Miscellaneous Missives

Picture Flinched from the Interweb Yesterday as soon as I walked in the building I LEARNED something that bothered me.  A colleague asked if I had heard that a judge had overruled the changing of Bde Maka Ska (lake, its Dakota name back to Lake Calhoun.  The name was originally change since Calhoun was a strong advocate of slavery.  I think this is a huge loss for Minneapolis.   It was also a crappy way to start an already exhausting Monday.  All is well, Monday's over.  Plus, this makes 30 of 30 days blogging in April about something I learned.  Thanks LH!! Did I also mention I completed #30daysofbiking? I biked all 30 days although some rides, like today's, were super short.

Today I finished reading Serving the Servant:  Remembering Kurt Cobain .  Although I knew a lot about his life, I LEARNED things that I never knew or forgot.  First, I didn't realize the majority of Nirvana's fans were female which makes sense since Cobain was a supporter of women or at least was against many sexist bands.  The other major thing I didn't know is that Cobain was a support of the LGBTQ community.  Finally, I didn't really know that Heart Shaped Box was written for/about his daughter. If you like Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, you should read it. 

Over - Under is something in betting.  I'm not sure exactly.  I feel like it's a bit of a prediction.  The weather people make predictions.  If I was a betting person, I'd rarely bet on their forecasts being accurate.  This morning I set my alarm for 5am, based on last night's forecast, to ride before the rain.  When I checked the forecast at 5am, it looked like I could sleep for another hour because the rain was coming at 8am.  My ride was a bit cold, but the trails were fairly empty.  Of course, I made sure I was home before 8am, so I would miss the rain.  I LEARNED that I could have slept in a bit more.  It's almost 8:30 and there's still no rain. Speaking of over/under, last night I asked a group of folks at happy hour if the toilet paper should go over or under.  It's something I never put much thought into until my dad's girlfriend was insistent it was over (makes sense), so now I make sure it's always over.  It's be...

During yesterday's ride I LEARNED that spring is showing itself in the trees.  It was glorious to see the green buds on the trees.  Although it was a bit windy, it was a glorious ride.  I also learned that I'm not sure I learned anything yesterday.  Maybe I'll learn a bit more today.  Trying to blog about something I learned every day in April is becoming a challenge, but at least I'm posting something every day even if it's frivolous.

It's that day of the year when I get out my pink fishnets and knock Chuck Taylor's for Day of Pink .  Yesterday I gave an introduction, and we talked a bit about bullying and the Day.  I was explaining that we don't celebrate our day on the actual day due to our crazy testing schedule. The students were interested enough to look up the actual day.  Thanks to them, I LEARNED the actual day is April 10th. 

My Screensaver  Wowakake Duhue You Have Strength Tohanjtu kinhan yacerya yacin cee Otehike Tokeca un taku owas tehika he? Wicoicage iyayayakapi Otankapi nakun Takomni was’agya unk’unpte Oyate istamnipi tawapi s’e magazu Wakpa etkiya Wotakuye we s’e Tawacin sutaya unk’unpte Makoce de unkitanhanpi Mni nagi taku ota wanyake Tohni takuda akiktunze sni Okodakiciye, asniic’iya po He wowasake mnni ihaha s’e Ohinnni sutaya naunzinpi kte You Have Strength Sometimes you want to cry… Life can be a struggle and you ask yourself Why?  Must I Deal with all this pain and hardship? As generations pass us by. And our elders continue to die. We must remain strong Rain falls like tears of our nations Runs steady into the rivers Like the blood of our relations Our spirits must remain strong and free For we will always be a part of this earth The spirit of the rivers has seen many things And never forgets the atroc...

I was afraid the duck wouldn't get into my biking picture, but I feel as though he wanted to help me out and made an appearance.  At the beginning of bike season this year, I LEARNED the importance of cleaning my chain since I needed to replace it.  When I returned from yesterday's ride in the rain, I took the time to clean my chain.  It's kind of a pain when one merely wants to get out of wet clothes, but I'm sure I won't regret it when I ride tomorrow. Only 8 days left in the LEARNING challenge and #30daysofbiking.  We've got this my friends.