tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58994112024-02-07T04:50:57.982-08:00What is going on here?A sporadically written blog, leaning to the right, on whatever interests me at the moment. You might even find it interesting--or not.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.comBlogger261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-44734215884660678962023-01-16T11:49:00.006-08:002023-01-16T11:58:47.697-08:00My new book is out! You can get it here!Jeremy and Taylor have now finished their summer break, started school, and are trying to live a normal life--as normal as life can ve for a pair of teenage strigoi. The police have been following them all summer, still suspicious about their involvement in the death of their friend Ashley and the other strigoi at the end of the previous school year, and Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-63314078750052189962021-05-05T11:28:00.000-07:002021-05-05T11:28:03.050-07:00Richard's main pageI was watching a video and was going to post a link on fakebook. But I realized that if I did, I would probably receive another suspension! So I'm putting it here.The Inconvenient Truth About the Democrat Party
If you're seeing this blog in a frame click here to see it without the frameRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-23063248272893052222020-06-04T16:34:00.008-07:002023-01-16T12:15:59.400-08:00I'm working on two more books, one the sequel of this one. If you haven't read this first one, what are you waiting for?Poor Jeremy has problems. His dad has passed leaving him to work the farm and take care of his mom, he's got bully problems at school, and now he finds out just where all the vampire legends come from, the hard way!
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If you're seeing this blog in a frame Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-6830199872767371562019-06-22T08:52:00.003-07:002019-06-22T08:52:55.670-07:00Buy my book! Read my book! Review my book! Independent novelists need those reviews!
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If you're seeing this blog in a frame click here to see it without the frameRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-21523779937308971132018-08-30T19:27:00.002-07:002018-08-30T19:29:00.083-07:00Since my last blog entry a lot has happened in my life. My wife of 43 years passed away in January of 2017. A few months later I met a beautiful woman and I married her in October of 2017!
We have now purchased a new home, so we finally have a place we can call ours.
I haven't kept this blog up like I should since Fakebook and Twitter serve much the same function. But I'll try to do better.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-28303116876363132132015-01-24T08:51:00.001-08:002015-01-24T19:08:44.458-08:00Make a powerful flashlight for just 10 bucks! I spotted this on Facebook. The link will take you directly to YouTube. I haven't tried it yet, but I will!
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If you're seeing this blog in a frame click here to see it without the frameRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-23579823675483130062014-03-16T16:11:00.001-07:002014-03-16T16:11:48.024-07:00How do we get our dream back?I just finished a story by Martin L. Shoemaker called “Not Close Enough” in Analog magazine. It brought me to tears. Now think about what might have done such a thing. What makes a story, a fiction story bring me to tears?
Buzz Aldrin about to step onto the moon
I grew up during the space race. I watched as Armstrong stepped onto the moon, something I had dreamed about but never in my Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-30947770259906935932013-12-21T10:47:00.001-08:002013-12-21T10:47:54.091-08:00Teaching isn't rocket science. It's harder!Wow, this is so true!
"But no one can fully understand how difficult teaching in America’s
highest-need communities is until he or she personally experiences it.
When I solved engineering problems, I had to use my brain. When I solve
teaching problems, I use my entire being—everything I have. A typical
engineering task involves sending an email to a colleague about a
potential design Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-18253283528150826872013-08-25T16:11:00.001-07:002013-09-01T14:01:30.114-07:00Likely to Succeed Amanda Ripley’s ‘Smartest Kids in the World’
Likely to Succeed
This is an article I really like. The
last line says it all. "We've got the schools we want." The best
improvements we can make to our schools, in my not so humble opinion, are to hold back any student who is not ready
to move to the next grade--as many times as necessary--and get the
federal government out of education completely. No money, no influence,
nothing!Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-72664590611303223072013-07-28T14:12:00.001-07:002013-07-28T14:12:35.839-07:00Why Teaching Is Harder Than It Looks Very good article that explains why teaching is not something anyone can do.
Today's opinion piece explores why teaching is one of the hardest jobs out there.
by Brianna on 07/24/2013
Submitted By: Denise Hong
This piece was inspired by a heated discussion I had with a man
who believes that Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-48810154480225500202013-01-23T20:26:00.001-08:002013-01-23T20:26:58.271-08:00The Blueberry Story: The teacher gives the businessman a lessonThis is an interesting article to be sure!
“'If I ran my business the way you people operate your schools, I wouldn’t be in business very long!'
I stood before an auditorium filled with outraged teachers who were
becoming angrier by the minute. My speech had entirely consumed their
precious 90 minutes of inservice. Their initial icy glares had turned to
restless agitation. You could cut the Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-61046570649277204412012-11-12T07:39:00.001-08:002012-11-12T07:39:43.490-08:00Czech Republic: The Danger To America Is Not Barack Obama But The Fools Who Elected Him | God and Country FirstWow!
