Even as a teacher, I spend a lot of time working on my computer. Of course I’m also the web master of the school where I work, so that skews the applications I need somewhat. Nonetheless, here are a few software programs that get launched shortly after logging in, and which I use virtually every day. Since I couldn’t get my work done without them, I thought I’d push back a little and get some links out there.
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So on Friday a group of 36 students and several faculty went to Tequila to visit the blue agave fields and the Cuervo distillery, officially known as the Fábrica La Rojeña.
I have had an off and on relationship with tequila over the years. My sophomore year in college, a friend brought back a bottle of Mezcal (another distillate of a different species of agave) from spring break. We sat in my room and drank the whole bottle, straight from the bottle, passing it around in a circle. I ate the gusano at the end (parenthetically, I ate several gusanos in tortillas last night at dinner…). The next thing I remember I woke up the next morning fully clothed, face down, my feet on my pillow and both fists clenched beside me. There was a woman I’d never seen asleep next to me, also fully clothed, face up, but with her head on the pillow next to my feet. I got out of bed to hit the john, and when I came back to my room, she was gone. I have no idea who she was. I didn’t drink a distillate of agave for nearly 20 years after that.
When we made a side trip to Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific coast, we signed the girls up for a dolphin adventure. It was fairly expensive–$60 US for each girl, but what a wonderful experience. Here, the girls are meeting the dolphins.
The place was kind of interesting. Most everyone working there was an American, though Sofía, the dark haired girl in some of these pictures working with the dolphins and kids was Mexican. The company seemed to be called “Vallarta Adventures” and had not only dolphin events, but also jungle canopy tours, rock climbing, bizarre and huge high speed truck rides through the jungle for tours and more.
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Marina, as usual, showed no fear whatsoever, though Amalia had a few more reservations. They learned about dolphins, that they are mammals and got to see their belly buttons, learned that their tails are oriented differently than fish, etc. Amalia tells me that their skin feels like soft rubber. I’ve never touched one myself. Click the image of Marina for a larger view. These images were shot from quite a distance and then cropped. Not ideal, but the best my 135mm lens could do.