semper_gumby

====This is John Capute's Wiki page, where the reigning paradigm is, indeed, "//Semper Gumby//": Always Flexible. Or so I hope. I am beginning my twentieth year of teaching high school English here at the Paideia School. My blog is [|here] ====

Since this is summer, when I am not preparing for my upcoming school year, I have been indulging in the following:

1. Watching the HBO movie version by David Simon of Evan Wright's [|Generation Kill] 2. Reading a funny book about life in the minor leagues, [|The Bullpen Gospels], by Dirk Hayhurst. 3. Listening to a great pop band out of Boston, led by Paideia graduate Brad San Martin, '95, [|One Happy Island] 4. Catching up on my mania for film soundtracks. Most recently, [|Ride With The Devil], by [|Mychael Danna], who is also responsible for the great score to [|Girl, Interrupted] 5. Eating [|Chicken 65], [|Keema], or Tava Chicken at[| Luqma] 6. Following [|The Red Sox]. I've been rooting for them since 1967 . Below are the three great Red Sox of this era: [|Carl Yastrzemski], [|Ted Williams] , and [|Tony Conigliaro].