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Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?
Sep 15, 2025
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?
Sep 15, 2025

Students are talking about Buffalo. Word is they buffalo Buffalo buffalo, which is weird for Buffalo buffalo to do, when you consider that Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Sep 15, 2025
New Quite Excellent - "Small Kindnesses"
Sep 9, 2025
New Quite Excellent - "Small Kindnesses"
Sep 9, 2025
Sep 9, 2025
The Day My Beard Died
Sep 8, 2025
The Day My Beard Died
Sep 8, 2025

My Beard Died. This is his story.

Sep 8, 2025
How to Be a 7
Sep 1, 2025
How to Be a 7
Sep 1, 2025

You are your own worst critic.

Sep 1, 2025
"Being a Teenager Is Easy!"
Aug 25, 2025
"Being a Teenager Is Easy!"
Aug 25, 2025

Adults have a tendency to marginalize the difficulties of childhood. That is, to suggest that the challenges faced in high school (and before) are insignificant compared with the challenges of adult life. I've done it. My friends have done it. My parents have done it (and probably yours too). 

Aug 25, 2025
Video Game Monotony as Metaphor
Aug 21, 2025
Video Game Monotony as Metaphor
Aug 21, 2025

Games are repetitive, and I believe this is an excellent opportunity for storytelling.

Aug 21, 2025
A Change in Tone Makes Little Mermaid Creepy
Aug 20, 2025
A Change in Tone Makes Little Mermaid Creepy
Aug 20, 2025

With just a bit of a tonal change, things get weird.

Aug 20, 2025
"Why Do You Teach?" Is an Exigent Question
Aug 18, 2025
"Why Do You Teach?" Is an Exigent Question
Aug 18, 2025

I have had a few students ask me "Why do you teach?" recently...

Aug 18, 2025
How To Name a Document (You Do This Wrong)
Aug 18, 2025
How To Name a Document (You Do This Wrong)
Aug 18, 2025

If you have more than one documents titled "English Paper," this one is for you.

Aug 18, 2025
New Quite Excellent - "That Part in the Music
Oct 21, 2024
New Quite Excellent - "That Part in the Music
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