Not since Schoolhouse Rock...

Oh, I hope you like these super short grammar videos as much as I do!

Passive Pete:


A hyphen rap:


And my personal favorite: the combination of zombies and grammar:

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians & misc.

I changed the layout of this page awhile back, and now I am sloooowly trying to recall how to reconfigure my sidebar content. A lot of people seem to have natural talent for this sort of thing, but me, not so much.
That is just to say there will be links to more of my most favorite artists and writers as time progresses. If you and I are pals and you want to send me a linky, that'd be great, too.

In the meantime, here's a document of my current media consumption...

Mary Ruefle's The Most of It is the most pleasurable read I've had in a long time.

And here is the song I cannot get enough of:


And here is the movie (in its condensed version, which may be enough for you) that I cannot wait to watch when it's delivered to my mailbox this week:

Happy Birthday, Michael

slight change of pace this year:

Happy Halloween!

Austerity Video

Here are a couple videos by Jack made on our little Nikon Coolpix camera...





If you are in a completely sound-free room, you should be able to hear okay. Yikes! Thanks!

Won't you please consider attending this fine event

The Story of Stuff

Here's a very cool thing one of my students showed me. There's a good chance you've already seen it, but just in case: