21 Nov 07

16 Nov

Spotted, as I waited for the S to Times Square with the lovely Kelly, three people in: wetsuits and goggles, carrying flippers. One of them had a long coat on, and I might not have noticed her rubbery-looking legs if it hadn't been for her compatriots, but the other two were pretty obvious. Where, do we suppose, those people were headed?

17 Nov

Presented our NCTE panel and did a pretty good job, I think; we had about 25 people come to see us even though we were "concurrent" (read: far, far away from the main thrust of the activities) and they seemed mostly to be paying attention.

Went, with the impressive crowd of Kevin, Professor Alpha, Professor Zulu, Anne, Marisa, Anna, Megan, Kelly, and Charlotte to... the Algonquin Bar. Holy crap. Alpha came up with the idea - partly, he admitted, because he and Zulu had parked across the street - but, really, could you think of a much better English teacher place? The drinks were good, the Christmas decorations were lovely, and the conversation, so far as I could tell, kept flowing. I'm not sure I could have imagined a better place to be sitting that afternoon than at the little cocktail table between Kevin and Zulu, talking and listening and drinking and so on. Pret-ty frick-in cool.

18 Nov

Walked all around town after hitting St. Patrick's; more specifically, up and down Fifth Avenue, which meant stopping to look at Lord and Taylor windows, a Jack Kerouac exhibition at the lion library, and the ice skating rink in Bryant Park.

14 Nov 07

31 Oct

Spotted a license plate - in Connecticut, no less, where it's a) not native and b) that much more a good omen - from New York which read WOLFIE4.

5 Nov

Got followed around by dogs - two in the Gap, one coming (walking, thank you - not being carried) off the subway, and two at my Italian deli, all with separate owners.

12 Nov

Got described by the fabulous Marisa, after I told her about the lunch ticket, as "Professor Alpha's backup date." HA, HA, and more HA - is that something that even came near to entering my head back in the days when I would contemplate these kinds of things on the treadmill? I don't think so, Tim.

13 Nov

Worked very hard at not laughing when one of my high schoolers mentioned in her timeline Powerpoint "going to fresh air camp and they sent me to a dog farm." Now, I know what she means. But the phrase "they sent me to a dog farm" just broke me up. A dog farm? They sent you? Come on, now!