When are you going to write a real book?
"I read your book. That was cool, being published. Are you going to do it with a real book some day?" "This is a real book. See? ...
Things that should disqualify anyone from running for public office
1. Having assets in wife's/ husband's/ children's names as a tax dodge. 2. Insisting on a driver when he/she is perfectly capable of...
There's no reason in this season
Seems like every Christmas someone trots out stories about an ancient (between 1000 and 1500 years old, so the definition of ancient has...
My own tune
"You should turn this into a song." "But it's not a song, it's a poem. What's wrong with it being a poem?" "Nothing's wrong with it being...
Behind the I
“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through...
Teachers don't come with capes
I'm actually really sick of all those memes saying things like teachers have bigger hearts than anyone else, or teachers hold students'...
Having a famous day today
#teaching #education #literacy #numeracy #inclusion #diversity
Thank you, Eddie Mabo
Today is the anniversary of the Mabo decision, in which the High Court of Australia decided that terra nullius should never have been...
I don't usually define in the negative, but...
Things I do not enjoy doing: talking about celebrities talking about celebrities' bums watching celebrities, or people who desperately...
