I’ve noted before that the days between Thanksgiving Day and the first of December are among the silliest of the calendar year. When Thanksgiving is over you just want it to be December. This year I’m trying to make the … Continue reading
I’ve been a teacher for the past 16 years. During this time I’ve seen dozens of movies and TV shows that involve an unspoken premise, that somehow it’s easy to enter the teaching profession. Like any other job, you show up, … Continue reading
It’s no secret that the little podcast I do is not live. Actually I think every podcast, by definition, is not live. Sometimes I record the things a few days ahead, sometimes it’s like weeks or months. Hence my having absolutely … Continue reading
On last week’s Math and Musings I mentioned briefly to my nine-year-old guest the magic of the night before Thanksgiving. Thankfully he knew nothing about it and I intend to keep it that way for as long as I can. Santa’s … Continue reading
Some artists are prolific, dealing in quantity as much as quality. Others, the J.D. Salingers among us, parcel out their genius more deliberately. For some it’s not their fault. Who knows how many more movies James Dean would have made … Continue reading
Never mind the barren trees, never mind the early nights, never mind the colder temps. The true sign of autumn turning to winter is Wendy’s swapping out the pumpkin spice frosty for peppermint. Yup, it’s on. For this and other … Continue reading
Remember last week when I was so happy that the onslaught of political ads would finally cease since Election Day had passed? (Clicking that link and looking back.) Well, that was Election Day 2023. Now I’m already getting ads (text … Continue reading
Over the weekend my son suggested to me, out of the blue, that an interesting list would be one which associated a beverage with every month of the year. My son. Clearly I have raised him well, if I do … Continue reading
A decade ago I started posting at “the web home of Michael O’Connell,” my little corner of the Internet labeled mikeoconnelljr.com. Among other things the first post noted the “non-pecuniary benefits of having one’s own blog.” I can pretty much … Continue reading
One of the greater themes of my life has been if no one is letting me do this I’m just going to do it myself. Can’t get a job at a newspaper? Start your own. Can’t get a job on a … Continue reading