tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32340242024-03-23T12:46:02.792-05:00shackblogmiscellaneous musings of shackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-68157962662396553822012-09-16T15:56:00.005-05:002012-09-16T16:04:12.829-05:00I did this..shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-77866931695813796052008-08-10T18:12:00.003-05:002008-08-10T18:19:19.358-05:00you are now being redirected...So, I don't know if anybody looks at this anymore or not and I'm quite certain that precious few ever venture over to shacknotes.com and even if they do, there's not anything new to see.So, I've been thinking about canceling my host for shacknotes.com and moving all of my web-site and this blog over to wordpress. Shacknotes is in desperate need of a redesign and I'm too lazy and not quite good shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-65294935531666810142008-07-29T13:23:00.000-05:002008-07-29T13:23:48.000-05:00wootoff!Woot : One Day, One Deal (SM)shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-63725398255832212632008-07-21T21:57:00.002-05:002008-07-21T22:11:24.142-05:00more bullets...saphire bullets....Found out that I'm not going to be teaching English to 7th graders this year. I like english, but I'm not sure I'm very good at teaching it. And it's hard to teach and it's hard to grade. And I was not looking forward to living in Searcy, AR for 3 days this week at a Literacy Workshop. The workshop seemed interesting, but I just wanted a little more summer before it starts ramping up again. shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-16251021392445528252008-07-18T17:51:00.003-05:002008-07-18T17:53:31.080-05:00Hurry! You only have until Sunday at midnight!shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-28829936706758895732008-07-14T21:26:00.000-05:002008-07-14T21:26:12.217-05:00'Bigger than Jesus? The Beatles were a Christian band' - Telegraph'Bigger than Jesus? The Beatles were a Christian band' - TelegraphJust found this article and found it very interesting. I have a number of friends that i think will be interested as well.shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-34536864245916739402008-06-29T21:46:00.002-05:002008-06-29T22:03:44.657-05:00two nappy haired blondes that keep me in love with musicSam PhillipsUnless I can plead Sam to make it closer to the midwest than New Jersey, I may never get to see her in person. You'll have to follow the link to see an in-studio concert for NPR.Aimee MannH and I went to see Aimee at Cain's Ballroom a couple of weeks ago. There were only about 120-150 people there, so we had a great time. Whenever I think of Aimee, especially when I think about how shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-2128128320406425492008-06-18T20:56:00.004-05:002008-06-18T21:09:08.772-05:00quotesWhen I used to carry around my palm pilot all the time, I had a little memo where I archived quotes or phrases that I heard/read that I liked. Sometimes these morphed into songs. ("For my part, I know nothing with any certainty. But the sight of the stars makes me dream..."-Vincent Van Goh found on a card at Barnes and Noble. Word-for-word the bridge of World Around Me.) Other times I just shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-73154662332468675062008-06-03T12:35:00.003-05:002008-06-03T13:31:35.641-05:00glorious summer and my to-do listOk, I'm two days into summer vacation and it's wonderful. What I'm experiencing right now may be all the reason necessary to teach. (take note, crazybilly) Even though this summer will be significantly truncated due to 1) 3 weeks of NTL modules (8-3 everyday) and 2) 3 days in glorious Searcy, AR for Literacy Lab, those things are 3 weeks away and I'm too happy happy to think about those thingsshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-53376630570171343322008-05-27T21:17:00.001-05:002008-05-27T21:18:32.123-05:00The Future of Christian Music: "Riffing" by Charlie PeacockI have always thought that Charlie Peacock was a smart guy. He proves it again.I don't really have anything to add. Just go read it.shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-74995816305414650322008-05-26T22:41:00.002-05:002008-05-26T22:47:22.677-05:00...4 more days...who will survive?who will lose it and go "scholastic"?Saw Indiana Jones...disappointment abounds and I am unsure why it keeps getting good reviews. It wasn't horrible, but it was a big let down to me.Am trying to figure out what to do with these last 4 days. I'm wanting to show "Stand By Me" to my English classes, but can't get the TV guardian to work and am a little nervous about it. It's a shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-37587204620127505072008-05-12T22:05:00.004-05:002008-05-12T22:25:56.612-05:00saphire bullets...bullets of pure love....Two thumbs up for Iron Man the movie even though I've never been a fan of the comic.Two thumbs up for Lars and the Real Girl. Tried to tell my co-workers about it, but lost them on the premise. Don't let the premise throw you. It's a really sweet movie.First movie season I've looked forward to in a number of years. Indiana Jones, Batman, Shyamalan. In that order. Teach 7th grade english shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-37096316250616476662008-05-12T22:01:00.002-05:002008-05-12T22:05:02.904-05:0013 days and counting...7th grade girl: "No offense, Mr. Shacklett, but I can't wait to get out of here."Me: "No offense, N_____, but neither can I."shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-6075329248550023962008-04-22T21:46:00.002-05:002008-04-22T21:50:01.968-05:00FIELD TRIP!Day after tomorrow, I and 120 7th graders (oh and some other teachers/sponser) will spend 4+ hours on busses going to Little Rock.They don't know it yet, but those 7th graders are going to have to endure my creamy white skinny calves. I also plan to take an mp3 player and a book.Hopefully, nobody will expire or be left behind.shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-81914567107506048172008-04-16T21:07:00.003-05:002008-04-16T21:44:19.768-05:00Another feline escape...Before I blog what I'm getting ready to blog, I need to say that I LOVE my co-teachers. Just about every day I am thankful to have spent my first year teaching on a team of people who obviously love and care about their students. They have all been so helpful and encouraging to me all along the way and so patient with my cluelessness. If I were to consider trying to find another position at shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-34133075458450653222008-04-06T21:00:00.003-05:002008-04-06T21:24:51.568-05:00...and then...So, I've been planning to blog for weeks now, but I just didn't have anything profound on the brain to share. Still don't. This may be boring.