“Lift up the hem of verbiage, peek below its frillies – what’s exposed? the hairy truth?” ― Joshua Cohen, Book of Numbers According to WordPress, I’ve produced a thousand pieces since starting this blog nearly a decade ago. I’m not saying… Read More ›
Education
Talking Rhinos, Noteworthy State Bills, and School Security
“The horse is brown or chestnut or one of those other technical terms horsepeople use to make it clear that they know stuff other people don’t; the freemasonry of the hoof.” ― Nick Harkaway, The Gone-Away World Last night,… Read More ›
Adults Say the Darndest Things
“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone… Read More ›
TN Lawmakers Employ the Tush Push to Pass Voucher Legislation.
“I have known heaven, and now I am in hell, and there are mimes.” ― Nick Harkaway, The Gone-Away World I opened up one eye and squinted as I looked toward the window. Looks like the son was going… Read More ›
School Board Glaze Amid Heartbreak
“Virtue was vanity dressed up and waiting for applause.” ― Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North I try to produce a new Dad Gone Wild piece every Friday. It’s important to have a schedule, but sometimes,… Read More ›
We Got To Do Better
“Death cannot be experienced either by the dead or the living.” ― William T. Vollmann, Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means Wednesday morning I was working at home, at my desk. It’d been… Read More ›
Heroes, Hypocrisy, and Hubris
“One of the grimmer realizations of Sarkis’s youth had been the discovery that knowing you were being an ass did not actually stop you from continuing to be an ass.” ― T. Kingfisher, Swordheart In September of 2021, middle… Read More ›
Snow Day Musings
“Belief has nothing to do with truth.” ― Percival Everett, James If you are just about anywhere in the country, outside Califonia, I hope today finds you warm and cozy curled up in your home, devoid of purpose besides… Read More ›
Out With The Old and In With The New – But Will We Be Able To Tell The Difference?
“This is how you hustle the arcane. Skirt the rules but don’t break them.” ― Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom Twenty four is now a wrap and it is off to twenty five. Reading through my social… Read More ›
Christmas Miracles
“People don’t want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If you’re a teacher you’re in a constant battle with mildly deluded adults who think the… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 