The Cell Phone Salesman Who Sang Opera

I’m not into American Idol, but this clip from its British counterpart is pretty great. What marvels lurk within a doughy cell phone store employee? Listen and find out. Potts went on to win the competition and record an album for Simon Cowell.

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Festival! Festival!


I went back in time this Labor Day weekend, enjoying the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.

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Meador does the Chiquitita

Bet you didn’t know I could dance!

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Did You Know 2.0


This video gussies up some interesting information technology statistics with graphics. Schools are slowly adapting to the information revolution, but resources are limited and it takes a great deal of preparation time to properly incorporate advanced technology into a lesson. Sometimes the technology overwhelms the lesson, but things are improving as younger teachers enter the profession and veterans like me train ourselves to do things differently.

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All Good Things…

Meador Manor

All good things must come to an end. I maintained an extensive Meador Manor website for over a decade, featuring various personal interests. But I’ve decided to restructure my presence on the web. What remains of the Manor is this blog and the popular local history webpages.

Here on the blog I’ve put the links to my Facebook account, public online photo and video albums, and the various websites I still maintain.

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