Tuesday, June 20, 2006

today is tuesday 20 june 2006.

so the dodgers don't play, so i figured not to go to www.dodgers.com yesterday to help reduce anxiety. i look it up today to see who's pitching, and i glance at the standings and notice the d-backs are not in second place anymore . . . how the mess did the padres climb to tie the dodgers to lead the division!

the stanley cup was last night. this is so exciting this takes a line in my blog. like anyone in raleigh really cared? i remember going to the greenville growl (minor league hockey) a few years ago . . . the growl had to put hockey terms in the program so that people could figure out what was going on. the huricane's winning is almost an insult i would figure--it's like atlantans boasting of their snow storm to guys in duluth . . . out of place.

the oakland a's had a 10 game winning streak. the rockies were just swept in st. louis. never would've figured the rox were going to kill the a's 7-0 last night . . . but perhaps oaklanders don't like the altitude.

so i'm teaching inequalities in algebra 1 yesterday. i draw a bunch of greater-than and less-than signs. the kids elaborate on their greater-than and less-than signs . . . soon these mathematical figures become pac-man . . . and then fish . . . one turns into a clam. one kid tells me he made a nice clam--produces pearls . . . wait a minute, oysters have pearls . . . coloradans and sealife is like carolina and hockey--out of place.