Zero Hour’s beginnings twelve years ago May 13, 2016 Tonight I decided to look through old scribblings of mine thinking that I might be able to cobble a book together for use in… Continue Reading
Taking a pin to my pompous balloon April 23, 2016 Yeah, this email reaction to my white lie post from a sympathizer just about sums it up: “Harry, except for talking too much, you… Continue Reading
Boop boop diddum daddum WADM Boom October 20, 2015 Art Johnston sent the local press the worrisome news that ISD 709 has suffered another significant drop in its October attendance. He’s a little… Continue Reading
“Fair enough” October 6, 2015 So, where have I been for the past couple days? I have a post with nothing in it lined up to talk about the… Continue Reading
The blogger as Toto September 9, 2015 I’ll get you my pretty – and your little dog too! If the 3,000 people each month who visit this blog (on average three… Continue Reading
Acronyms in the News: PSEO and MCA, August 12, 2015 Today’s Trib has two stories about public schools. The second story notes that many if not most Minnesota schools are failing to advertise the… Continue Reading
Speaking of advocates for Western Duluth July 30, 2015 I didn’t link to this News Tribune story yesterday about the confab called together by Rep. Erik Simonson. I did comment on it however… Continue Reading
A Double scoop of the Trib with a generous dollop of magic mushrooms July 22, 2015 Holy Cow!!!!!!!!!! I just got a phone call from Loren Martell while I was in the parking lot outside Pier One Imports. The news… Continue Reading
Rosie’s Hardball July 2, 2015 (This post was first conceived as: MAJ 7 Rosie’s Hardball on April 9, 2015) At our closed school board meetings Rosie Loeffler-Kemp regularly says… Continue Reading
MAJ 6 – Mean Girls March 31, 2015 I’d suggest starting at MAJ 1 (Martyrdom of Art Johnston) Art and I have joked that the three women on our board remind us… Continue Reading
What the District’s lawyers didn’t want me to share with the public March 11, 2015 Ignorance is bliss……such is the philosophy of anyone working with ISD 709. Tell the truth about the fire sale of Central High and you… Continue Reading
Catching up upon my return from Eden February 23, 2015 Apparently our Duluth School Board’s crusade to excommunicate Art Johnston is not the only thing that has caught the State legislature’s attention this year…. Continue Reading
The snowy school board meeting last Tuesday February 14, 2015 I’ll be working on this after playing with my grandsons and packing for a school break trip. We’re going someplace warm. Now it’s good… Continue Reading
MSBA Notes 2 – The Incredible Shrinking School District January 18, 2015 I have the terrible gift of prophecy where the Duluth Schools are concerned. Much that has happened since the uber ambitious Red Plan was… Continue Reading
11-14-14 ALL CAPS, PART 2 – “YES CLAUDIA, I MAY HAVE PUT OUR RETIREMENT AT RISK” November 14, 2014 Not long ago a fan came up to Claudia and I and gushed that he/she was glad that I “named names” in my blog…. Continue Reading
Swallowing moles July 30, 2014 I suspect many of my readers saw a recent photograph of one of Florida’s invasive pythons that had burst after attempting to swallow an… Continue Reading
JCI’s Get out of jail free card November 22, 2013 As the friend who emailed this to me said, “I guess the battle is over.” The scrappy little Timberjay was on the verge of… Continue Reading
Lawsign signs September 27, 2013 I’ve been putting up lawnsigns for two days now. It involves knocking on lots of doors and getting lots of different reactions to the… Continue Reading
3:44 Hotel Lobby, 2nd day of trip July 3, 2013 I hope I didn’t wake anyone up when I tried to sneak out of our hotel room twenty minutes ago. Not a very propitious… Continue Reading
Keeping parents and the public separate January 8, 2013 For the next two months there will be a plethora of meetings to talk about the future of the Duluth schools. I plan on… Continue Reading