In no way whatsoever do I condone cheating. I think it's a horrible, dishonest thing to do -- when it counts for something. Cheating o...

Out of the blue, I got an email from Michelle, telling me how much she enjoyed Learn Me Good, and how impressed she was by my imagination an...

When I used to take fitness tests in school, I was never very flexible. I tend to be "tall stiff white guy" -- we were going over...

Hey everyone, Welcome to the work week. Monday Monday, can't trust that day. Which is why I will NEVER name my son or daughter, "...

Hello, voracious readers! Today, we have indie author William (Willie) Meikle stopping by the blog to plug his novel, The Invasion . Willi...

For some reason today, I got an urge to make a list of words that I have heard or overheard being misused or abused at my school over the ye...

I was just surfing around at one of my new favoritest websites -- Mr. Teachbad -- and found this little gem of a video. I love these little...

Where is Colonel Mustard going to kill Mr. Body with the Lead Pipe?? Wait, no, we're not talking about THAT kind of library. Recent art...

Happy Saturday, everyone! I don't know about you, but this has been the longest week ever! It's pretty pathetic, really, too, beca...

It's the year of the double uno, and Carol at Bellringers is up to her usual Carnival-posting tricks! Go browse the midway and see som...

Last week, our first week back to school from Holiday break, I asked the kids to write some New Year's Resolutions in their writing jour...

Well, as I figured, school is in session today. As I write this, I am looking at weather reports saying that it is 28 degrees outside, ther...

I am sitting at home today, enjoying my snow day, not having to go in and teach the kids. You may have noticed that today is Sunday, so I wo...

This weekend, I am turning the spotlight on another indie author -- Debra Martin. Debra has co-written a book called The Crystal Facade , w...

This afternoon, around 2:40, I was forced to flee my classroom in fear for my life. Well, that may be just a TOUCH melodramatic, but at the...

Today, for Tip o' the Hat Tuesday (remember that??), I am catching up by linking to a couple of posts that I saw over the break. First u...

We now resume your regularly scheduled programming... Welcome to the new year, everyone. The new part of the school year that is. Some of ...

OK, I will admit that I have not done much work on my intended sequel to Learn Me Good over this holiday break. In my defense, I had PLENTY...

As many of you know, I am part of the "Independent Author" tour that is sweeping the nation. Well, if not sweeping, at least we a...

Welcome to 2011, everyone! So glad you could join us. There were a couple of you I am, quite frankly, surprised to see that you made it th...