So today: went to part of a conference given by Pete and Pam Wright. As I told Pete Wright when I had him sign my book, I haven't been this excited to see someone perform since the last time I got Springsteen tickets. She had to play Burns to his Allen, Martin to his Lewis, Mom to Dennis the Menace, which the feminist in me kind of objected to. Some good stuff, though, and as often happens at special education conferences, it's not that I learn anything new so much as that it's a tuneup for me: a reminder to do all the things I know I should be doing. Plus I'm so warped I could sit there all day hearing due process war stories and about the time someone said that a holistic approach meant that the kids learn by osmosis.