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Proudly Introducing: Think Thank Thunk!

April 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Today, I’d like to proudly introduce you to the project that I feel like I’ve been giving birth to for the last couple of weeks:
Think Thank Thunk (found at www.3thinks.com)is my humble attempt at a blog specifically written and designed for parents and teachers. It’s still a bit under construction, but I thought I’d […]

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Tags: Writing · Growth · Creativity

How this blog made $400 in its first month with AdSense . . .

June 29th, 2007 · 12 Comments

. . . and over $850 the second.

I really enjoy blogging. In fact, I remember saying to my wife one night before chriswondra.com was even a twinkle in my eye:
“I think I was born for this.”
Early on there were a number of things that made blogging attractive:

Control: you have total control over content, presentation, […]

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Tags: Learning · Writing · Money · Growth

On being a superhero

April 26th, 2007 · 7 Comments

The subhead for this blog reads “School teacher, dad, homeowner turns superhero but has to learn his powers along the way.”
Lately I’ve had a weird sort of feeling about that.  Like I’m supposed to explain what it means or something.  And since, in my own mind, that would be a lot of work and I’m lazy, […]

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Peter Answers and Igod: Artificial Intelligence Logs In to the Spirit World

April 15th, 2007 · 34 Comments

Chat bots: Artificial Intelligence Links Us to The Big Guy (and other interesting personalities)
First it was Peteranswers.com, then it was Ask Jud, now my students are hooked on igod. I’m all for 21st century skills, shrinking the world with electronic dialog, better opportunities for learning and all that—but this is getting ridiculous.
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Proofread for Spelling? Fuggetaboutit.

April 11th, 2007 · 8 Comments

I ran across this a few years ago, but it recently resurfaced in my email from a colleague, who had it forwarded from someone else. So apparently it’s still getting passed around.
I’m working on a couple more meaty posts. But this is pretty interesting in its own right:
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty […]

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Gee, thanks.

April 10th, 2007 · 7 Comments

You know all those entertainment awards, right? Music, movie, TV, whatever. I wish somebody would get up one day to accept their award with just those two simple words. Maybe smile, hold up the trophy a bit, then:
“Gee, thanks.”
And go sit back down.
Then wouldn’t it be cool if everybody started doing that? […]

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Tags: Learning · Writing · Humor · Fun Stuff · Growth · mysteries

The Tooth Fairy Letters

April 3rd, 2007 · 15 Comments

Update 4/5/2008: This post contains the first of 7 letters that my daughter, Emma, has received from the Tooth Fairy. You can find an expanded version of this post on my new blog, Think, Thank, Thunk on a new post entitled The Tooth Fairy Secrets.
I preface this post by saying that, from time to […]

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Tags: Writing · Children · Parenting · mysteries

Teacher Tools: This is Why I Deserve (or Don’t Deserve for that matter). . .

March 22nd, 2007 · 14 Comments

Once, when I was doing my student teaching, I created a test for a “Business Communications” unit. Back then it was all about me, so I titled it “The Greatest Business Communication Test Ever” or something just as ridiculous.
Anyway, for some reason, I thought it was pretty damn good. A great measure of […]

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Couple of Quick Notes

March 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

I haven’t found many notes this year for some reason. But when I do, they’re almost always amusing.
Found these two today:
Fine I will give you your leo bacfk on Monday. But first what did I say if I was talking about you. And someone. . . I’m not saying who but they […]

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You see silly male adolescence. I see masters of double entendre.

March 20th, 2007 · 13 Comments

From Webster’s College Dictionary:
double entendre n. a word or expression used so that it can be understood in two ways, esp. when one meaning is risqué.
Book projects/reports are due next week. For most, this is not news. Of course, these four had no idea this was coming. Well, maybe […]

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