Recently, I read that the NBA had held its NBA 2K draft. Seventeen NBA teams own franchises in the esport league. My reaction was “What?!?” I did some more reading and decided that this might be an interesting chapter in my second novel: a satire about high school teaching. The setting: the faculty/copier room where some… Continue reading TTSlaM
Dom and Grace
Dom Day today. Driving through fog as thick as the Phillies’ New Wave Metric Thinking—but that is for another post. Dom was raring to go this morning. Did not even want to get out of his pajama bottoms, so that’s how we went. And Paw Patrol sneakers and a T-shirt. And sunglasses. Two streets from… Continue reading Dom and Grace
The New Age Phillies
Opening Day of the baseball season! New Age baseball officially comes to the Philadelphia Phillies. I am not enthused. Chip Kelly redux? I am keeping an open mind–or trying to–when it comes to Gabe Kapler, Mr. Positivity, Mr. Analytics, Mr. 2018 Baseball. Be Bold. “Be Bold.” That is what it says on the T-shirt the… Continue reading The New Age Phillies
Dunedin
It was nice to go to Dunedin today for the Blue Jays-Pirates game. It was a throwback experience, from the stadium itself to the music. And it was a well-played game, finished in less 2 ½ hours! And we talked to Tim Mayza (see previous post here) again. Tim was kind enough to visit with… Continue reading Dunedin
Airplanes and “Bob Wilson”
Cashing in on my Christmas present: a week of spring training in Clearwater, Florida! My first trip on an airplane since the B-17 ride. Terry and I flew into Tampa yesterday, leaving behind cold weather, daily routines, and the dog. We didn’t really leave him behind. Leo did have to spend last night in a kennel,… Continue reading Airplanes and “Bob Wilson”
One Dog Night?
“Snowfall projections have increased” is not the message you want to see on your phone. Unless you operate a ski resort. And after last Friday’s nor’easter, which reminded us all, after a relatively benign winter, that Nature is still in charge, just about everything was preemptively shut down last night. My Dom Wednesday was canceled,… Continue reading One Dog Night?
Arm Teachers? BS
The “debate” about arming teachers to prevent school shootings would be laughable if the topic was not so serious. The premise is lazy blame-shifting by “leaders” either totally bereft of an original thought or kowtowing to special interests. Or both. I am reminded of a scene in the 2000 movie Traffic. The new drug czar,… Continue reading Arm Teachers? BS
“I Liked Being Two”
Dom and I had a philosophical discussion about the inevitability of aging. Sort of. The dialogue was part of the-drive-to-pre-K-weekly-entertainment. This Wednesday, that included rounds of “I spy”, a discussion about the advantages of having extender arms, like Inspector Gadget, and Dom’s internal scenario-playing, fashioned around a little model diecast jet plane I gave him, “Who are they?”… Continue reading “I Liked Being Two”
Calling BS
In 1993, before school shootings were a thing, we had a shooting in the high school where I taught. A kid brought a gun into Mod 1 biology and shot a classmate in the back of the head, killing him instantly. You can read a newspaper account HERE. We had no plans for dealing with… Continue reading Calling BS
All You Need is Love
While I was taking Dom to pre-K on Valentine’s Day, a Beatles’ song came on the radio, and from the car seat behind me came the voice of a three-and-a half year old singing along to the chorus. “All you need is love.” I did the instrumental: da-da-da-da-da “All you need is love, love,… Continue reading All You Need is Love
The Q-View 