In Honor of the TFA Alumni Summit, A Malcolm Gladwell Book Cover Generator

This weekend is the big TFA 20th Anniversary Alumni Summit in D.C.  I am super excited.  The last one in 2005 was one of the most moving experiences of my life and now we are about to see double the attendance, and double the action.  I am can't wait to hear what the esteemed guests and speakers have to say about education.  I see Malcolm Gladwell, who was once on this list is off, so I don't feel a bit a bad about posting or laughing at the Malcolm Gladwell Book Cover Generator.

Speaker(s)

• Walter Isaacson - President and CEO, Aspen Institute
• Wendy Kopp - Founder and CEO, Teach For America
• Elisa Villanueva Beard - Chief Operating Officer, Teach For America
• Kaya Henderson - Interim Chancellor, D.C. Public Schools
• Michelle Rhee - Founder and CEO, StudentsFirst, Former Chancellor, D.C. Public Schools
• Joel Klein - CEO, Educational Division and Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman, News Corporation, Former Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
• John Deasy - Superintendent Elect, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Geoffrey Canada - Founder and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone
• Arne Duncan - Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education
• John Legend - Performing Artist, Board Member, Teach For America
• Jeremy Beard - Apollo 20 School Improvement Officer, Houston Independent School District
• Michael Johnston - State Senator, Colorado - 33rd District.

Our Names Are Close, Our Workout Habits Are Not

I am getting really excited for the Warrior Dash . In fact, one could even say that I am in training for it. I usually find an excuse to omit running from my exercise, but have stuck with a 3-5 day per week routine for the last 6 weeks. Yesterday was tough. I was really sore from a hard run the day before and for the first time I had to break my run and walk the last few minutes. Then I go and read about this ahole.
From bbc.com
Belgian Stefaan Engels completes record 365th marathon

Engels averaged about four hours to complete his marathons

A Belgian runner has set a new world record by completing 365 marathon races in a year.

Stefaan Engels, dubbed "Marathon Man", began his challenge in Belgium a year ago and has since run a marathon every day across seven countries.

He crossed the finish line in the Spanish city of Barcelona after running 15,000km (9,569 miles) in a year.

"I don't regard my marathon year as torture. It is more like a regular job," the 49-year-old said.

He averaged about four hours to complete a marathon. He said his best time was 2 hours and 56 minutes.

Engels suffered from asthma as a child and had been told by doctors to avoid sport.

Before Engels, the record marathon man was Akinori Kusuda of Japan - who ran 52 races in a row at the age of 65 in 2009.

So Bring It 2011!

She Bangs!

I am trying to figure out when I went from having a new hairstyle every 6 weeks to the same one for 8 years.  I have decided it was one of these options:

1.  When my mother stopped paying for haircuts every six weeks

2.  When I no longer lived with women who would do my hair for me

3.  When I moved to a place where the only person I could find to cut my hair was a guy who once professed to me, "I don't even like hair.  I'd rather do facials."

It was probably number 3, which resigned me to two hair cuts a year when I would go home to Montana for visits.  Yeah, I said it... I had to wait to get out of my rural town to the big city, fashion capital of the Central Plains, Billings, Montana.

So today I decided to go get a cut.  It took a while to randomly select a salon.  For a brief moment I was almost on my way to Mee'Lee'Sa's House of Weaves and Multicultural Salon, but settled on Prive.   when I walked into Prive Salon at Silo Point (maybe the rural name made me feel comforted), I explained all of the above to Lisa.  She took one look and said, "So you want to do something new?"

Now, I have tried 8 or 9 times to cut my long hair, and every stylist has talked me out of it.  Lisa talked me into some bangs and said, if you like it, just come back, and we'll cut the rest off.  I like Lisa.  She is my kinda stylist.  But, I am accepting opinions.  Tell me what you think about Lisa.  Keep her, or dump her.  I did my best to emulate a real/sultry before and after:

H2Oh.

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