This is Teacher Dynamite

This is my new personal website. This is more for me than anyone else, since I tend to track on items like the lists above. This is more of a personal reference site for me, as a way of keeping track of the past as well as helping me goal set for the future. This is going to be different from Facebook and MySpace as the information listed can be seen by everyone. Here I can post info that tends to slip through the cracks of my memory, and I am sure I will always be remembering some item that I have initially left off. We shall see how things progress. 

01/05/2025

My pastor, Rev. Charles Ridley, has changed our church to read through the entire Bible for 2025. Even though I have done this twice with different versions, here is an opportunity for other to track on my readings as I try again with a third version.

12/02/2024

It appears I am at that point in life where nostalgia is getting more prevalent, being stoked by the adult LEGO kits which have been purchased or gifted to me. This page helps me (and others) track on what my newest hobby.

09/24/2023

I enjoy a good adult beverage, and usually keep a printout in the kitchen. However, the list has become long and cumbersome. Making a shortlist of preferred beverages on this site works better with a interactive kitchen display.

08/05/2019

After converting over to the "new" Google sites format, my connection to my original content was lost. After several failed attempts to link my domain to the new format, I decided to create a new website with large icons for those who like to browse with their mobile devices. Ancestry and The Kids were removed as these pages were underutilized. However, they were replaced with Social Media, a place to list connections like Facebook, Instagram, etc., and Wisdom, a collection of some of my favorite quotes.

08/30/2017

After much consideration, the timeline page has been moved to another means of tracking, as more personal items are listed which are not for public consumption.

06/28/2013

There are plenty of meals I like to cook that are a tad more complicated than just popping meat on the grill. This page allows me to consolidate my recipes from magazine clip-outs and random cookbooks into a spot where I can readily access them.

02/14/2013

I have been singing in choirs since college. This has encouraged me to start tracking on some of the pieces I have performed since there are many songs with the same name, but written by different composers.

 12/25/2012

There have been too many times in which I had a website pasted to a toolbar other than the PC I was working with. This allows me to track my favorite websites and not have to remember their specific locations.

10/09/2012

Since eating out was something instilled in me during all of the years my family owned a restaurant, a Restaurants category seems to make sense, to help remind me where I have not dined in a while.

08/16/2012

Timeline will be the area where I want to track on the notable times in my life. These are things I remember fondly, but may forget when they happened.

06/20/2012

Resume has been added under the Interests category. I had been tracking my work experience on Outlook for the longest time only to find synchronizing with my phone has removed some of the data. This should be a more effective way to keep track of things.

04/19/2012

The school has purchased 10 iPad 3 tablets for the staff. My concern is being able to identify each one if lost or misplaced. Inserting a wallpaper with the school name and the corresponding teacher's name seems like the easiest way to go. Downloading the graphic is more problematic. I created a new category called Workspace, and included a new sub-category called Sandbox, so I can upload the graphics into the space, then download it to each individual tablet.

 04/02/2012

Music has been added as under the Interests category. I am curious about how many albums I have listened to in my lifetime; not many by my initial count. Some items listed are not specifically music alone, but the albums themselves are what I am tracking on.

 03/16/2012

Video games have been part of my life since an early age when my parents bought my brother and I a free-standing arcade game for the garage. Since then, I have owned many consoles and gaming computers. Listing them seems like a reasonable addition for the Interests list.

 02/11/2012

Tracking on professional productions verses school productions will be made easier, as I have added a Theater category on the Interests list. The difficult issue will be on finding out who the principals are since I sometimes wonder if I have seen an actor before. Later, I might add the shows I have been in, but in a different list.

 10/19/2011

Since I am teaching an 8th Grade English-Language Arts class this year, I am having to read more novels than I have in quite some time. About ten years ago, I had a debate with one of my former colleagues about my dislike of reading and how many books I actually read in my lifetime. This is a good way for me to actually find out a ballpark figure to where I'm at.

 07/16/2011

The new website is setup and I have begun to list the movies I've seen. I already had a list that I had been working with, stored on my flash drive. This will be more convenient as I can access the list from anywhere, with or without my flash drive.

Beverages by Detlev Hürter, Bible by Petra Riddell, Birthday by May Angelike, Books by Gerd Altmann, Computers by Wallec Walczyszyn, Games by Zdenek Sasek, LEGO by Zdenek Sasek, Movies by RPG Dynamite, Music by Zdenek Sasek, Places of Note by Luca Oleastri, Restaurants by Zdenek Sasek, Recipes by Zdenek Sasek, Resume by Zdenek Sasek, Social Media by RPG Dynamite, Songs by Zdenek Sasek, Television by Luca Oleastri, Theater by Zdenek Sasek, Websites by Luca Oleastri, Wishlist by Zdenek Sasek,