1. This week was training for my new teaching job. It looks like it'll either be an amazing experience or a catastrophic disaster. I guess we'll find out. 2. At the very least, I won't have to worry about what I should read for a while; it's pretty much all read books and discuss, and … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Teaching, St. John Vianney, and Beavers
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Friday Flotsam: Mostly ‘Oppenheimer’
1. I'm starting my job training in classical education Monday, so beginning a new phase of existence as you might say. 2. I saw Oppenheimer last night and I'm still settling on what I thought about it. It certainly leaves the viewer with a lot to think about, and it's a film that demands to … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Mostly ‘Oppenheimer’
Friday Flotsam: Federalist Papers, Mission Impossible, Trailers
1. One of those weeks where I was very busy and productive, but feel like I didn't really get anything done. Very little actually ended up in the 'finished' pile, since I ended up passing from one project to another or deciding after a few hours' work that this one isn't going to fly after … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Federalist Papers, Mission Impossible, Trailers
Friday Flotsam: From Napoleon to Puss in Boots to Writing Advice
1. It's Bastille Day, commemorating that great day in the cause of liberty when an urban mob stormed a mostly-empty prison that was already slated for demolition, freed a handful of criminals and lunatics, then burned it to the ground. Sure, why not? 2. Speaking of which, Ridley Scott is apparently coming out with a … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: From Napoleon to Puss in Boots to Writing Advice
Friday Flotsam: Depression and Loyalism
1. Had a big depression attack yesterday, though thanks to the progress I've made with a new counselor, it wasn't nearly as bad as attacks in the past. Previously, I would have been freaking out and in constant pain. This time it was just a heavy unhappiness and listlessness that made doing any kind of … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Depression and Loyalism
Friday Flotsam: New Job and Some Other Stuff
1. The first news is that as of this week I have a new job. Come August I'll be teaching with Regina Caeli Academy: a classical-education homeschool-hybrid where kids learn at home three days a week then come in for Socratic discussion two days. I'm taking on high school-level American History, US Government and Economics, … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: New Job and Some Other Stuff
Friday Flotsam: Box Office, Generational Lag, Education
1. Dipping into box office news, I'm glad to see that the lingering waste product of a failed and canceled franchise starring a violent lunatic is failing hard at the box office, despite the desperate presence of an overpaid relic from the days of comparative cultural confidence. Likewise the latest offering of the studio that … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Box Office, Generational Lag, Education
Friday Flotsam: Sacred Heart, Consistency, and More
1. A blessed Feast of the Sacred Heart to you all. "Behold the Heart that so loved men as to spare itself in nothing." May our hearts spare Our Lord nothing in return. 2. My next step in bring order to my inner kingdom is trying to establish consistency, which I've so far completely failed … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Sacred Heart, Consistency, and More
Friday Flotsam: Life Stuff and ‘Merchant of Venice’
1. Talking with my counselor this week, we discovered that I may underestimate my own productivity. I'm not sure about that myself, but I'm starting to track it. Supposedly, the act of tracking behavior alone tends to lead to improvement, sort of a Heisenberg-Maximized-Potential Principle. 2. A couple weeks ago some idiot ran into my … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Life Stuff and ‘Merchant of Venice’
Friday Flotsam: Mostly James II
1. Coming out of a long period of lethargy, depression, and illness that hit me hard as soon as I got home. I've heard from several friends that they've suffered similar bouts recently, so apparently the Other Side is making some moves. In any case, I'm feeling a good deal better, have been to Confession, … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Mostly James II
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