I've been reading like crazy as of late. Besides the four educational books I mentioned in my previous post, I also tossed in Freakonomics and 1776. Freakonomics was good, albeit random. It kind of left me wanting more, but only if there were a huge… more »

Tammy's home. Hooray! She had a great time in Hawaii. But we're all glad to have her back. I've been doing a lot of educational reading this vacation. I've read Haberman's "Star Teachers: the Ideology and Best Practice of Effective Teachers of Diverse… more »

While Tammy and her mom are living la tropical vida in Hawaii I'm at home playing Mr. Mom. The kids get up between 6-6:30am. I stumble out after them and get their breakfast in the microwave. It's usually something healthy, like a banana or some other fr… more »

My last post was about trying to be productive during vacation. I've been doing a good job so far mainly because of my all-time favorite productivity tool. No, not coffee. I don't touch the stuff. It's Remember the Milk! Remember the Milk is an online… more »

It's Friday night and I'm officially on vacation. Due to the beauty of the "modified year-round schedule" I have the rest of April to not think of work. That may seem like a ridiculous amount of free time. But having done this for many years now, I c… more »