Tuesdays with Muerte

This graphic represents which computers have accessed my blog over the last month: A lot of the visitors for the SW like the "Where's Jesus" posts. Most everyone from the South loves the free music posts [Glee]. The folks from the East Coast liked the Halloween costume posts. The Europeans surprisingly did not go for the free music. (They have had The Piratebay .) Their interests were all over the board. The Asians liked me for me, meaning, they didn't favor any specific post. And the visitor from Australia just visited the "no shave November" post. This graphic represents which government agencies are aware of my blog in Washington DC: Very interesting. (I'll bet the government agencies mask their IP addresses. They're sneaky like that.)

Just go to this web page dedicated to Amazon.com coupons and click on the following code: "MP34FREE" Then open Amazon.com and navigate to the .mp3 area . I purchased a three-song album that I wouldn't be able to find anywhere else. (I think the gift card might be able to be used anywhere in the online store. If that's the case, may I recommend checking out the DVD and Blu Ray deals.) If I had three dollars, I 'd probably buy this: I AM LEGEND If I watched R-rated movies (more than once) I would definitely buy: Gladiator Braveheart

As I researched alternative teaching styles in graduate-level environments, I came across this fascinating approach to instruction. For many years, medical and dental schools around the world are have lead the educational community in experimenting with various styles of instruction. For example, several medical schools in the Ukraine, Brunei, Denmark, Norway, the Philippines, Sweden and the United States, universities teach courses using problem-based and case-study learning rather than relying on the traditional "sage on the stage" lecture style. Now, one dental school is breaking into a new frontier of instructional experimentation by applying the time-tested Montessori teaching strategy to their discovery-learning focused educational program. “Inside the Montessori School of Dentistry, you won’t find any old-fashioned cotton swabs, or so-called periodontal charts, or even any amalgam fillings. That’s because at this alternative-learning institution, students ar...

I had an creative crisis a few years ago when I realized that the majority of my creative ideas were thought and forgotten by the time I was 10-years-old. I had some REALLY good ones. I should have written them all down—in crayon. Maybe watching this video a few more times will give me the creative jump-start I need. Check Out This New Music Video! Charlotte Gainsbourg (feat. Beck) - “Heaven Can Wait” First single off her upcoming studio album IRM , due in stores December 7. Directed by Keith Schofield, who cites among his sources of inspiration the websites Reddit and FFFFOUND! .

“ Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won’t get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers . The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular national program begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to thousands of letters addressed to Santa each year. Replies come with North Pole postmarks. Last year, a postal worker in Maryland recognized an Operation Santa volunteer there as a registered sex offender. The postal worker interceded before the individual could answer a child’s letter, but the Postal Service viewed the episode as a big enough scare to tighten rules in such programs nationwide. People in North Pole are incensed by the change, likening the Postal Service to the Grinch trying to steal Christmas. The letter program is a revered holiday tradition in North Pole, where light posts are curved and striped like candy canes and streets have names such as Kris Kringle Driv...

Last night, I was a riot control officer assigned to an unruly high school. I was stationed at the southeast elbow joint of a school hallway. The problem was that there were two exits and only one of me. I positioned myself directly in front of one of the exits and aimed my state-issued shotgun at the other. We were told our weapons were loaded with live ammo, which seemed pretty unnecessary to me. Especially since the students were armed with paint-filled water balloons. We were commanded to open-fire on any student that threw a balloon at us or tried to exit the school building. All at once, 30 students stormed my corner. I shouted commands at them, but their body language was still very aggressive. I quickly determined which students I would target first based on whose eyes were searching for the doors instead of being locked on the barrel of my shotgun. For the very first time in my life, I felt the fear of being responsible for the control of a situation [others] and ...

Why? I am baffled.  I just can't figure out why Shane, my roommate, decided to shave only one of his legs.  When I asked him about it, he brushed me off with the unsatisfactory reply, "I don't know." Maybe you can help me out.  This is what I know about Shane.  He is a ladies man.  He has one of three girls over almost every night.  (I think he's kissing one of them.) One of them just started hair school.  Her roommate [it's complicated] will be a 20-year-old senior next year.  And the other girl is a freshman living on-campus. Shane plays quarterback for his intramural football team and fights-fires on the weekends up at Bear Lake.  He spends the rest of his time either in class or studying in his room... I just can't figure it out.