Chaplain Dan

31Dec2020 San Diego, California It's certainly been a wacky year (what an understatement, right?) Nothing like what we expected life in 2020 to be like this time last year.  I'm curious, now, what I was thinking a year ago this time.   I was under the impression that it was going to be my last semester teaching full-time at the college.  Turns out that won't be the outcome, either.  According to plan, I should be retired by now.  That will wait for a bit.   TEACHING ONLINE .  Before Covid-19 hit I wasn't a big fan of teaching online.  Oh, I'd used it throughout my career, from Blackboard resources when I taught in the CSU, and other augmentations in the decades since then.  Our campus went through two of three types of software over the years, the last one being Moodle.  But I never went all-in with any of them because the system was constantly fraught with reliability issues.  Server can't handle the traffic, software can't handle the amount or type of grap

Hi there! Welcome to the Chaplain Dan blog.  Hi!  This is my first post on this blog.  My name is Dan Fox.  I like to write creatively (novels, so far).  I also enjoy addressing issues of the day, applying various filters to them (such as culture, religion, theology, rhetorical principles, etc).  So, this blog may be a fun exercise for that kind of thing. We'll see.   My purpose for this blog is forming at the moment, so I don't anticipate it sounding focused for a little while.   It's called the Chaplain Dan blog  simply because that's what I do now, as a retired professor.  I used to teach human communication to college and university students.   I've also authored a few novels -- I enjoy writing fiction adventure.  I've published four novels so far, all designed for the young adult audience.  There are at least three more novels in that series (Jake Sloan Adventures).  I have three other story concepts I hope see come to life in the months ahead, all directed