Mike

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Educator
Location Redmond, OR
Introduction 2008 National Teacher of the Year, middle school science teacher, husband, father, and free thinker (not necessarily in that order, but that's what this blog is about).
Interests Photography, Climbing, Backpacking, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Guitar & Mandolin, Ethnic food, Global issues, Working in the yard, Sleeping in
Favorite Movies Princess Bride, Caddyshack, Fletch, Napoleon Dynamite, Into the Wild, movies that hurt
Favorite Music Greg Brown, Bob Dylan, Chris Thile, David Grisman, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, The Magnetic Fields, Wilco, Cat Stevens, Jose Gonzalez, Taarka, nearly all things from India, most things Latin, plus Clapton, Hendrix, Kruder and Dorfmeister, and the Bee Gees
Favorite Books Grapes of Wrath, The Selfish Gene, Animal Farm, The Hobbit, Existentialism and Human Emotions, Frog and Toad, Life of Pi

When you've got water stuck in your ear, how do you get it out?

I shake my head to the side until it comes out. I have coined this sensation an "eargasm."