Czech Republic: The Danger To America Is Not Barack Obama But The Fools Who Elected Him | God and Country First
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If you're seeing this blog in a frame click here to see it without the frameRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-49147815463270453572012-08-04T23:27:00.002-07:002012-08-04T23:28:20.779-07:00Better teachers, equipment won't improve schools as long as students avoid work | Deseret NewsHow true! How very true!Better teachers, equipment won't improve schools as long as students avoid work | Deseret News:'via Blog this'Richard's main pageIf you're seeing this blog in a frame click here to see it without the frameRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-17428951744215634022012-07-17T12:23:00.003-07:002012-07-17T12:25:52.453-07:00Second Amendment Victory: 71-Year-Old Saves the Day as Two Men Try to Rob Internet Café - Independent Journal ReviewYeah! Refuse to be a victim!Second Amendment Victory: 71-Year-Old Saves the Day as Two Men Try to Rob Internet Café - Independent Journal Review:'via Blog this'Richard's main pageIf you're seeing this blog in a frame click here to see it without the frameRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-4931860221499429622012-07-04T15:01:00.001-07:002012-07-04T15:01:17.835-07:00Ann Coulter: On July 4, remember: We are not FrenchAnn Coulter: On July 4, remember: We are not French:
'via Blog this'
A very good article. Read it!
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If you're seeing this blog in a frame click here to see it without the frameRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-15340330502530466922012-05-29T13:37:00.002-07:002012-05-29T13:47:27.638-07:00Back homeAfter spending the last nine months teaching at Sahuarita High School and living nearby in Green Valley AZ we are now home. The position ended so I'm out of a job.My provisional teaching certificate in Arizona requires a math test which I've taken, but don't know if I've passed (It was really hard!) and SEI (structured English immersion) which I'm taking online right now. If I don't pass the mathRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-16738404388240307302011-08-27T22:33:00.000-07:002011-08-27T22:43:48.372-07:00New home
My new home.
We've got a nine month lease on this place in what I call a "geriatric" community. the scary part is I'm old enough to live here. We've got a heated pool right across the street. It's quite nice.
Richard's main pageIf you're seeing this blog in a frame click here to see it without the frameRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-42411596405996187252011-08-25T20:30:00.001-07:002011-08-25T20:36:35.294-07:00Moving to ArizonaI've settled in here in Arizona. I received the job offer and moved down here to Green Valley (which is just south of Tucson) the same day. Sahuarita High School is a great little school. The staff is excellent and the students are for the most part great. It's difficult leaving the grandkids but it needed to be done.
I'm now officially a double dipper. I'll be getting retirement from Nevada andRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-86087054317444981382011-08-10T21:25:00.000-07:002011-08-10T21:46:43.340-07:00Why won't things go right?I retired in June and although I fully intended to get another job, I was in no hurry. Then my wife lost her job and we were facing two thirds salary for me and 50% (unemployment) for her. I started looking. I had several interviews and almost got a position in Idaho, but a former supervisor, who I shouldn't have used for a reference because we disagreed a lot, but did, because my other Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-28031974913926560112011-05-02T21:31:00.000-07:002011-05-02T21:32:04.615-07:00When Osama Bin Laden was killed, he was met at the Pearly Gates by George Washington, who slapped him across the face and yelled, "How dare you try to destroy the nation I helped conceive!" Patrick Henry approached, punched him in the nose and shouted, "You wanted to end our liberties but you failed." James Madison followed, kicked him in the groin and said, "This is why I allowed our Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-28486213176794499422011-03-22T20:01:00.000-07:002011-03-22T20:09:23.524-07:00An environmentalist changes his mind on nuclear power! "Read the article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/21/pro-nuclear-japan-fukushimaYou will not be surprised to hear that the events in Japan have changed my view of nuclear power. You will be surprised to hear how they have changed it. As a result of the disaster at Fukushima, I am no longer nuclear-neutral. I now support the technology.A crappy oldRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-77597022091680161732011-03-17T19:00:00.000-07:002011-03-18T19:26:03.738-07:00Ann Coulter A Glowing Report on RadiationAnn Coulter has a great column (here) about the radiation scare in Japan. I've read research for years that a little radiation is good for you. She quotes much of the research I've read and also some I haven't seen.With the terrible earthquake and resulting tsunami that have devastated Japan, the only good news is that anyone exposed to excess radiation from the nuclear power plants is now Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-55905861456843286842011-02-22T18:46:00.000-08:002011-02-22T18:47:58.606-08:00Star size comparisonThis is a fantastic video!Richard's main pageIf you're seeing this blog in a frame click here to see it without the frameRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-24506200449102588912011-02-15T19:59:00.000-08:002011-02-15T20:22:18.522-08:00from "Blogging teacher blogging again."This is a very good description of how our education system is broken:"There are serious problems with our education system today - with the way that schools and school district and students and parents take teachers who enter the education field full of life and hope and a desire to change the world and positively impact kids, and beat the life out of them and villainize them and blame them Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899411.post-50382031353718814522011-02-03T20:22:00.000-08:002011-02-03T20:26:57.142-08:00It's Snowing Because it's too Hot!?This is a very good commentary on "global warming" By Doctor Everett PiperOk - I am sitting at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport right now - stranded because of the 100-year-blizzard that just hit Texas and Oklahoma - and the news from Al Gore is this: "increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with" you guessed it…" man-made global warming." How insulting. I've about had it with Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706999723680366025noreply@blogger.com0