“Belief has nothing to do with truth.” ― Percival Everett, James The Timing Tells You Everything On optics, vendors, and the quiet rules that govern Metro Nashville Public Schools Yesterday marked the anniversary of the tragic shooting at Antioch… Read More ›
“Any decent poet can use words to stop the bleeding.” ― Serhiy Zhadan, Месопотамія Start Times, Lawsuits, and the Quiet Drift Away from Public Schools At this week’s Metro Nashville Public Schools board meeting, members once again took up… Read More ›
“Let’s take a diveTorpedo girl, and feel aliveTorpedo girl, let’s take a diveTorpedo girl, and feel aliveCome on, get your feet wet!” ― Vini Poncia / Ace Frehley Enrollment, Evidence, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves Last week’s column… Read More ›
“You’ve learned that every good lie is threaded with truth and every accepted truth leaks lies.” ― Dennis Lehane Capacity, Crawly Things, and 1,481 Missing Students As I’ve mentioned before, the fourth quarter is an extremely busy time for me…. Read More ›
“Your friend professes belief yet I’m not convinced. What about you? Are the gods real?” “They are real,” says I, “And you’re a prick.” ― Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits I must admit, the world has given me a bit… Read More ›
“One of the reasons The Avengers is among the highest-grossing films of all time is that it’s filled with people who act for a living. They don’t care whether the dialogue makes any sense! For the correct fee, they’ll pretend… Read More ›
“It was not so much what Vicki did that night: it was what she said. It was not so much her behaviour: it was her vocabulary!” ― Patrick Hamilton, The Slaves of Solitude Every Child Known… But Are They… Read More ›
“She knows about men, knows a good deal of the world’s character. But it is hard, whatever you have endured, to give up on love. Hard to stop thinking of it as a home you might one day find again…. Read More ›
“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.” ― Robert A. Heinlein The Illusion of Mastery I envy those who have mastered the art of parenting.The ones who navigate the… Read More ›
One has to walk through the fields of knowledge to pick its flowers. Run, and you will miss the best blossoms. — Miyuki Miyabe, The Book of Heroes Fall Break just wrapped up here in Nashville, and like clockwork, my… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 