In the past, I have had a hard time getting the students in my class to read. I could get them to pick out books and to look at them, but I couldn’t seem to motivate them to actually read the book or stay quiet during Silent Reading time. I have finally figured out how…

I have never had much in the way of money. I have more or less scraped by my entire life. However, I have never gone without. And for that I am thankful. I know what I need most of all in life though. That is story. I need great novels, film, and television. I need…

20 years ago today, Star Trek: Voyager soared onto our television screens. I have always been an avid Trekkie. My dad and I used to watch reruns on the original series back in the 1980s. We then watched Star Trek: The Next Generation together. It wasn’t quite the same as the original series, but we…

Scotty earned the reputation of being  a miracle worker when he served on the Starship Enterprise. It wasn’t merely because he was good at his job. Sure, he was a great mechanic. He knew his engine inside and out. He was well-studied and continued to update his skills. But it was how he talked to…

I don’t like New Year’s Resolutions. Never have. If there is something I want to change about myself, I do it, I don’t need to wait till the start of the year to declare a resolution. That is why for the past few years I have get some personal goals for myself. The only problem…

I set goals for myself at the start of the year. I had the best intentions when I set them. I was determined to track my progress on a calendar as well. Unfortunately, I didn’t follow through with the tracking and I haven’t looked back at the list since I wrote it. I really should…

Here are the highlights of the Christmas gifts I received this year. Smallville Season 11: Chaos My brother is a traditional comic book fan. He prefers single issues as opposed the collected editions I enjoy. So, he got me the first six issues of this comic. I just did some research on it. I enjoyed watching…

Bubble Bobble is back! And it’s on my iPhone. The game is exactly the same as the arcade version I used to love. I really miss the joystick and the physical buttons. It takes a little more finesse to control the character on the touch screen. I so wish I could have a stand-up arcade.…

I posted this to Facebook last week   because I truly was excited about the new Taylor Swift album dropping. I am not ashamed to admit that I love music of all different sorts of genres. I know that certain people know me as a hip-hop DJ and radio personality and would be surprised to learn…