Category Archives: Brian Crosby

Loma Prieta Earthquake 20th Anniversary

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Brian

20 years ago today I was living with my wife of all of 2 months in the San Francisco Bay Area. I had just gotten home from school and settled on the couch to watch the Giants / A’s World … Continue reading →

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OK!

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Brian

Me to one of my 4th grade students:     “Hey, you’ve been out for 3 days, did you have the flu?” Student:     “No, that’s what we thought at first, but I just had a fever, was throwing up, achy, … Continue reading →

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Transparent Promotion

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Brian

Cable in the Classroom included this blog in their Professional Development article entitled “Bookmark This!” In their May issue. Learning is Messy is included with really first rate blogs, so check out the article if for no other reason to … Continue reading →

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Shaken Not Stirred

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Brian

Seismograph – University of Nevada, Reno, 11:45PM last night Reported to be a 5.0 quake   UPDATE: Quake now said to have been 4.7 … cracked some house walls in northwest Reno, busted some sprinkler pipes, busted the flume used … Continue reading →

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It’s Just One Of Those Busy Times

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Brian

This is one of those … “I know I haven’t been blogging much…” posts. Well I haven’t,  but you may have picked up here and there that I have been unusually busy. If you’re a classroom teacher you know how … Continue reading →

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The Bear, The Broom and The Brave

Posted on September 3, 2007 by Brian

I’ve been off the grid this Labor Day Weekend camping 2 hours south of Reno in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains near Silver Lake. Friday night I got up about 1am to walk our fidgety, demanding Australian Shepherd. No big … Continue reading →

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‘Nuf Said

Posted on July 23, 2007 by Brian

We saw many of the “Memorials” around Washington DC today – VietNam, WWII, Korean War, Lincoln, Jefferson, The Holocaust Museum – all striking and thought provoking. But one surprised me in that I wasn’t really aware of it, and that … Continue reading →

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Test From Flock – Or I Better Not Get Caught Using Word to Write My Blog Again!!!

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Brian

OK – I was made fun of (just a little) by several inhabitants of the Bloggers Cafe right after David Warlick sat next to me, saw that I was authoring a blog post, noticed I was using Word and said, … Continue reading →

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I’m Here! NECC 2007

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Brian

Well my plane (jet) left an hour earlier than it said it would on my itinerary, but that worked out OK. I just read Dave’s Tips about how to behave while here – I hope I remember everything. I learned … Continue reading →

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No Rest For The Weary!

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Brian

You’ve probably noted I haven’t posted much lately … I’ve been sick … it’s end of school year syndrome … just too busy. Our last day was Wednesday, but I had to completely box up my room, even though I’m … Continue reading →

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