So, I just took a short-term teaching position at BCIT, the local, well-regarded polytechnic institute.
I’ll be teaching a course called “Dreamweaver MX Advanced / Database Driven Websites” as part of the New Media Design program.
It was a little spooky how I got the job. Susie and I were walking down the street about two weeks ago, just chatting, and I said to her, “You know, I miss teaching. I liked working with the students in L.A. and maybe I should look into that here.”
And Susie said, “Really? Actually, I just turned down a teaching job yesterday—do you want it?”
Spooky, it was. So I called up the woman, and came in for an interview, and I’ll be teaching one day a week for six weeks and it’ll be a lot of fun.
“Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.”
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
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