I'm locked out of my regular blog on blogspot, at least for the moment.  Apparently, I have more tecchy-stuff than any self-respecting English prof. should have, so much so, I don't know what I have where!  Well, tis' the season, I suppose.  I want to thank my lovely, lovely students for being so wonderful.  What would I do without you?  You make everyday at RIT the best joy any teacher could hope for, dream of, wish for, or want.  Thank you.  Big props to Mikey, who just got into illustration!  Told you!  Shout out to Tito, Laura and Cassie!  More HUGE props to Kevin, who is HOOKED UP after graduation with a job at XBOX!  Yeah, baby, yeah!  Major b'day wishes to Jonnie O. and Gary H.--two of the most promising young people I knw--now that's a power day for Saggitarius!  BTW J. and G., your power stone is ruby--or anything red in color--but ruby is what's prescribed by astrologers. 

Anyhoo, just thought I'd blog a bit today--nothing too heavy; wanted to complain but thought better of it.  Why release more misery into this world?  What really need is for people to turn on their compassion buttons!

Keep on keepin' on!  Peace!

 
 

Yo!  What up?  So, another brave new blog--and brave is the operative term there.  It seems certain peeps don't appreciate success of any kind--funny, isn't it?  The saying that fits goes something like this: Never be a phoenix rising--know why?  Because "they" will hate you for it--"they", the haters, as my colleague Vincent would put it.  But you know what?  Don't you worry about what others think.  If you know something is right, feel it in your gut, go with it!  The majority is not always on track with anything but themselves--which means conformity.  There are times when you have to conform--like driving by the rules, not cutting people in line at the grocery store, etc.--but that's not the conformity I'm talking about.  Use compassionate wisdom when dealing with the "haters" for they know not what they do.  Misery loves company, another appropriate, if not cliche saying.  Cliche, because it's true....

Hang tough out there!  Only you can be your own true compass, or as the Bard said: "To thine own self, be true."

Peace!