Recent Entries

• So…….

  September 4, 2011

  I am still alive in RL and here as well.  So many things have happened since my last entry: * I am now the proud father of a one year old baby boy, who is the joy of my life.  His name is Derek.  When asked about what it's like to be a father, I…

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• Week in the Knees

  January 29, 2010

  The week that was: 1. A kid missed the semester exam in my music appreciation class with the shingles and the death of his uncle. The counselor harassed his mother to get him to school to make up the test less than 24 hours after the funeral so she could run class ranks. Needless to…

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• They Tried 2 Make Him Go 2 Rehab He Said No No No

  January 25, 2010

    Next month will be the one year anniversary of my father going to rehab. Overall he’s doing much better. He drives safely again, he can walk, his diabetes vanished, and he’s not the total dick he became when drunk. I wish I could say he hasn’t relapsed, but...

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• You Gotta Fight For Your Write

  January 20, 2010

    My life, to put it bluntly, has been a series of unfinished projects; I’m a person of great ideas but lousy follow-through. I’ve started poems, an opera, stage plays, a musical, and countless professional articles on teaching, plus a book to be titled The Young Band Direct...

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• Major News

  January 1, 2010

  Two Weeks ago J told me she was pregnant. WOOHOOO! I am more ready to be a daddy then I could possibly describe here. The first OB appointment is on the 16th. But now I must return to replacing the pantry shelves. Happy New Year, everyone!

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• Finally

  February 18, 2009

  Dad agreed to go to rehab.  We checked him in Monday.  Last week he was too weak to walk or eat and was drinking a fifth per day.  Now he's walking and eating again.  His memory is still shot, but the staff tell me it should return in time.  I have no siblings, so I'm&hel...

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• Here We Go

  January 22, 2009

  The majority of the students in my so-called top band, whom I adore, but nevertheless need to chastise, are not practicing.  I know, alert the media, right?  At semester's end, I decided I'd had enough and gave the students major new assignments, which will force them to pract...

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• On MLK Day

  January 18, 2009

  Twenty years ago, were Barack Obama to walk the streets of Texas, he would have been called "Boy."  Now he will be called "Mr. President." 

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• Return of the Muse

  January 12, 2009

  When I first joined OD, I posted my latest poetry.  For some reason, which I can't explain, I abruptly ceased writing poems.  Last week I was invited to a Monday night poetry reading at a local coffee house.  I only returned a short while ago with the prompt "time.&q...

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