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A random collection of rants, reviews, and miscellaneous thoughts on everything from instructional technology to local restaurants.
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Retirement. That’s not a word one necessarily hears at my age. But, here I am. As of the end of June I will have completed 28 years in education in South Carolina, and I have decided it’s time to retire. Taking into account unused vacation time, my last day in our school district will be [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous
A Jesus-Filled Chain Letter
Had a bit of serendipity…I was doing some research for an upcoming photo/hiking expedition. I was looking at an edition of Columbia’s The Daily Phoenix from 1868 for information on the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad. The article was on the front page, and by itself was just a short notice about the finances of the [...]
Posted in History and Genealogy, Miscellaneous, Weirdness
Busy Birthday Weekend
Been a busy weekend – explorations on my birthday, recuperation on Saturday, and a day full of music on Sunday. Saturday’s explorations were so involved that I’m breaking them into three separate blog posts. Writing those up, along with all the links and research, will take some time. I may be done with that mid-week. [...]
Posted in Family, Miscellaneous
A Night on Bald Mountain
For my birthday this year I decided to take a vacation day from work. Most people would take this as an opportunity to sleep in. I’ve always been of the mind that if I have a day off, I really don’t want to waste any of it, and usually would like to get an early [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Photography, Science
Soma Madness
In 1933 Danish mathematician Piet Hein proposed a three dimensional variation on the tangram puzzle. The puzzle consists of seven polycubes in different configurations that can be put together to form a 3X3 cube. Hein called his puzzle a Soma Cube, the name purportedly taken from a Sanskrit word for “diversity.” The cube puzzle was [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Miscellaneous
