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Gauthic Times #91 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Don’t Apologize to Me for Taking the Easy Way

Hello, friends! Another busy week of school with bullshit sprinkled throughout. Now it’s a much-needed three-day weekend and I got my flu shot and new Covid vaccine so I’m good to go. Welcome to the 91st installment of Gauthic Times, the newsletter about my writing, my life, and more thoughts on AI. Becoming a paid-Patron […]

Gauthic Times #90 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or On the Shelf

Hello, friends! Whatta week! Very busy at school with grades and reading more scripts (h e l p) and friends out sick and just…man. It’s a lot. Yesterday I had a signing at a Barnes & Noble, which I’ll write about below. Anyway, let’s get into it! Welcome to the 90th installment of Gauthic Times, […]

Gauthic Times #89 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Alright, Alright, Wake Me Up

Hello, friends. This was a week where things happened. What things? Nothing of consequence to you, friends. Just a long, regular week of teaching in a vocational-technical high school in the 21st century where everything has gone completely bugfuck. I may write a little about it below. Anyway, let’s get into things. Welcome to the […]

Gauthic Times #88 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or All Hail the King in Jungleland

The man from Maine fled across the bookshelves, and thousands of others followed. Hello, friends. As I write this on Saturday, September 21st, it’s Stephen King’s birthday. When this gets posted on Sunday, September 22nd, it’ll be the day before Bruce Springsteen’s birthday. I’ll be writing a bit about this further on. This week has […]

Horror & True Crime Event! October 26th!

In today’s newsletter, I mentioned this and said I’d let you know when there’s more to know. Well…

Gauthic Times #87 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Wheezing Through the Update

Hello, friends!! I added the second exclamation point to the above sentence because I’m overcompensating. I still feel shitty. Last Sunday I started feeling like garbage again and by Monday I was definitely in a rebound of Covid. The coughing and stuffy nose/sneezing got real bad. Now it’s primary coughing and wheezing. My chest hurts. […]

Gauthic Times #86 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or I’m Still Standing. Well, Sitting. Yeah. I’m Still Sitting.

Hello, friends. Well, this has been a week. Covid, man. Amiright? I’m feeling human again. Human again to have gone to work-school Friday. I had a few coughing fits but made it through the day. G tested positive Monday night and was pretty sick most of the week. Fainting may have been involved early Thursday […]

Gauthic Times #85 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Wake Me When Sept–Ah, Forget It. I Have Covid

Hello, friends. Five years. I was careful. I masked. My doctor suggested that I may not need a mask right now, though soon. One week of school and I have Covid. I wish I was surprised. I started feeling bad yesterday (Friday as I write this) and took a test this morning. My family and […]

Gauthic Times #84 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or 47 Rotations

Hello, friends! This week saw me returning to school for year eighteen. I had two PD days and started to get my stuff set up in the new classroom. I won’t be teaching in the room but will be there in the mornings and afternoons, stopping in for prep periods, etc. Before the PD days, […]

Gauthic Times #83 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Slipping Back to Reality

Another crazy/busy summer week in the books. Next week I begin the process of returning to reality with two professional development days before the big return back to teaching. G’s basketball team won their championship and she’d very excited about that. My older daughter also had some cool stuff happening and cross your fingers it […]