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The course I'm offering for the Spring of 2008 is in need of more students to assure that it actually runs. Of those of you who have not yet signed up, I know two of you have seen me about taking the course (I signed your sheets). It appears I need 6-8 more of you to ensure that the class will run next year. I am hoping that a grassroots campaign will help to get me the students we need to make this course go.

This means that I need your help.

Tell your friends and neighbors that this is a class worth taking. If you want some data to back up this claim, let me know and I can present a preliminary syllabus and course information sheet, as well as background materials from when I taught this class once upon a time at the University of Delaware.

Anyone who has questions should email, IM, or Facebook me ASAP.

For those of you who don't already know, I work at a state-run boarding school for gifted kids in grades 10-12. While I've been working here over six and a half years in IT and Athletics in various capacities, I've never taught a full-semester class here.

That's about to change. Explorations in Linguistics (WLG712) will be offered, pending sufficient enrollment, in the Spring of 2008. If you don't want to take my word for it, take a look at the bottom of p.28 of the Learning Opportunities document (PDF, 164k). For the uninitiated, that's what the rest of the world typically calls a course catalog.

If you're a current sophomore or junior at IMSA, and have room for an elective in the Spring of 2008 (no, this can't count towards the 2.0 credit World Languages graduation requirement, but that's ok), sign up for my class. I have a feeling you won't be disappointed... and I need 15 of you to sign up for the course to run. So help a guy out, learn something about language, and have fun in the process. If you want a more thorough course description or a tentative syllabus (very much a work in progress), please let me know.

This Christmas, I had lots of fun with the family. My folks were in town, and they spent lots of time doting on the little one. Meanwhile, the focus shifted away from the loot, and onto the squirt, where it should be.

Anyway, there were some cool things to be had this year, such as Star Trek: The Animated Series and Aeon Flux on DVD:

... and then there were the amusing things. In with the gift certificate that purchased the above was the remains of 30 years of DuPont marketing genius. One of the most entertaining gifts (soon to be gracing the rear end of a Goodwill Store shopper near you, I'm sure) was two of the following:

I'm sure the Australians for whom they were originally made thought they were just the bomb when they first came out, so I'm sure someone will enjoy them about as much as I enjoy this picture... hee-hee.

Workout by Coach Kelly

WU: 200 fr, 200 kick, 200 IM, 200 pull

8x50 @50/1:00 sprint cycle

5x100 fr @1:25/1:40

100 easy back @2:00

10x50 @50/1:00/1:10 w/fins: odds swim, evens kick

100 easy back @2

5 reps with bucket/pulley system (swim across the pool lifting a large bucket filled with water)

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2400 +buckets

Workout by Coach Kelly

WU: 300 swim, 300 kick, 300 pull

w/fins: 6x100 @1:35/1:45/2:10: #1: 6kicks/pull fr; #2: 6kicks/pull back; #3: 50fr/50bk

A. 3x800 @10:00/11:00: negative split: look @ clock at 400; #2 pull (optional)

B. 2x600 @12:00

100 easy

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4000/2800