http://fleeting.blogsome.com On the meaning of life, the universe, & everything Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:45:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en my orchid died. i never mentioned itbecause i thought it didn’t matter -    it was quite a while ago now.it was sometime in the fall;    i don’t recall the date. it didn’t seem important. i really tried to keep it alive,    though i probably had no business    owning an orchid.they’re too fragile. the first ... http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2008/06/27/neglect/ for the past few days i’ve been giving my three high school students their end-of-the-first-grading-period tests.  (if you aren’t aware, i’m teaching at a semi-local "magnet" school for the arts.  the HS students each select a fine arts "major" that amounts to the first period in block scheduling.  i’m the ... http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2007/10/29/testing-1-2-3/ Things That Have Changed: Location:  from Dayton, OH SE 500 miles to Greensboro, NC Marital Status:  from Single to Married Academic Standing:  from Graduate to Student Ownership of Pet(s):  two kittens Expectations of Others:  academically an exponential rise Things That Have Not Changed: Socio-Economic Status:  still in the 0% tax bracket.  the IRS actually paid me to ... http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2007/10/28/stasis/ the past two months have been - quite full, to say the least.  traveling, weddings, auditions, surprise announcements (some might add)…on top of the growing-ever-more-difficult situation in which i live; "in tumult", i believe, accurately describes both my pysche and my circumstances. to elucidate a bit.  i was traveling for almost the entire ... http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2007/03/24/the-ides-and-after/ you know why i dream?  i’ve finally figured it out.  it’s because i can’t sleep.  can’t lay in bed all day, but don’t really want to get out…feeling tired because i wake up ten times every night but can’t ever get real rest…so i dream because my brain is trying ... http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2007/01/08/excuses-excuses/ this morning i had a dream.  as much as i can remember, this was my dream: i was in a land i can’t identify; although i did not know it, i belonged there.  it was a desert, and there were many people.  my general location was on a flat plain (of sand) ... http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2007/01/06/and-your-daughters-shall-prophesy/ http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2006/11/07/election-day/ for all the times you’ve rolled your eyes because i’ve said this….HA! http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2006/10/31/this-is-my-joke/ so i kept typing. the little words, fighting like maniacs to escapemy overfull but still reluctant mindkept leaping off the page and into darkness,even before i pressed the "backspace" key.they disappeared.one day they’ll return, i said,when they get hungry and don’t know where else to go.i said this to myself,because the ... http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2006/09/30/and-yet-you-are/ i am not a biologist.  i am not even a scientist.  and i am not a philosopher.  my only relation to these "categories" of people is my interest in them and their subjects.  AND - and this is very important - my knowledge of these subjects, while it may be ... http://fleeting.blogsome.com/2006/09/25/the-average-joe-on-intelligent-design/