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School Daze #1

LesJun 13, 20225 min read

Let’s be clear.  Very clear, in fact.  I shudder at some of the things that I tried, and I shudder more when I think of what I put those folks so dear to me today through. If there happens to be any aspiring teachers that read this, I can furnish you names of my schoolRead More

India #6

LesJun 11, 20225 min read

I made a mistake, there in New Delhi, at 2 in the morning.  But as soon as I saw the impending disaster of my mistake, I quickly corrected it and didn’t make it again, the whole time we stayed in…

Lessons from the Body Shop Man

LesJun 8, 20225 min read

I was fairly glum sitting there in the body shop, waiting for the owner to show up. I had just bashed in the back of my truck, otherwise detailed in the post ‘Five Finger Discount.’ Now, I had a bashed…

India #5

LesJun 4, 20227 min read

I smelled it when we were still several thousand feet up in the air.  It was a medley of hundreds of thousands of outdoor cooking fires, garbage pit fires, warm, humid vegetation just then cooling down from the heat of…

Locked Out

LesMay 30, 20225 min read

Someday, I’d like to buy me a new Toyota Prius.  You know, one of those little things that runs on both gas and electricity.  I’ll make sure it has the hybrid stickers on it and all.  I don’t think I…