Whether you are a new arrival to my little online soiree or you’ve been here so long you have your own guestroom, I invite you to enjoy a few of my favorite posts from the past twelve months.
1 illegally parked car + 1 dirty diaper = Another Reason Why I Love My Wife
Incontinence at home [...]
Archive for the ‘Bad Behavior’ Category
ALS Boy 101
Posted in Bad Behavior, Faith, Fehmeen, Life on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Emma’s Smirking Revenge
Posted in Bad Behavior, Emma, Family Fun on April 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Hi Mama and Daddy-
Just in case you couldn’t tell who is typing this, it’s your daughter, Emma. If Daddy was careless enough to leave his laptop open on the table near my highchair, why shouldn’t I take advantage of the opportunity to set the record straight? As far as I’m concerned, the world needs to [...]
A Gnome for the Home
Posted in Bad Behavior, Family Fun, Life on March 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
With our two roommates attending SF Giants Spring Training games in the Valley of the Sun, the three youngest Picetti’s had the crib to themselves for four days. What follows is a brief synopsis of the extended weekend that was.
Thursday, March 12
Fehmeen and I left school to pick up The Bug from Aunt Danelle’s and [...]
“I’ve Got a Lot of Problems”
Posted in Accessibility, Bad Behavior, Fehmeen on January 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last Friday, Fehmeen and I attended a speaking engagement at Foothill College. The event, hosted by the philanthropic group Trust in Education, featured Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, in a discussion with Trust in Education founder, Budd MacKenzie. Their conversation centered around MacKenzie’s groups mission of “Bringing Education [...]
25 Random Things About Me
Posted in Bad Behavior, Life on January 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I read a note on facebook the other day which was posted by my friend Clarece. It was a list of 25 random things about her. After I finished reading her list, I decided to compose one of my own. I initially published it on facebook but then I figured, hey, why not post [...]
Telling Tales Out of School
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Bad Behavior on December 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The story that you are about to read is true. The names have been omitted to protect the identities of those involved.
Once upon a school day, there was a teacher who taught middle school. One of the teacher’s students was hearing impaired and in order for this particular student to access the lesson being taught, [...]
It’s None of Your Business
Posted in Bad Behavior on December 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is a story that I used to tell my sixth and seventh graders towards the end of the school year in June when Star tests were over and I had nothing left to teach them grade level, math curriculum-wise. As evidenced by this tale of my past, I sought to further their educations in [...]
Like I Needed Another Reason
Posted in Bad Behavior, Fehmeen on December 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What follows is a copy of an email that I sent out to every staff member at our school. The actual email is written in an italicized font while my personal commentary/contextual clarifications will appear as normal text.
To Last Evening’s Holiday Party Attendees-
On behalf of Emma and myself, I feel obligated to extend my [...]
A Moral Dilemma
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Bad Behavior on December 1, 2008 | 13 Comments »
I have a friend named Rob. He’s a teacher at the school I used to teach at and every day that I go to “work”, Rob takes the time to visit and talk with me. (If blogging, managing my fantasy football teams, playing Spite and Malice with teachers on their preps, practicing Chi Gong, and [...]
Halloween with Willy Wonka
Posted in Bad Behavior on November 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We’ve lived at our condo complex in Sunnyvale now for a little over three years this past August. We didn’t know anyone here when we moved in and we don’t know anyone here now. Maybe it’s the neighborhood, maybe it’s our society in the twenty-first century, or maybe Fehmeen and I are just anti-social weirdos [...]
