Monthly Archive: September 2008

Sep
30

Yeah but . . . what about aliens?

Every day I have students work on their editing skills by finding and correcting mistakes in a paragraph. Today one of the sentences was: In September 1846, a german astronomer Johann Galle became the first to observe the planet Neptune. One of my students wanted to make this change: In September 1846, a german astronomer …

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Sep
29

Another Reason I’m a Twins Fan

There are 114 posts here at Chris Wondra . com discussing a myriad of different topics–non of which have anything to do with baseball. That’s about to change. For a number of reasons beyond wins and losses, beyond geographical allegiances, beyond media coverage, or experiences at the ballpark–I am a die hard Twins fan. And …

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