Archive for November, 1998

Holiness in Teaching

Waddling along the streets late, late this morning, I know what a turkey must feel like being stuffed with stuffing. And talking about stuffing, I had a lot of stuff on my mind this morning as I struggled with each step to come out from a caloric coma induced by an ODing on turkey and [...]

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What I Want Students to Say About The Class

It is nice this morning. Not hot. Not cold. Wait ’til this afternoon when it will go into the 80s. And they say the Dogs of August are leashed. Ha!! Anyway, I was just meandering across the campus back to my office from the Student Union, alternatvely sipping a cup of coffee with one hand [...]

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A Quickie Random Thought: Cans and Can’ts

It was a gorgeous morning. The air was as clear as a flawless cyrstal and crisp as the snap of a fresh potato chip. The rising sun set a lone, distant herring bone cloud afire with more shades of color than Roget has synonoms. The masters are no competition for the spectacular beauty of nature’s [...]

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“Leopards can change their spots”

Good morning. Today, is the morning after the day before. Has nothing to do with wild revelry or hangovers. Well, that’s not quite true. Today, is what we call in my family, “the morning after cheese cake” during which we experienced a caloric hangover. Yesterday, was All Saints’ Day. In the Middle Ages, it was [...]

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