tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:44:43 +0000SportsCleveland CavaliersOhio State BuckeyesOhio State FootballfootballeducationSelf-reflectionbasketballCleveland BrownsFandomFatherhoodGratitudecollege footballteachingNBALeBron JamesMusicCleveland IndiansSpiritualitypoliticsappreciationJim TresselNFLncaa footballplayoffsMemoriesTerrelle PryorschoolBarack ObamaVenting;religionsadnessBoston CelticsESPNKarmaMichigan footballObservationsPet Peevesbloggingcoachesfamilyself-esteemAccomplishmentsFearGrievingMoralityPainRock n' Rollangergoodnesspresidential electionquestioningA Tribe Called QuestGreater GoodHanzel und GretylOhio State BasketballPublic EnemySocial DistortionUSCacceptancebadnessconfidencehome improvementracismsoftballstereotypesBaseballCarlos BoozerCollege BasketballFoodJohn McCainMarch MadnessNCAA basketballchris wellseconomyrace relationsrepublicans1460 The Fan2012Albert BelleBlack Rebel Motorcycle ClubBoogie Down ProductionsBuddhismEric B. and RakimFiesta BowlFootball; TeachingFrank CaliendoFun Lovin CriminalsGlobal WarmingGreatest American Rock BandHuey LewisHumorJane's AddictionLinkin ParkMuseNFL DraftNirvanaOutkastPearl JamPink FloydSarah PalinSchool ViolenceShark on SportsThe CarsUnexpected Things; FriendsWeatherWeezereducation reformgoal settinggraduationhealthcarehistoryhonestymortalitypositive affirmationsquizrebellionsocial studiessportstalk radioAlice DeejayAll Star GamesAnderson VarejaoAnthony ParkerArtAudioslaveBad ReligionBarry ManilowBe Kind RewindBee GeesBlues TravelerBooBrett FavreBryan AdamsBullyingCasey BlakeCatch phrasesChief WahooChris SpielmanChristianityColumbus ClippersCurseDanny GloverDave MatthewsDee-LiteGarbageGarth BrooksGeorge W. 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Julian Baggini)http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Huey)Blogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-4924744596576688282Mon, 23 Mar 2015 01:19:00 +00002015-03-22T22:00:24.344-04:00It is said you should live life to its fullest.  Often, we interpret this as logging up a pile of experiences and events that range from meaningful to exciting to extreme or unique and far from the ordinary or common. I look at my daughter and realize that she will most likely be cheated out of many fulfilling experiences or events and it strikes me that the definitions of "live life to http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2015/03/live.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-693425233501806816Thu, 01 Jan 2015 13:47:00 +00002015-01-01T08:52:50.425-05:00Happy 2015, readers! Even though I am a month and a half ahead of schedule with this post, it was the first thing on my mind this year and I felt like sharing it now, shredding the restrictions of writing things devoted to a date on that actual date. Dates are just numbers anyway.  Their only meaning is the organization of the important things like events, memories and feeling, right? Nowhttp://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2015/01/february-15-2005.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-5911335945995823577Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:55:00 +00002014-11-22T07:09:55.588-05:00I was listening to my good friend, Chris, in his interview on a podcast about near death experiences.  He has made some significant changes in his life for the better and shared a number of things that struck me. Among them was that he viewed life being about the small things. Now, the meaning of life may or may not be boiled down to something simple like this.  This comment of his http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/11/i-was-listening-to-my-good-friend-chris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-6519373998863392147Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:27:00 +00002014-11-19T21:29:03.806-05:00In an effort to stay present and to give my children more undivided attention, I have had several moments over the past couple days that have been nice. While doing so, I noticed a couple of things: First, Miss M is reading more and more everyday.  She is at the very beginning of her development so it is mostly sight words, guesses from picture cues, some impressive phonemic awareness andhttp://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/11/in-effort-to-stay-present-and-to-give.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-282340951933245804Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:31:00 +00002014-10-14T20:31:34.358-04:00This Sunday, the Columbus Marathon is finally here and my wife and I will be participating in the half.  We are both excited. Although, with me, nothing can just be. Everything has to have meaning above and beyond just itself.  It may be an awfully annoying trait to many of you, nevertheless, it is what it is. For me, this half-marathon takes on more meaning than just a race.&http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-marathon-metaphor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-32217082458214623Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:51:00 +00002014-09-16T21:00:00.363-04:00I am training for a half marathon.  I've never trained for anything in my life.  I am clearly excited about reaching this goal to finish without stopping because I often share my thoughts and experiences about it. This post is no different. During a particularly enjoyable short run tonight, I enjoyed a perfect temperature, a comfortable pace, the realization of how far I've come and http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/09/birth-of-storm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-5277905932774364827Thu, 11 Sep 2014 02:50:00 +00002014-09-10T22:53:01.796-04:00I question if there are more than two maybe three people that read this blog regularly and one of them is my mother.  