did i win the lottery?

so, yeah: hawaii. very cool. hmmm. how can this get any better? oh yeah: klair is coming with me! that's one hell of a second date.

i met klair (la moscovita formerly known as sveta) on my last night in moscow. i'm still pissed that in 9 days i only met her the last night. klair says everything is exactly as it should be.

after hawaii, we are going to manhattan for a few days. i've signed us up for dave letterman tickets, wish us luck. klair doesn't know who he is. so, i get credit for introducing her to dave? wow. maybe we'll get real lucky and get to play, "know your cuts of meat." perfect. i've been on atkins!

phonics lesson

i was going over the sounds “c” and “k” with my kindergarteners. one student recognized that c and k are in ‘duck.’ yes, i said, duck does have a c and k in it! this is what we call a teachable moment. so i veer of into leading the group to spell ‘duck.’ ck are the last sound, what sound is in the beginning? d—d—duck. right! d. now what vowel sound do we hear in dU—U—Uck? i went through the list of vowels hanging on the board. is it dA-Ack? nooooo. is it dE-Eck? noooo. is it dI-Ick?


i swear, i didn’t see it coming: i had to hear myself say it. it's a good thing they're in kindgergarten.

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last weekend i did some portriats for a friend's daughter. i wanted to use these rapseed fields before they're harvested.