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| The hat gets all the attention. |
Welcome to my "Outside the Classroom" blog, where I post things I am thinking about and working on. At the time I first created this blog, I used a classroom blog to communicate with students and families, so this was my "Outside the Classroom" blog (I have since switched to a combination of Google Classroom and Class Dojo to communicate with students and families through the web).
When I started this blog, it was my "serious thoughts about educational and societal issues" blog, and I had another blog where I posted about politics and such, and a third blog about hobby things - possibly through a different host (or different gmail account). I took a few years off from miniatures, and somehow lost track of the other blog, so have started posting about hobby things here. Meanwhile, the 9-11 blog post about Rick Rescorla sat here waiting for company.
This means that the blog may be a bit eccentric, with posts on different topics depending on what I am currently interested in. But then again, I have also been accused of being eccentric, so that's okay.
I will try to keep from posting on political issues - yet some of the opinions I present on things like miniatures, conversions, and painting may be controversial to some (for example, I feel that tournament play is the dark side of miniatures gaming, while other people love tournament play).
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| Soviet vehicle operator for the US Army. Note the cool '80s shades. |
I am a medically retired veteran, with cranial nerve damage and other disabling conditions. Among other things that I did while in the military, I was a Combat Engineer, Force-On-Force Trainer. Public Affairs Specialist/Broadcast Journalist, Military Policeman, and Small Arms Instructor & Maintainer.
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| One of my first school jobs - PE specialist. |
I am a public school teacher, and have been doing that as my "day job" since 2005. Long before that, I worked part time doing after school care, summer camps, and working as a PE specialist at an elementary school - while in college and also for a while as a second job while on active duty in the military.
I am a gamer that has been involved in miniatures gaming since using minis for D&D and other RPGs in Junior High and High School (At least that is when I started using them with printed rules-sets - I played with toy soldiers when I was younger).
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| Battletech while in HS. Note the cool glasses. |
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| Running a multi-player Pirates of the Spanish Main game at my friend's shop. |
I recieved the WH40k Rogue Trader rulebook as a Christmas gift from some friends in 1987, and started seriously collecting models for science fiction and fantasy miniatures tabletop wargaming, adding WW2 gaming to the mix in the early 2000s.
I can quit any time I want to - I swear!
I have worked at several game stores, have run gaming events at stores, conventions, and other events, and after being retired by the military, was a full time GW employee and store management trainee while waiting to be accepted into my teacher training program.
At this point in my life, I spend far more time working on models than actually playing games.
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| Adorable Little Dog (tm). |
I live in a small community in Northern Nevada, with my adorable little dog.
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| At a dance at the theater where I perform in plays. |
Aside from teaching and working on minis, I also read a lot, participate in local theater, attend lectures at the local historical society, and am a Civil War (ACW) and historical reenactor. I also still enjoy trips to the range, and sometimes volunteer as a safety officer, instructor, and youth coach.
Oh, and I try to have a dating life. As a teacher... who dresses up in historical costumes...... and who plays with toy soldiers...
You can stop laughing now.
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| It's sixties day! Dress like it's the sixties Mr. B! |
One of my schools recently had a "60s Day" as part of "spirit week". They did not specify a century, so I went with a look that was popular in the 1860s.
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