Not that she doesn't count, but c'mon.  Mom's are supposed to be your biggest fan.  Good ones anyway and since mine is one of the good ones, there ya go. But among those two or three readers, you'll notice that this post will mirror my blog as a whole.  It http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/09/angry-meditation-track-record-and-kid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-7142795018131422063Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:04:00 +00002014-08-24T02:17:47.232-04:00Without a doubt, I cherish my years in the 90s at The Ohio State University. In and of themselves, those years were the most free, fun and developmental years of my life.  Much of who I am today is based on those years.  Many of my dearest friends come that period of my life. Now, I am two decades removed from the beginning of that period of life and I often miss it dearly.  http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/08/looking-through-mirror.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-5251310297104872171Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:37:00 +00002014-08-17T21:37:49.599-04:00I had a conversation with my wife awhile back in which she said she needs to stay humble.  If not, she will begin to think she has control and that is when things get bad. More recently I had a similar conversation with a dear friend of mine. Both have made dramatic adjustments, one can say improvements, in their lives and I believe this way of thinking relates to these positive changes http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-battle-for-humility.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-1979295891152357087Wed, 23 Jul 2014 02:16:00 +00002014-07-23T10:01:10.974-04:00The title got ya, didn't it? "I'm only happy when it rains I'm only happy when it's complicated And though I know you can't appreciate it I'm only happy when it rains."                  ---Garbage "Only Happy When it Rains" I mostly include those lyrics simply because it is an excuse to proclaim my celebrity crush on Shirley Manson. I loved their http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/07/miserable-happiness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-923732147205826003Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:35:00 +00002014-07-16T14:35:39.875-04:00Let's pretend we have a finite amount of space in our heads for interests and concerns and attention.  We can only fit so much and address it all effectively. When we gain a new interest, we need to make room somehow.  In order to handle it all, we need to prioritize things and compartmentalize them.  Where do sports and where should sports fit in all of this? This is an attempt http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/07/where-should-sports-fall-in-our-brain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-2034178956027725679Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:14:00 +00002014-06-30T01:04:51.331-04:00"Last time we met was a low lit room, We were as close together as a bride and groom, We ate the food, we drank the wine, Everyone having a good time, Except you, You were talking about the end of the world,"                 --U2 "Until the End of the World" from Achtung Baby The "you" Bono was singing about could be me. Many people feel as though it is. http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/06/im-back-i-have-some-things-on-my-mind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-7732283463894443718Wed, 07 May 2014 23:36:00 +00002014-05-07T22:03:00.426-04:00This is Teacher Appreciation Week. I am a teacher. This doesn't mean I can't appreciate my teachers as well.  So I would like to take a moment to appreciate several teachers of mine over the years.  These are people who have influenced me and played large roles in molding who I am today as a teacher and adult. The first teacher I would like to acknowledge is my 6th grade teacher, Mrshttp://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/05/teachers-appreciation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-7553031337341467778Sun, 16 Feb 2014 02:25:00 +00002014-02-15T21:40:02.058-05:00I had an observer in my room the other day who has had me thinking ever since.  I welcome visitors in my room and don't shy away from asking their opinion. So I did. She commented on how much she liked the way public schools use teams or cooperative learning so seamlessly.  She had observed other classrooms before visiting mine and saw that it was a trend, not a unique characteristic http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2014/02/teaching-teams.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-4850171618270666372Sat, 30 Nov 2013 00:50:00 +00002013-11-30T08:10:37.501-05:00Today I turn 39 and thought I would list 39 things I am grateful to have or have done or have had in my life to this point.  It is a take from the daily gratitudes of November except this has a longer range.  I tried to make those points of gratitude apply to the present each day, this time around I am living totally in the past. So let's get it started: 1. My parents who have been http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2013/11/39-thanks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-7754364281770618365Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:34:00 +00002013-10-26T14:51:13.148-04:00Each passing school year has become more and more difficult. The pressure continues to increase with only more to come. From the point of view of someone on the inside who has been in education for over 15 years, it feels as though the wrong things are emphasized, the time, energy and money is not being spent efficiently or effectively, more is expected with less support given while the supporthttp://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-am-i-still-doing-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-6045446349250149986Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:58:00 +00002013-07-05T15:58:45.803-04:00A fellow educator has been posting a number of thought provoking things of late and one has motivated me to expand and share on the thoughts it provoked with me. The post he shared was mostly about how the character one gains from winning or losing is more important than the result or the trophy, ribbon, medal and so on that you receive. I feel much the same.  