so i get my inspiration from dave (lowercase dave, url coming) and a graduate student in michigan. if she can do it, i can do it. can you blog with students? why not? it reminds me of when they write their languages on the board, or on their hands, or wherever. it seems to me that wherever people are communicating, crossing cultures, something good is happening. which reminds me....today, my class sang to me, happy birthday. the birds were singing out the window...