Crazy Numbers, Priorities, the Silent Treatment September 18, 2014 It was 6:21am when I began opening up this blog to begin this post. It will be a simple post but I want to… Continue Reading
The missing… September 11, 2014 …syllable. My Buddy takes a break from critiquing my analysis and evidentiary standards to attend to something a little more prosaic: Harry: “metamorphis”? What… Continue Reading
I’ve been ruminating September 4, 2014 That’s part of my excuse for not posting. The rest of it is family time and time spent on projects getting my house prepared… Continue Reading
My old bully Gary died September 4, 2014 According to a website that keeps up with my old high school graduating class about one in ten of the 450 of us who… Continue Reading
Martell’s Heartbreak August 27, 2014 I met Loren Martell’s wife briefly once or twice at her back door when I delivered things to Loren a few years back. We… Continue Reading
Martell’s heartbreak – just kidding August 23, 2014 This is the fifth post in a series. To read them in order I’d suggest going back five posts ago to “Promises, Promises” and… Continue Reading
Good news, Bad news August 21, 2014 The good news is that Minnesota tops the nation in ACT scores. The bad news is that its for our white students. I suspect… Continue Reading
Garbage in, Garbage out – it turns out this is just a prologue August 14, 2014 Its 3:30AM. I’ll bank on the last post to keep you interested to see what I write here until I’m good and ready to… Continue Reading
Taking the starch out of me August 7, 2014 My last post resulted in my Buddy, oft mentioned in this blog, sending me a teasing but nonetheless serious question. To paraphrase he asked,… Continue Reading
Fingers in search of an audience July 27, 2014 This has a quirky title that just popped in my head and it doesn’t really fit in with what I thought I would post… Continue Reading
Babbittry July 19, 2014 I read about 62 pages of Babbitt off and on to Claudia in our first leg of the St. Louis trip. There was a… Continue Reading
I’ll have to cut my trip to St. Louis short by a day July 18, 2014 Darn. I just got my Board packet delivered by mail announcing various meetings. The State Auditor’s office will finally report out its analysis of… Continue Reading
I found those notes July 18, 2014 I’m heading out of Duluth as the best weather of the summer arrives to refresh us. I’ll be retrieving my air conditioner from my… Continue Reading
Who I am July 14, 2014 or who am I? That’s a philosophical question. My answer is simple. Its what I remember whether true or not. When I stop remembering,… Continue Reading
Do I seem “mellower?” July 14, 2014 I cleaned my garage on Saturday. Its sort of an initial step before working on my attic to turn it from a dusty place… Continue Reading
We’re so special July 7, 2014 Heavens to betsy! I’m about to write about some other important education topic than the sorry attempt by the Duluth School Board to go… Continue Reading
Eternal student sans anxiety June 28, 2014 Claudia was encouraging me to resume swimming again. She said it would protect me from the stress of the School Board. I told her… Continue Reading
An old friend’s daughter does good June 24, 2014 An old high school buddy, who I haven’t seen since he got married thirty years ago, and I found each other on the Internet… Continue Reading
Gardening and life interfering with my passion June 23, 2014 I keep thinking that my outside and yard work will be short-lived but I have a bad habit of underestimating what it will take…. Continue Reading
