“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 watch a lot of football. I’ve done so for… Read More ›
Education
What Was That?
“He had become lonely in his mind, he knew: he no longer encountered other people even in his thoughts.” ― Tom Crewe Still trying to process just what just happened this week. The general consensus was that the Presidential race… Read More ›
You Can’t Offer School Choice Before Offering An Initial Choice
“A man could say every day that he wanted to change his life, was going to change it, and every day the lament became merely a part of the life he was already living, so that the desire for change… Read More ›
As Good As It Gets
“Her handbag, he said, was found on the scene. I made a mental note to carry out a thorough spring clean of contents of my own bag before throwing myself in front of any trains.” ― Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case… Read More ›
Is The Silence Receding?
“I think that success in life is largely a matter of luck. It has little correlation with merit, and in all fields of life there have been many people of great merit who did not succeed – Popper” ― David… Read More ›
The Misleading Allure of Personalities Over Policies
“Daylight tricks you into thinking what you see is truth, lets you go through life thinking you know everything. But the truth is we are sleepwalkers. We walk through the night that is chaos and dark and forever keeps its… Read More ›
Be Wary of the Well Intentioned Man
“Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.” ― Donald Rumsfeld Everybody talks about how tired parents are during the infant years of child-rearing. I’m here to tell you they are nothing compared to the teen years. The amount… Read More ›
Who Knew Tutoring Wouldn’t Be a Huge Success, or How I Learned to Frivolously Spend Tax Payer Money Without Really Trying
“That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you’re invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. A writing desk lies open and you cannot help but… Read More ›
Keeping the Dumpster Fires Burning
“I have had countless men repeat my ideas back to me as if they were theirs – as if I would not remember having come up with those thoughts in the first place.” ― Hernan Diaz, Trust In Tennessee…. Read More ›
Who Are the Adults in Charge?
“You have ability and people who don’t never forgive you for it. Your very existence is a constant reproach to them.” ― H. Beam Piper, The Works of H. Beam Piper (27 books) Earlier this week, Peter Greene wrote… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 