Last Friday I braved a field trip to Mount St. Helens with 300 8th graders! I have been finishing the year by filling in for an 8th grade teacher who went on medical leave. One of her projects (that she adores) is an all grade field trip up the volcano. I’ll have […]
Read more of this post: A Trip to Mount St. HelensSummarize your life in a six word memoir, with optional photo illustration.
I was asked this over at Vox and thought I would post it here too.
Happiness is only real when shared.
-Chris McCandless
It is truly tragedy that Chris didn’t figure that out until it was too late.
Read more of this post: On HappinessThe other day Jae sent me a link to a clip from the BBC’s sketch comedy show Man Stroke Woman, it was pretty funny stuff so I thought I would pass on a few clips that I found particularly hilarious. I do have to warn you, if you want to check out any of […]
Read more of this post: Funny Stuff from “Man Stroke Woman”Thanks to Sal and her late-night insomnia, she stumbled across the Best Game Ever. Watch it and enjoy. Two little league baseball teams are mobbed by the Improv Everywhere team and given a game they will never forget!
Check out Improv Everywhere: We Cause Scenes. They have a lot of awesome stuff over […]
Read more of this post: Best Game Ever… sort of. This has been the longest dry spell for me in terms of blogging. I probably shouldn’t even be blogging now, but here I am. Two double aught eight has done me well so far: I have been super busy with classes and teaching, both of which have prevented me […]
Read more of this post: Hi. My name is Matt Jones, and I’m a blogger…How can I take a break? My entire life has been one big break lately. Oh well, calling it a vacation is just as bad because I am not vacationing from anything… Any way you look at it, I won’t be around for a little over a week.
Tomorrow (ok, technically today) I will […]
Just finished my ninth week of teaching and things are going extremely well!! How is time passing so quickly?
I got rid of the shoutbox (for now) because it wasn't working right. Hopefully I will get that fixed soon. You may have noticed that I have been changing things around a bit. Hopefully this theme looks good and works well. If you notice any bugs or things that need to be fixed or just look better, just let me know (or leave a comment)! The header images (there are 34 in rotation right now!) are pictures that I have taken over the last few years.
