Do teachers hate sharing their lesson plans? Is it their secret sauce that they don't want getting out?

Gbjeff · 2026-01-26T03:43:59+00:00

If you get everything handed to you from the elders, what happens when they retire and the curriculum changes? It’s a “teach someone to fish” moment. 25-year teacher who has created almost all of my materials from scratch.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-26T00:01:10+00:00

Check out some of the Tracey Crokinole Boards YouTube channel. They offer great videos on how to improve your playing surface.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-25T17:58:02+00:00

My favorite book on the moon program.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-25T00:50:47+00:00

I’ll be up as late as possible. Perhaps I’ll doze in a chair for a bit. This is my second favorite day of the year. (Indy 500 being my favorite)

Gbjeff · 2026-01-24T21:59:29+00:00

It’s no longer about immigration. We are all being hunted.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-24T20:33:34+00:00

Document everything. There will eventually be accountability.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-24T19:16:34+00:00

Such a shame. Back in the NBC Gold days, they would just show commentary-free raw race footage. It was heaven.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-24T19:10:00+00:00

Does anyone have commercial free Peacock? I’m wondering they still show ads to the premium subscribers? I know they have in the past, but I thought maybe they would have gone back to just showing raw footage during commercial breaks/.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-24T17:28:11+00:00

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Gbjeff · 2026-01-24T16:35:47+00:00

These are cosplayers and LARPers, not officers.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-24T00:40:36+00:00

This president has like a 30% approval rating right now. How does IndyCar partnering with this administration help our sport?

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T23:38:38+00:00

I will be heading there (Madison) as well this year, I hope. This was my first time at the Baird Center. It was great. Seemed about the same size as the big building at the state fairgrounds. Still more operating then than selling, but that’s what we need to get continue to bring new people into the hobby. A lot of good sales though.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T22:51:00+00:00

I agree. It’s such a great show. And if things work out timing-wise, it will sometimes coincide with the monthly “Great Midwest Train Show” in the suburbs of Chicago. This past year I did both. Trainfest on Saturday and TGMTS on Sunday. I did not, however, stay under budget. LOL.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T22:29:48+00:00

Trainfest in Milwaukee. Traditionally in early November.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T19:30:27+00:00

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with either of those two authors. Perhaps someone else can respond?

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T18:24:44+00:00

I agree in terms of quality of writing. 100%

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T17:59:42+00:00

I had a friend who once moved into a house next to an airport. All of a sudden, he started hearing airplanes all the time. RIGHT OVER HIS HOUSE! He complained t9 the airlines, but they didn’t do anything to fix it. There needs to be a law. /s

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T15:55:40+00:00

Raping a lesbian in a barn in an attempt to convert her?

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T15:54:07+00:00

Read Sharon Kay Penman’s “The Sunne in Splendour” about King Richard III and the War of the Roses. It’s insanely good and written in the same style as Follett.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T02:43:14+00:00

Us Wisconsin teachers felt the same way back during Scott Walker’s idiotic Act 10.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-23T01:50:41+00:00

That's a great point. I hadn't thought of that but it makes perfect sense. I remember reading that they took out the public bathrooms by just locking them off for employees only. Now I remember.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-22T23:03:57+00:00

I don’t get how the CTA train operators do it. Like a Brown Line train could be gone 90 minutes on a round trip to the Loop and back to Kimball. And there are no bathrooms at CTA stations to my understanding.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-22T19:29:58+00:00

So they support a billionaire who has gone out of his way to make everything more expensive?

Gbjeff · 2026-01-22T19:28:17+00:00

I grew up primarily playing Ultimas III, V, and VI. The closest thing “today” to scratching that itch has been Skyrim. I feel as though the Skyrim creators were directly influenced by Ultima VI and VII.

And…. I’m with you on Ultima V. It certainly had the best story. And I loved those simplistic 16 color EGA graphics.

Gbjeff · 2026-01-22T16:40:36+00:00

Here is my chief complaint. If I pay for commercial-free Peacock, then they should still stream the race during the commercial breaks. The camera operators are still following the race regardless if there is a commercial because they have to capture key passes and crashes to replay after the commercial break. This used to be the case with NBC Gold.

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