Monthly Archives: March 2010

Lay-off My Purse

19 March 2010 I invited myself to join my co-workers in going out to lunch today. I usually don’t go with them when they head out for lunch because, for one thing, I’m too cheap to buy lunch at a … Continue reading

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Past Meets Present

17 March 2010 In class today, we watched the motion picture A Raisin in the Sun. No, not the 1961 version, the 2008 version. We watched the 1961 version last week. That means that in one week, I saw 4 … Continue reading

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Putting History Under the Microscope (and something else, too)

15 March 2001 Today Jennifer and I went to St. Thomas University to hear a presentation by James Loewen, author of one of my absolute favorite books, Lies My Teacher Told Me. Loewen was an amazing speaker, with great humor, … Continue reading

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Blue Day – Renew Day

13 March 2010 Yesterday we went to see a film for my class, today we went to see a film for Jennifer’s class. Let’s start with: what happened to the 3D? I typed in “3D showtimes” in Google, and it … Continue reading

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The Lovely Poem

10 March 2010 Today in class we viewed the film A Raisin in the Sun. The title of this film is taken from Langston Hughes’ poem Harlem. This marks the fourth time this poem has, in some way, appeared in … Continue reading

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