Lawrence Lessig, on his blog site, has an interview with Joe Trippi, Howard Dean’s campaign manager. It’s a fascinating insight into what might be the first "Open Source Campaign."

We get "The Sun" literary magazine at home, and on the back page of every issue, they have "Sunbeams" — a selection of quotes around a theme — this month seems to focus on mysticism, God, the unknown… and some of the quotes struck me as rather beautiful and, moreover, thought-provoking. This strikes me as the kind of thing a blog could be wonderful for in an English class… responses to quotes… what could these generate in a student’s thoughts?

"At the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you don’t understand, you are closer to it all than at any other time."
— Jane Wagner

"I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it."
— Harry Emerson Fosdick

"O you who love clear edges more than anything… watch the edges that blur…"
— Adrienne Rich

(hmmm… I think I’m seeing some really fun ways to start my senior class this year…)

Can’t resist a few fun photos from the summertime… Probably should remember that there was a summer before the school year really kicks into gear…

Here is the graduation picture of the basketball girls…

Chichenitza… I was at the top of a Mayan Pyramid when I took this picture.

And here’s the Void gang playing bingo at the Wayne County State Fair