Teacher, writer, researcher
My earliest memory of Prince was in 7th grade gym class. There was this 8th grader who was in love with Prince. She would bring her posters of this silly little man in his underwear, standing in a bathtub. I knew he was from Minnesota and she would talk about how her mom took her […]
Yes, I so love X-Files and this week is my favorite: A Monster of the Week. I love how the mythology of X-Files allows for varying forms and has mixed them well. This week’s episode is no exception. Scully and Mulder are back at it. Mulder wants to believe, but he has a list of […]
I’ve been looking forward to the new X-Files for quite some time now. I remember sitting in the theatre, watching “I Want to Believe” (2008), and being so disappointed. I just wanted something good. Something that brought me back to 1995, when FOX was first starting out and taking risks no one else wanted to […]
My first David Bowie album (and it was a cassette) was “Let’s Dance.” I immediately fell in love. There was something about the music that drew me in. I was twelve. I was listening to Duran Duran and Echo and the Bunnymen and starting to decide musically where I was headed. Once I heard Bowie, […]
I’ve decided to do some blogging about teachers and schooling as they are portrayed on television and in film and I’m starting things off with The Principal, an Australian drama series in four parts, that was released in October and can now be found on Netflix. The series is a crime drama that stars Alex […]