I just got back from attending an hour or so of the APS Board District #1/#4 Candidate Forum at Highland High School. I had some crazy plan to “Live Blog” the event, forgetting that Highland HS has a computer network from the days of Marconi and Tesla. Nothing ruins a candidate forum like an inability… Read More "Dead Bloggin’" at the APS Board Candidate Forum

Is it me or is education coverage getting better in the local papers? The Trib has a story yesterday about the woeful pay for school administrators (principals/asst. principals) and how rises in teacher salaries have principals jumping admin ship and going back to the classroom in droves. It’s something we in the biz have been… Read More You Don’t Have To Be Crazy To Work Here…Well, Really You Do

A few things I missed during my back-tooth-influenza “perfect storm o’ ailments” period last week (actually these three things still persist, but I don’t want to talk about it anymore). Robert Vigil: 37 months in the federal pokey for the ex-State Treasurer. Not quite the sentence I had in mind (placed in a 6 foot… Read More Playing Catch-Up With the News

We all give the Journal a hard time, but this morning Toby Smith has a rollicking good read about a couple of folks bilking out-of-state hunter wannabes out of tons of money in little ‘ol Glenwood. That the scam artists were women only adds to the allure. In fact, the story is so good that… Read More Today in Your ABQ Journal…

I have found that the best way to treat lingering lower back pain is to have some dental surgery. Get a root canal and you barely even notice how painful it is to get out of bed or bend down to pick up a dropped pencil. Not to mention the percocets. Babble is playing (poorly)… Read More You Think The State Of The Union Speech Hurt, Well…