Read a short story by Tobias Wolff about a professor and lacking a spine and getting it back. Very awesome writing like hearing Birds of Fire the first time. I […]

Students handed in their journals. It is fun to read. From one view how can anyone judge a journal? How can I assign a mark for something subjective. What if […]

that old sufi story sticks, becoming truer as life continues. that place of knowing something that goes against the grain of the others in your life and makes you seem […]

Just 5 classes left for this term. it goes by fast. Next assignments are reviewing songs that have resulted in court cases over copyright infringement plus the students have to […]

You know when you are blindfolded and you walk in a room probably glass jars are knocked over and break, chairs are accidentally kicked even broken. It might be that […]

The renovation job is coming along, takes forever but didn’t I make up the timeline as if I was experienced and knew how long it should take? That is the […]

Student told me about their depression over so many courses, holding down a job and having too many roommates. I asked if they listen to any songs about depression. Why […]

Finished Margaret Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last and as usual the ending was fantastic. She is so good. I want to write her fan mail and maybe I will. The […]

In his home country Bryan Adams is considered a wise and exotic old rock musician. There is an aspect of my lyric course where each student has to eventually share […]

I like both Noam Chomsky and Thomas Sowell. They are my favourite Left wing and Right wing thinkers/ talkers. I see the perspectives of both and wonder if the course […]