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TampaOctober 2nd, 2008Well, I meant to write yesterday. But, my beloved Dodgers are in the playoffs. It’s a rare occasion these days, so I spent most of my free time yesterday watching and rooting them to victory. Okay, so maybe I didn’t have much to do with it. Let me have my delusions, will you? Anyway, Tampa is a beautiful city and there is water and scenic bridges over this water wherever you look. I began the week at Ben Hill Middle School with, perhaps, the most appropriately-named librarian/media specialist ever . . . Joann Koob. Sure, it took someone else pointing out that her last name spelled backwards is BOOK. But it’s a pretty great last name. We tried to take Israel to Paris, but we failed. And by “we” I of course mean “me.” Then it was on to Williams IB Middle School, where Diane Jordan greeted me with a smile while standing in her wonderfully decorated library. I had someone there give me a great idea — an 8th grader suggested my next book series should be about some vampire ninjas. I mean, why not combine the awesomeness of vampires and the awesomeness of ninjas? My final stop was at Martinez Middle School. I try to avoid generalizations, but I think it’s safe to say that the middle schoolers in Lutz, FL are mall-lovers. Two of our three teleporters requested to go the mall. Which I respect, certainly. Anyhow, my time at Martinez made me realize that there’s organized and then there’s Jeanette Whitman, media specialist, the otherworldly of organized. I begged her to go on the road with me, but apparently, she loves her students and her job and her home too much to leave. In all seriousness, though, I had such a lovely lunch with Jeanette and reading specialist Bille Jean Fogle. Sometime this weekend, I will blog about my time in Boston last week, where I got to visit my brother and ponder the difference between lakes and ponds. I leave you, as always, with a sideways picture: |
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