Superheroes are helpful. It’s sort of their job. They help ladies in distress on a regular basis. They help save bus-fulls of innocent vict...

for Beating the Baddies like Batman Batman is one of my favorite heroic characters. It's true, it is possible that Batman is not, te...

Let's start off 2014 with an ABC book!  Let's call it the... Abecedary of Cape-Wearing! Let's start right now! is for Caveat...

Earlier this summer I was struck by a piece of brilliance. No jokes please.... I was watching the new Green Lantern movie  and learnin...

In an attempt to reach my goal of twenty posts by next Friday, I have resorted to sifting through my unpublished drafts.  Here's one fro...

If there was any doubt that I a.) have super powers (such as lightening bolts coming from my neck, eyes, and knee) and b.) am the Boss (with...

Taylor Mali is probably best known for his "What Do Teachers Make?" poem.  I like it.  Very much. However, I snort and giggle at...

The Scene: A classroom of middle school trouble-makers working on computers.  All is quiet (Really!  It was!  It was freetime so they were p...

This week was tough.  TOUGH, I tell you.  This caped teacher doesn't know how to explain it without taking hours and hours, but suffice...

This story on NPR caught my attention today and made my heart a little wobbly.  I've included the link to the story I heard, though the...