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Jonathan Cartray

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Educator, husband, dog dad, reader, musician, world traveler Storygraph: @cartrayj

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β€œMister, how do you become a philosopher? Like do you just be thinking?”

13.03.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve fallen behind on reporting my 2025 reading.
Book 20: Men without Women-Haruki Murakami
Book 21: Citizen-Bill Clinton
Book 22: Less-Andrew Sean Greer
Book 23: The Spamalot Diaries-Eric Idle

12.03.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œHe was a pair of capri pants made flesh. Not so much a snack as a bologna sandwich with tap water.”—Glenn Weldon, Pop Culture Happy Hour Podcast

06.03.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 19 of 2025: Cher: The Memoir Part One by Cher

23.02.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 18 of 2025: The Ethical Slut by Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton

22.02.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 17 of 2025: Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami

17.02.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 16 of 2025: The Trespasser by DH Lawrence

14.02.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Books 14 and 15 of 2025: My Grandfather’s Son by Clarence Thomas and Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami

13.02.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my students is competing with a torn meniscus, has leg surgery scheduled, and brought heels to the competition because they β€œlook better.” 🀦🏻

08.02.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a group of teenagers told β€œit is time to go now,” will take 10 to 20 minutes to actually do so.

08.02.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hugs!

07.02.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Three pictures of three different Lara Crofts

Three pictures of three different Lara Crofts

February Birthday Board. So the story behind this is that I like to celebrate ALL the things but Sean hates the commercialization surrounding Valentines Day so our first V-Day together, I researched and found it is also Lara Croft’s birthday, so we celebrate that instead every year and we both win.

02.02.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 13 of 2025: If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

31.01.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that.

31.01.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 12 of 2025: The World According to Cunk by Philamena Cunk

27.01.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We watched A Complete Unknown tonight and I’m pretty sure that the music performance versus anything else ratio of the film is greater than that of either of the two actual musicals that are Best Picture nominees.

27.01.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 11 of 2025: Cunk on Everything by Philomena Cunk

25.01.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 10 of 2025: The White Peacock by D.H. Lawrence

20.01.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 9 of 2025: Conversations with RBG by Jeffrey Rosen

19.01.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
7 female students in suits in a courtroom

7 female students in suits in a courtroom

Creekview Mock Trial wins the Texas Tech Red Raider Mock Trial Tournament!

19.01.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œFeed me sushi and tell me I’m pretty” neon sign

β€œFeed me sushi and tell me I’m pretty” neon sign

Two cocktails

Two cocktails

ginger carrot soup and house miso soup

ginger carrot soup and house miso soup

A gremlin sushi roll and an eggplant emoji sushi roll

A gremlin sushi roll and an eggplant emoji sushi roll

We had a great time at Ten Sushi last night!

19.01.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I first started teaching, I rarely took PTO. Today, I calculated based on my current daily rate, that I have over $20,000 in PTO days banked. I’m going to start using my days more. Teachers, use your days! They are part of your compensation package!

14.01.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 8 of 2025: The Woman in Me by Britney Spearsβ€”better than expected

14.01.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Book 7 of 2025: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

12.01.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Books I’ve read so far in 2025:
1) The Bright Sword-Lev Grossman
2) Possible Side Effects-Augusten Burroughs
3) I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy
4) Books of Magic Omnibus 3-various
5) A Separation-Katie Kitamora
6) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie-Muriel Spark

12.01.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Highly recommend Cooking the Details-! We had a great time!

11.01.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two dads holding their Chihuahuas in the snow.

Two dads holding their Chihuahuas in the snow.

Two dads holding their Chihuahuas in the snow.

Two dads holding their Chihuahuas in the snow.

Took the kids for a walk. Is Quincy first snow. Don't think Belle is a fan πŸ₯Ά

09.01.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I give me semester exam online since that is how the AP test is now administered. I monitor using securly and noticed that one student had navigated to Google which usually means cheating. But no, he googled β€œHOW TO TURN CAPS LOCK OFF.”

17.12.2024 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A dumpster with the logo of the garbage company, which is called Bin There Dump That

A dumpster with the logo of the garbage company, which is called Bin There Dump That

Dad Joke as a brand? I kind of love it!

14.12.2024 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My boot camp has been playing the same Christmas playlist all month. It’s mostly actual holiday music but there are other random songs in there for some reason. So now in my mind, β€œPony” and β€œI’m Too Sexy” are both Christmas songs.

12.12.2024 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0