Have I mentioned that I’m tutoring a college student in Spanish? Oddly enough, I’m unabashedly teaching to the test. It’s an entirely mercenary venture. He pays me to teach the thing I most love to teach, with the goal of not learning any more than absolutely necessary.
And yet, if I don’t teach [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Neighbors’
Toot on, son
Posted in 141+, Language(s), tagged geekery, Neighbors on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Forty-two years!
Posted in Chicago, tagged Neighbors, Parties on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
About a week ago, Emily and Mae (a longtime across-the-street neighbor) threw a going-away party for our two favorite neighbors emeritus, Al & Rita. Al & Rita lived in the unit at the other end of our three-unit building (basically a mirror image floorplan of our place — their place had the other bay window). [...]


