I think the confluence of my recent blogging about teaching, and the Tigers being the playoff hunt this year, led me to ruminate a lot about school field trips, including one in particular that I actually missed, and how what happened on that trip still led to a sea change in how I saw the world.

[Season 1 of the .musecast is currently offline due to blip.tv shutting down. Episodes will be reposted when circumstances permit me to do so. – Sean]

Link list for Episode #7:
My University of Toledo photos from 2012.08.06
Kirk Gibson’s home run in Game Five of the 1984 World Series (managers’ audio isolated; if Gossage had walked Gibby then he would have faced an even bigger HR threat in Lance Parrish, but Gibby hit the ball real hard and pretty much clinched the series with that shot)
Kirk Gibson’s “Casey did not strike out” home run in Game One of the 1988 World Series (like I said, I think I’m still riding a high from this nearly twenty-five years later)
My blog “Don’t Mess with Texas Kids” (includes a discussion of how we need to create more egalitarian classrooms if we want the world to improve)
My Amazon.com wishlist (I still need that Flip camera)