent this to me, and I think it is important, as the oldest member of the family on MySpace, to represent and post this. Now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't he...
Posted by Holby on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:15:00 PST

New Year...retrospective

As the New Year gets underway, it is not uncommon to take stock of one's life, to evaluate the past year and try to put all into perspective.  I have thought a lot about my life over the two week...
Posted by Holby on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:06:00 PST

Hannibal Lechter, the toddler years...

So, Chompers laid into three kids today.  The last one, he bit ON THE FOREHEAD!!!  How do you even DO that?  I didn't even ask if this one deserved it...no one deserves a bite on the fo...
Posted by Holby on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:25:00 PST

Problem Child

So, yeah, at 18 months my son has been suspended from school.  The story goes:  He bit the same boy twice within half an hour....my response, of course, "Did the kid deserve it?"  Of co...
Posted by Holby on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:28:00 PST

Hand, hand, finger, thumb

Oh my goodness!  New diseases, things I have never heard of....and things I never want to hear about again!  A little history...beginning two weeks ago Luke puked for 24 hours...all over ev...
Posted by Holby on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:55:00 PST

Life

I am so tired of people who dont follow through on their own responsibilities and then cant even take responsibility for the consequences of that.  I mean, so many people whine and complain about...
Posted by Holby on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:33:00 PST

The Big Four-Oh

I feel the need to write.  I re-read my last blog.  It seemed so negative.  That isn't what I meant at all.  I occassionally get weighed down by the responsibilities that I have, b...
Posted by Holby on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:24:00 PST