These Father’s Day gifts suck
Earlier this week, CNN published a piece entitled 50+ gifts perfect for any dad this Father’s Day When I saw the title, I thought, "Great! Maybe I can find something…
Very white interns
Behold! The assemblage of current interns for the Trump administration, compared to the assemblage of interns from President Obama's last year in office. Notice any difference? I understand that it's…
Bricks serving as reminders of all I have lost
Yesterday was the last day of the 2019-2020 school year. For the last 21 years, I have been teaching at Wolcott School in West Hartford, CT. For more than two…
The school year never ends
It's the last day of the school year for me. The strangest last day of school in my 21 years of teaching. I just recorded and sent off my last…
Amateur fireworks displays are stupid
Perhaps you've heard that the use of fireworks is on the rise in our country. For a variety of reasons, some related to the pandemic and some related to the…
Cat in a box
Cats are nothing like dogs. Call a dog's name, and more often than not, that dog will come running. Dogs can be trained to sit, lie down, roll over,…
Bigots being bigots
In case you missed it, because bigoted cowards often conduct their bigotry on the weekend when fewer people are paying attention, the Trump administration made two decisions on Friday night…
Murder Noodle
When our plans to travel to the west coast and Niagara Falls this summer were scrapped thanks to the coronavirus, Elysha and I invested some of our travel budget into…
Thoughts on Eric Clapton’s music
Somehow, as we were eating dinner on the front lawn last night, Elysha Dicks and I got to talking about Eric Clapton. Clapton is a fine musician and songwriter.…
Latest mystery
Cleaning up last night, I found this on the table. Kind of aggressive. Don't you think? Do not touch it. Do not look at it. And maybe don't put it…
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