Frank Sinatra, Duets
Great, great album cover, huh?
For some reason I just had to buy this the day it came out back in '93.
Pretty sure it's the only Sinatra I own, & it's well worth it.
Highlights: "I've Got You Under My Skin" w/ Bono . . . "The Lady Is a Tramp" w/ Luther Vandross . . . "Witchcraft" w/ Anita Baker . . . "All the Way/ One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" w/ Kenny G . . . "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry/In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" w/ Carly Simon
Ol' Blue Eyes.
TEACHABLE MOMENTS FROM THE REALM OF SPORTS ALERT:
The Rangers have won every inning of this series except 1, but they are up just 2 games to 1.
(I hate the Yankees, so this annoys me.)
My son Aodhan is a fantastic keeper, but about 5 seconds of loss of focus cost him a goal Saturday. But he had the chance to make it up, & he did.
Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand remains hospitalized, paralyzed from the neck down after a vicious helmet-1st hit on a kick return. He may never have a chance to walk again.
What I think when I think about stuff like this:
We have to focus at all times, & maybe we have to be a little lucky or blessed by god or the universe.
We often have the power to make the proper choices, but sometimes maybe we have no power at all.
We need to embrace every moment, to, as Thoreau said, "live deep and suck all the marrow out of life."
Remember all those words of wisdom from DFW & all of your colleagues last week.
Send out some positive vibes.
Juniors:
Mary Karr rocks.
She shows you "How to Read 'The Waste Land' So It Alters your Soul Rather Than Just Addling Your Head."
You shared some opening thoughts on poetry, &, as has happened every year I have taught poetry, to every class, some said, "yeah!!!' some said "NOOO!!!" some groaned some cheered some like free verse some only like rhyme Dr. Seuss Shel Silverstein Emily Dickinson free association.
Oh, & 3rd period met my wife.
So, 3rd period wins the day.
Sophomores:
Units 1-3 vocabulary big quiz.
Ode 1 read out loud--remember, we control everything . . . except death
More Antigone quotations, this time from scene 1.
Back to the reading, scene 2 tomorrow; 5 of you will volunteer to read.
Unit 4 vocabulary definitions due Wednesday.
be cool
Thanks for the new Calvin & Hobbes. :D
ReplyDeleteAlthough, it was a bit of a challenge to read because of the size.
Jealous of 3rd period.
I hope "The Waste Land" turns me into a poetry fan. (:
My thoughts of the day.
http://oi54.tinypic.com/2gyc5n6.jpg
haha, that fan is awesome
ReplyDeletethank you for cheering me up n a less-than-cheerful day
also, you can find that "Joker & Lex" elsewhere, larger
O O O That Shakespearean Rag
ReplyDeleteanother irony of life that only came around from the amazing timing of life (coincidence):
all this talk about "water", and now to be read is Death By Water
i enjoyed DFW, didn't appreciate TWL till later.
--Dave
(random much?)
not "random," dude
ReplyDelete"TWL" takes a LOT more time, my brother
but yeah, it's definitely ironic this way
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ReplyDeleteUh oh McBride we might have some problems. I'm a huge Yankees fan and they're just havin a rough series right now. They still have a good chance to make a come back. They just need some better starting pitcher performances in the early innings and they'll be ok. Dont know why its saying my name is "ME" but whatever.
ReplyDelete-Cole McDowell
SINATRA IS A GOD.
ReplyDeleteI wish you were under 18 so I could hug you and not risk your imprisonment. But I like your wife (well, at least the internet version of her) and don't want to get her arrested either. So I'll keep my time machine at home.
Cole: I simply cannot like the team that spends the most, so I dislike Chelsea & Real Madrid, & recently the Heat & after they finally won another Series, the Red Sox
ReplyDeletewill say the Yankees have the coolest hats, maybe the best home unis, & Derek Jeter, whom I love for the way he has always played the game
Chloe: my wife is even sometimes a little cooler in real life
Ahhhh I haven't commented in awhile!
ReplyDeleteOh so your wife is going to always know me as "the kid whose girlfriend didn't let him post on McBride's blog" but its okay cause I'm posting now! Ha so TWL wins not because I understand it or anything, but simply because it has a whole section about ME ! Well atleast my name that sounds like the name of an old cryptic man when Elliot says it on the tape. -_- oh so I'm also excited cause you mentioned "smells like teen spirit" in class which I titled the cheerleaders page as this past weekend so somehow me and you always think a like. Oh btw your wife is pretty awesome cause she told our class the sentimental story of how you guys got together. Hopefully she comes in more often ohhhh and she likes Harry Potter I think you said which just makes her even more awesome... I hope I like poetry after your class. So far not looking so good
P.S. Is Derek Jeter man crush number 6 for your or you just keep to your top 5 hahahahah
-Albert!
yep, she likes Harry Potter even more than I do
ReplyDelete(I know, "our poor kids . . .")
NOTE: you came in 5th right after he mentioned "Albert," but you seem much, much cooler than the guy in the poem
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the 1 "popular" song my band back in '91 . . & though I am not the biggest Nirvana fan, I say you made a cool title choice
& finally, she will probably think of you as the kid w/ the cool glasses
shucks, y'all are awesome.
ReplyDelete@Chloe -- my internet self is less annoying than my actual self, plus easier to change/delete/reword. And I would love to see me in cartoon form on a seriously cool blog ( hint hint )
@Albert -- glad the story was considered sentimental and not mushy to the point of gag-inducing. It is truly one of my favorite stories ever, cause it sounds like fiction but was indeed the truth. And, I do dig the glasses and you know where the littlest McBride (Cedric) got his name, right? Well, at least where the inspiration came from ?