Last Summer I toured with a gentleman who rode the bicycle you see here…and now it has toured its way into my house. Clicking through another therapeutic red flag on the bike touring craziness continuum, I’ve bought a foldie. This makes four bicycles for me, now, as I try to keep up with my [...]
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Happy New Bike Year: Go Small or Stay Home in 2012
Posted in Bike Tour 2012, Sports, Transportation on January 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
These Are Your 2011 Libyan Rebels!!!
Posted in Politics, Sports on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just in time for Opening Day, folks! I think I’ll just go back to writing about politics, wars, etc. School is too awful for words right now. P.S.: The photo is from the New York Times, which is costing everybody money now, except me (for some reason) who got some snazzy “special offer” from Lincoln. [...]
Snark Break: Time To Mention Two Nice Things
Posted in Albuquerque Public Schools, Education, Life in Burque, Sports, Transportation on September 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Now that Rio Grande High School Scheduling Crisis 2010: Final Countdown! appears to be just about over, we can finally think/write about something other than how lousy public schools are and that charter schools are so much better. Nice, by the way, for the Journal to reach that charter school as “white knight” denouement just [...]
Fun With NM AYP Numbers 2010: Charter School Follies
Posted in Education, Life in Burque, Politics, Sports on August 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A few days ago the Albuquerque Journal published a Letter to the Editor (LTE) from Janet Bridgers, “founder of Media Arts Collaborative Charter School”. I point this out because charter schools tend to have really long stupid names. I kid. That’s not why I’m pointing out the LTE. The letter is in response to the [...]
NM Race to the Top: They Shoot Grantwriters, Don’t They?
Posted in Albuquerque Public Schools, Education, Sports on July 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So New Mexico isn’t in the running for federal “Race to the Top” funding, and is, in fact, one of 17 states that bothered to complete an application for Round 2 and failed to make the finals. So what? We didn’t want to be in your crappy “race” anyway Mr. Federal Education Person. And [...]
