Author: ccross

And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 3

June 6, 2023

So has anyone else thought that President Joe Biden is basically the Ted Lasso of American politics? In the midst of all the ugliness and negativity between the two parties, Biden stays positive. He never trashes the opposite party, just rejects the “extremists” that he claims don’t really represent the Republicans. He invites collaboration, cooperation, … More And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 3

And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 2

June 5, 2023

This is the interesting aside Sit Com #2. So a day or two after the conclusion of Ted Lasso, there was a big announcement that Kim Canttrall who played the character of Samantha Jones in the original Sex and the City TV series, had agreed to do a cameo in the new SATC sequel, And … More And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 2

And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 1

June 4, 2023

This past week, our lives had a big win and a big loss and an interesting aside from a sit com perspective. Let’s start with the loss, which is Sit Com #1. (I will discuss the other two sit coms in posts in the next two days.) This week we got the ending to what … More And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 1

House Republicans Demonstrate the Dangers of Not Learning from Great Literature

January 5, 2023

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Sir Winston Churchill (paraphrasing a similiar earlier quote by George Santayana). I am biased, because I am a literature teacher, but I would make a similar statement about studying literature. Those who don’t learn the great lessons from great literature at least open … More House Republicans Demonstrate the Dangers of Not Learning from Great Literature

We Had a Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue Christmas…As Well as a Grinch, A Christmas Carol, and A Chrismas Story Christmas

December 31, 2022

Having just watched the movie Elvis, this song kept running through my head this Christmas because it was true–we definitely had a blue Christmas this year. Not blue in an unhappy way, but in a physical way..like the color your skin turns when you are cold. Our power went out shortly after lunch on Christmas … More We Had a Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue Christmas…As Well as a Grinch, A Christmas Carol, and A Chrismas Story Christmas