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Hi, I’m Tim.
I’m a husband and father, and I love my family. I talk a lot about inclusive education, podcasts, and really nerdy stuff like science, sci-fi, vinyl records, classic movies, and baseball. I’ve basically been an old man all my life, and I’m perfectly fine with that. You’ll find a lot of different things here including…
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If you are podcaster, I want to follow you.
You may or may not be on Threads. But if you are, I want to follow you. Follow the link in the embedded post below and give me a shout. No social media platform is perfect, but I really like Threads so far. Enough to pay for verification, which I told myself I would never…
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What’s For Dinner?
B and I have always had some sort of meal plan for dinners. But over the last few years, we’ve (read: she’s) gotten it down to a science. Tonight it was Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup. Very simply, B comes up with a weekly meal plan that we use for the entire month, shops for…
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My favorite albums of 2023
In no particular order White Reaper – Asking For A Ride NF – Hope boygenius – the record Wednesday – Rat Saw God Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? 100 gecs – 10,000 gecs Arlo Parks – My Soft…
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Just Keep Podcasting
I think about podcasting a lot. I also listen to a plethora of podcasts on various topics. And what keeps me coming back, hitting that “follow” button, is curiosity. I believe that if you are a podcast listener, you most likely are someone who is interested in multiple points of view. Or maybe the views…
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From Inclusion Skeptic to Inclusion Champion: My Journey as an Educator
This picture is of me in 2004, on my first day (ever) of being a teacher. At the time, I was an inclusion skeptic, thinking that children who were autistic, had an intellectual disability, or exhibited challenging behaviors were better off in a separate learning environment. It wasn’t until I experienced including my students in…
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Social Media Sucks
It’s a wild world out there y’all. Much like everyone, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with social media. Mine started in the early 2010s. Social media has its fair share of sucky aspects. It can be a breeding ground for online bullying and misinformation. And it’s no secret that comparing ourselves to others can eat…
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Sweet Read
Lately, I’ve been spending less and less time on social media. And by less time, I mean a drastic reduction in my overall investment of time I post. I’m just less and less inclined to care. And as a replacement, I’m trying to train myself to think about what I’d want to write for my…
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Leap Year
One of my goals for 2023 was to write more on this blog. And a couple of things happened this week that made it difficult to accomplish that goal. Number one, I got COVID-19. I had to cancel a work trip and was sidelined for the whole week recovering. Number two, our family got a…
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Music Alvvays Makes Things Better
I don’t know about you, but when you survey the previous year and think about the highs and lows, one thing is constant; music is a salve for the soul. And it is in this spirit that I present my favorite albums from 2022. I ran out of time to do a full-fledged post, so…
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