I got a major chunk of work done on a script to import all of my back blog posts (over 500) from markdown and restructuredtext files. I still need to do some more testing with throwaway databases to make sure it plays nice with everything and then I need to clean up the post url structure to keep old links working correctly.

It's a snow day and the kids are going to play at their cousins' house later. Maybe I'll jailbreak my Kindle and install KOReader as a frivolous project.

Since I don't have to wake up early tomorrow, I made some progress tonight on an importer to move markdown and restructuredtext files into my new blog engine.

Importer progress...

Brian Bennett is a teacher in Buchanan, Michigan.

Welp, snow day tomorrow.

I have to drive across town in about 40 minutes and I'm crushing the little items on my to do list right now. Many focus. Very progress.

Today in the classroom: First year chem is wrapping up ionic and covalent bonding. We'll draw some Lewis structures together on whiteboards and then they'll have time to work on their review materials for the test on Friday. Second year chem is wrapping up gases. We'll do AP Chem practice multiple choice questions and a couple calculations before they finish up their weekly homework. No test this week, we'll move into kinetics tomorrow. #chemistry #teaching :cupofcoffee:

Good news! The snow held off this morning and will be here when I have to drive across town late today instead.

I just went down to the basement and discovered someone had been peeling at the drywall, so now I have to plaster and repaint a large section 😭

Blech...I'm not done with work for today, but I need to finish it up before I can do other things because I'm going in late tomorrow and I lose some of my planning time.

Two observations: 1. This article confirms my thoughts about simplifying covalent Lewis structures for my students. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ed075p317 2. This article is also 28 years old and would still cost me $50 to read, all to ACS, not the authors. I'll stick with the abstract confirming my thoughts.