Going Back to School and Writing About it On The Information Superhighway

In June 2011, a visit to the NYC Department of Education changed my life. I met one of the meanest, disgruntled DOE employees while attempting to renew my substitute teaching license. However, if it wasn't for her blatant hostility and disregard for human life, I wouldn't have met her lovely supervisor. And if I hadn't met her supervisor, I wouldn't know about the DOE scholarship in Speech Language Pathology.

That fateful day in June changed my life. I applied for the DOE scholarship in Speech, and I'm writing about my entire application process, and if I get in, G-d willing, I will continue to write about it on GradSchools.com.

Click on the GradSchools.com logo below to read about my application woes; how it took me 3000 years to scan my transcripts, because Ari went hog wild at Staples, or about my GRE phobia, or how about...okay enough of the spoilers, click below and read the articles yourself:

Self Portraits on Xmas

It's Xmas, and we are bored. While everyone is out getting last minute items, we are taking pictures of ourselves. Here's some of our work:

I Don't Know How to Use a Comma

I have a confession to make, I'm 32 years old and I don't know how to use a comma. This is shocking, but true.

It all started 27 years ago when I was in kindergarten.

I grew up in New York City in the 1980's. I was raised in the NYC public school system. At my schools, P.S.87, The Computer School, Booker T. Washington Junior High School 54, and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School For Music & Art and Performing Arts, I did not learn grammar. As a result, I don't know how to use a comma correctly.

This became abundantly clear when I was hired for a freelance transcription job. I emailed my first draft of the transcript, and I received a long email back with many corrections. One of the main corrections that was pointed out to me is my overuse of commas. I'm not sure why, but apparently I love commas.

My education has failed me. I went to good schools, some of them were gifted and talented programs even, I am a graduate of NYU, but a comma defies me.

However, I'm done living in the past. It's time to move on with my grammatical life.

I'm come to the realization that I need to seek help for this problem. I need a comma intervention. Can somebody please tell me how to use commas correctly? Thanks.

Sometimes, You Need to Ask For Help

I can't do it all. I've come to this realization recently. So I asked my right-hand man to help me with something today. It worked out well. I think he really got into to!

We had a lot of fun cleaning. How did I get him to do it? This morning he asked me " Can I watch something?" I said "You can watch something if you help me clean," to which he replied

"Okay!" The rest was history.

The motivating factor for me was not television, but rather music. I blasted my tunes while I was cleaning to keep myself going. We were listening to Quietdrive's album Deliverance. This was a really productive morning.

Thank you Ari! Let's do this again sometime, hopefully on a regular basis.

Ari Shops At Trader Joe's

Ari has recently taken the lead when it comes to grocery shopping. Take a look!

This is How it's Done

When I ask you what you love about me, you say "Everything."

I say

"What's one thing?"

You reply "You're cool."

Here's what I love about you:

You love children and the elderly, and you're wonderful with both of them.

You think everybody deserves a chance.

You don't give up.

You can put complicated things together without an instruction manual.

You can find my keys when I can't.

You clean the house!

You are a dedicated loving father, and you always put our kids first.

You're generous.

You let Ari sleep on your back, even though it hurts your back.

You gave me your special headphones.

I love you!

The Winner of The Ficklets Giveaway

The winner of the OS/NS Mom Ficklets Giveaway is Leah!

Congratulations Leah! You won!

Check out more from Ficklets here.

How do you feel, Leah?