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• Combat Pay for Teachers

  I am not an altruist; I am not one of those people. I probably wouldn’t make a great teacher because of it. And that is pretty much what we are asking young people to be when they take up the field of education: altruists. Now — don’t get me wrong — I don’t feel sorry [...]

• Obama Heeds to the Two Percent Solution

  Wow. At first glance, I am in love with the president’s education plan — expanding charter schools, merit pay for teachers, and extending the school year — a lot of which comes from the Two Percent Solution (of which Obama is a student). Additionally, hazard pay for teachers (inner-City schools) should be included. I am [...]

• Obama At 50 Days

  I like Barack Obama. I think he’s been a pretty good president so far. If asked, I would certainly say that I “approve” of his job performance. If asked to clarify that further, on a scale of 1 to 100 — with 1 being very poor and 100 being outstanding — I would say that, [...]

• Behavior

  When did doing nothing — and on top of that, posing a significant hindrance and cost to society — become something to do? I would like to blame Generation X on all of this — from Facebook and Twitter to flash mobs — and I plan on ranting on that in detail in the future. [...]

• The Difference Maker

  I agree with the notion that the mounting number of foreclosures is partially at root of our current economic crisis. It is by no means the only reason. Equally culpable for the dire straits that we navigate was the need for a market correction, the house of cards that became of the banking industry, and [...]

• CNBC

  I like this…

• Media Is Blind To Obama’s Mandate

  In 2000, Texas Governor George W. Bush received less votes than Vice-President Al Gore. After a lengthy legal battle over the contested results from the tie-breaking state of Florida in the historically close election, a legal process that found itself in the Supreme Court, Bush was decreed the victor. Two months later, the president was [...]

• Jesus on Facebook

  I am in the midst of decommissioning my Facebook account — a process that began when I inadvertently realized I had 111 so-called friends; I am now at 11 — which is (surprisingly) having all sorts of reverberations (more on that… later… maybe). I’m taking a moment to remember my best-of statuses, or what I [...]

• A Baseball Junto

  My baseball project is taking shape — but it is not ready yet. I’m not entirely sure if anything will come of this.

• Press One Now

  I received this voicemail asking, er, demanding I refinance my mortgage… I wasn’t exactly sure of her instructions.

• Buffalo News’ Coverage

  The Buffalo News is liveblogging the plane crash story, including links to Flickr photos, and is compiling the list of confirmed victims. UPDATE — Footage from last night…

• Plane Crashes In My Hometown

  The location marker on the lower left is the approximate location of the plane crash in Clarence Center, and the marker on the upper-right is where I worked over the summers and during winter breaks while a student in Syracuse (as an intern for the Town Engineer)… The marker on the far left below is [...]

• Super Friends

  I can’t get the theme song out of my head… Or this remix…

• Bipartisanship

  You’ve got to love the republicans, or at least respect them. They got trounced in the election. They lost the presidency in historic fashion. They lost seats in the House. They lost seats in the Senate. They lost governorships. The American people soundly defeated their principles, and their politics. The republican time of rule was [...]

• McClatchy

  What I like best about McClatchy — besides the fact that their political reporters got the Iraq story right (the first time) — is that their individual reports online mimic the look and feel of a newspaper… Image: McClatchy I absolutely love that headline font.

• 25 Random Things About Me

  There is this meme going around Facebook. I usually avoid memes, and I hate using that word,* but there is no other way to describe it. The deal is you are supposed to post twenty-five random things about you. It was too enticing, especially since I am much more open on this blog, and have [...]

• The State

  There was a guy who used to work with me — and for me — and my company fired him. He was just not good at what he did (and what we did). When I asked him to do a task, he would do it poorly, and when I asked him to improve his work, [...]

• Part Two

  Consider this part two of my blogger manifesto. I have too many blogs. This blog is my pride-and-joy, and honestly, I could not imagine life without it, however sad that makes me feel that this is what the world has come to. In fact, I’m just glad building web-sites is cool now. Why wasn’t this [...]

• Gen-Y

  I was asked to complete a Gen-Y survey for the research arm of our HR division… Are they kidding?

• The Music Died

  Amidst the democratic primary in April 2007, Jake Tapper made reference to the day the music died on his blog… “I’m told this is the airport where the plane crash took place that took the lives of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. Their last show was at Surf Ballroom in nearby Clear [...]

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