-
Things Happened While I Was Disconnected
So much has happened in the last week and a half that I’ve been disconnected. Most of it’s been good, some of it’s been bad and the rest has been seriously? I had planned to write out a post for each and every thing that happened but decided against it. You know, for my own sanity. And because I don’t want to overwhelm you with the craziness that is my life right now. So here’s a bit of the happenings from the past few days: We have a home ~ When we moved here, we didn’t have a home. We had the possibility of a home but nothing definitive. I…
-
Day 22: Websites I Enjoy When I Need to Revisit My Youth
I’m such a retro chick. I love TV Land and Nick at Nite, especially when they go old school and air shows like All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, Good Times. In fact, I try to find ways to work retro TV shows and music into just about every class I teach. Those shows dealt with topics such as abortion, rape, death, homosexuality, aging, racism and economic woes with more depth, humor and intelligence than many of the shows on air today. Anyway, two websites that help to feed my flashback needs are Hulu and YTTM. Hulu allows you to watch television shows (both old and new), I use…