-Enjoyed my first real Spring Break. It came just in time. Didn't do much of anything. I bought some shoes, but I already blogged about that.-I have exactly 8 weeks left of school. Woohoo! Summer vacation cannot be overstated enough as a perk of beingshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-56713759434297983002008-03-18T14:58:00.003-05:002008-12-13T03:53:33.387-06:00In search of shoes...The weird thing is that I would seldom wear shoes given the freedom. From early spring to as late fall as I can manage, you're most likely to find me wearing either Birkenstocks or Teva's or I finally bought a pair of Chacos. In spite of this, I still harbor a bit of a fetish for shoes (and jackets...but that's another blog). Add into this the fact that I'm pretty cheap, and you'll realize thisshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-80729275781456435742008-02-26T22:32:00.003-06:002008-12-13T03:53:33.671-06:00U2 3D: The First Live-Action 3D Concert Movie, Featuring U2 -- National GeographicI haven't blogged about this because I don't know what to say. Do whatever you have to do to see this as soon as possible. The wife and I found a wonderful friend willing to sit at our house while the girl was asleep so we could go Sunday night.It's a fraction of the cost and hassle of actually going to a concert. You don't have to worry about not being able to see around the 6'11" tall shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-29520621148348179032008-02-16T23:13:00.000-06:002008-02-16T23:13:04.592-06:00cat out of the bag...I wanted to name this entry "randomnity" again, but thought it my make my plethora of readers confused and just see the title and not read anymore. But just because I didn't name the entry that, doesn't mean that I'm not going to be random.-On Valentine's Day, H & I and I stayed home and ate and watched Seinfeld. Then we loaded up and took I to the new Coldstone, came home, played with I shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-87679330056865830442008-02-05T23:12:00.000-06:002008-02-05T23:26:18.985-06:00what the ?"...too many people are brainwashed by his message of hope..."I heard this quote on tv today.Does anybody else think that this statement is insane? Wouldn't we want to be hopeful about an election year? Could it be that I, of all people, am landing on the side of the line that is wanting to be optimistic? (...fuze....blown...)I also read an op-ed piece today that talked about the elephant in theshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-24579830962584423042008-02-01T22:36:00.000-06:002008-02-01T23:05:21.879-06:00...continued...So, you'd think that I would have continued those thoughts right away because since I went to bed the other night, I woke up and have spent 2 snow days at home. But no: that would be way too industrious...-Indigo Girls: Great concert, great seats, I'm very glad I went although I'm sad that Holly was feeling so horrible. Throughout the concert, however, I was struck by how arbitrarily fame, shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-48392669161116379052008-01-30T20:57:00.000-06:002008-01-30T22:34:43.028-06:00randomnity in '08 #2I know it's a made up word. But I kind of like it and it seems to fit.-Finished To Kill a Mockingbird. Good book. I enjoyed it. I know it's supposed to be a great masterpiece of American literature and all but Owen Meany still beats it hands down for me.-"There Will Be Blood" is finally in NW Arkansas, but it's at the theater that would require my taking the WORST exit in all of NWAR. That shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-80915617470930379442008-01-13T21:07:00.000-06:002008-01-13T21:26:43.204-06:00randomnity-Great holiday break. I had two full weeks. Made treks to parents on both sides. Love and good fortune abounds. Sister came for 5 whole days, and even though she made me help her work on her record, it was still fun because that's almost the longest she's ever stayed with us.-Was ready to get back to school last Sunday. I had a great attitude and felt rested and prepared. WRONG! last week shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-58051581414120145612008-01-04T23:51:00.000-06:002008-01-05T00:24:12.891-06:00Favorites from 2007So, I've seen a lot of people making their "best-of" lists for 2007. I started trying to think of things, but realized I don't have much. So, here are some lists. They aren't in any order, and they weren't even necessarily released in 2007. It's just what I can remember that I've been into this past year.Music: More than anything, it feels like I have to view this year as the year I got old.shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234024.post-43923436741023874972007-12-09T15:52:00.000-06:002007-12-09T15:52:39.580-06:00Crazy for God (some more)Crazy for GodI found this interview with Frank about the book by somebody that is mentioned in the book. I thought it was interesting.Have you read the book yet?shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033103810612446806noreply@blogger.com1