Mr. Locke’s Classroom

Hey bloggies (and bloggers), for those of you just getting started in this world of blogging, you’re not alone. A friend of mine passed on this link to me–it’s a 16 year-old kid from Iraq who just started his own blog. Drop by and give him a good Oak Cliff style greeting (no, not with [...]

Confession: I slept all day today, and am just now getting up this evening. And in a few hours, I’ll be going back to bed. With good reason of course–my head is throbbing and overstuffed with gunk, my voice is non-existent (except for an occasional coughing fit). And I’m determined to be at school tomorrow. [...]

Ok, I promised I would post some more pictures of Grady soon, but I think I can do even better than that: here’s a short video I shot of him just this past weekend, fawning over Little Bo-Peep. As I mentioned in the last post, she is attached to his “play console” and he seems [...]

Yesterday I didn’t have school, and Amy did–so Grady and I got to hang out. Just the boys. We played on the floor, I threw him around some (he really likes that) and he played in his little play console. It’s one of those things they sit in that goes all around with toys attached [...]

The pilot light on our house’s heating unit picked a winner of a time to go out. And stubbornly refuse to be relighted. We had some one from the yellow pages out to look at it last night, but I think he was more interested in selling us a new AC than repairing the old [...]

It’s spring (semester), and The Bloggies (new freshman bloggers) have arrived at last. Well, two of them, at least. I’m sure many more will follow. After all, the dislike of DJ’s seems rampant. Click on the links directly to the right to visit—————> It will be curious to see which ones take to blogging and [...]

Hi. Remember me? Well, it was the holiday season, so I kind of took a break from blogging from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. Why? I’m not quite sure. I could cite the business of the season, parenthood, school, exhaustion, or any number of so-called excuses…but who knows? Does it really matter? Anyhow, I’m back. Christmas [...]