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Every Other Monday 29 Jul 2013 | 11:27 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Hi, Kid. Just wanted to check in briefly. You and I just finished a pretty fun week together. It was very Summery: we walked around our neighborh...
The View On My 43rd Birthday 24 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
My birthday was last week. I'm officially a 43-year-old manchild. Feels pretty good. 43 is a nice age because it's so nondescript. 40 is a big deal. 45 sounds pretty important. Even 42 has a hef...
There's A Lot Going On This Weekend. 12 Jul 2013 | 09:42 pm
Photo Credit: LA Times This weekend is Gay Pride here in San Diego. It's the first one I've actually been in town for since coming out and proclaiming myself as a Homosexual Carbon-Based Lifeform 2 ...
Pirate Update: The Recent Headlines 6 Jun 2013 | 04:53 am
Ahoy, crew members! Remember back when I used to write things down and post them here? I should totally start doing that again. My lack of posting hasn't been completely my fault. I've had stuff. ...
No Virginia, There is No Such Thing as Extra Credit 8 May 2013 | 02:09 am
Totally me. This is another one of those end-of-semester posts about teaching where I'm going to end up sounding like a big mean jerk. I know it. So can I first reiterate that I really do love teach...
Ask the Pirate: Volume One 14 Mar 2013 | 03:26 am
Ahoy, Crew Members! Over the last year, I've received a lot of emails from folks -- some from regular readers, some from occasional visitors, and some from wandering hobos who stumbled in while doing...
Some Mondays Are Harder Than Others. 11 Mar 2013 | 08:13 pm
Hi, Mini-Pirate. Mondays sure are hard, aren't they? Like today, for instance. I woke up first, as usual. Didn't sleep great last night. Also as usual. The fact that it was still dark as midnight ...
Happy Birthday, Sort Of. 9 Mar 2013 | 04:08 am
Ahoy, Crew Members! It's sort of a big week here on the Good Ship Didactic. I guess you could call it a birthday of sorts. Here's what: Two years ago this week, I came out. Meaning, came out to pe...
From the Teacher's Inbox: Student Emails That Will NEVER Work 16 Jan 2013 | 10:45 pm
The week before the semester starts, I get a lot of emails from students who do not know me, but who apparently really really really really want to enroll in one of my classes. This is not because of...
The Hamburger Post Rises Again 14 Jan 2013 | 10:27 pm
Hi Crew Members! Just a little linkage today. Last year I wrote a post about how I had my Coming Out conversation with the Mini-Pirate. A few months later, I had the privilege of meeting the good f...