The confidence you build, thehttp://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2013/07/enjoying-present.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-9044219430276330590Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +00002013-02-10T20:00:14.898-05:00The blog has a new title. What was once named "Huey" because it was a blog about me and my experiences to share with anyone interested, is now "A Diary Of Lost In Between." It comes from a song called, "Knifeman" by The Bronx.  The lyric is technically, "this is a diary of life in between," but I didn't want to totally rip them off.  Plus, "lost" gives it a feeling of the unknown http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-title.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-4499418304349920499Sun, 27 May 2012 04:36:00 +00002012-05-27T01:17:51.762-04:00There is a line in a classic Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' song, "Running Down a Dream," that I heard tonight on my iPod while running. It went something like this: "The trees went by, me and Del were singing little Runaway. I was flyin'." My Dad referenced this line while we were in California for a week around New Year's 1997 for the Rose Bowl. We were either on Ventura http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2012/05/tom-petty-and-heartbreakers-and-1997.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-6446035177654766442Mon, 14 May 2012 03:00:00 +00002012-05-13T23:44:10.281-04:00Have had a jing bang mess of things on my mind of late.  I would like to share them with you. Adam and Eve So if we are to believe in the Bible, Genesis in particular (oh if only I meant Phil Collins), and go with this story of Adam and Eve as the start of the human population.....then that means we are all products of incest. That would actually explain a lot, wouldn't it? President http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2012/05/adam-and-eve-kris-humphries-hair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-2307705316957436370Sun, 06 May 2012 06:17:00 +00002012-05-06T07:59:07.566-04:00In my classroom I do not shy away from competition.  It has been said that competition is not good for the classroom.  There is a trend in which everybody gets ribbons just for participating. We seem to try to cushion kids from losing. I believe there is a good bit that can be learned from losing. I believe it creates a teachable moment that an educator can use http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-my-classroom-i-do-not-shy-away-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-5700075701038618448Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:43:00 +00002012-02-25T16:27:28.105-05:00This is an awfully egocentric post but the URL for my blog should have tipped you off in the first place so this one is on you.  For those of you still reading, I admit I get a kick out of those pictures floating around Facebook and the like. Those of you that can't stand them or are already tired of them, proceed to the exit.  Those of you STILL here, check out some of my http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2012/02/those-viral-6-picture-things-heres-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-8964356994124541922Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:09:00 +00002012-01-28T12:46:12.338-05:00My wife and I came to an "out loud" realization today that had we not lost our first baby, we would not have our son. It was a weird thought for me. When we first experienced the reality that we were losing our first child after over 20 weeks of excitement and planning, the sorrow was intense. We were lucky that there were no lasting problems or scary health issues with my wife, but http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2012/01/patience-shows-reason-for-journey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-7270061213145040731Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:39:00 +00002011-10-25T23:39:09.128-04:00I would like to make a plea to those on the fence regarding Issue Two in Ohio this 2011 November election.  This is not for those already secure in their stance. Save the arguments for Facebook please.  This is for anyone who is not sure where they stand on this or are interested in the details behind my stance. I am an educator not a firefighter, nurse or police officer.  I http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-personal-issue-two-perspective.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065406018502954220.post-4965816008121101812Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:20:00 +00002011-10-21T21:37:12.489-04:00I was thinking today how the idea of the "album" has been lost of late. These days I buy my music one song at a time from iTunes and I've lost the joy of shopping in a store for an album. Then enjoying it (or not) as a whole work of art. So feeling a bit nostalgic.........  My personal favorite albums of all time. In no particular order. 1. Actung Baby by U2 2. Full Moon Fever by http://hueyistheone.blogspot.com/2011/10/all-time-favorite-albums.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Huey)0