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Laughing is a Cin…dy

Welcome to the second written in school edition of Wise Madness. I hate not blogging every day. The problem is that I have only four hours a day to get everything other than sleeping, commuting, and working, to live my life. I am living like most of the world for the first time in ages. […]

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The Tuesday that Started as a Monday and ended as a Saturday

Dateline School: I’m trying something new, writing during a free period at school. I have no time for writing when I get home and I’m often too tired. Let’s see if this can become the new normal. Unfortunately I’m on a school issued Mac and don’t have Word. I’m writing this on Google Docs. I’ll […]

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Parents, Teachers, Students, and Pizza

The news from school is that we had Open School night. For the first time in three years the parents were invited to the school to meet the teachers. There was a bonus, as we had to say until 7 PM we were allowed to leave early and come back and when we did, we […]

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DART Board

Yesterday I had two adventures. The first was my once every eight week infusion. I got there early but was not taken early but on the other hand I wasn’t taken late. I must have angered the infusion chair placement gods; I had a manual chair in the corner in a crowded space and without […]

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Robinson & Rohe Attorneys at Law

My plan was to write during the Met game, but I got too involved in the game. The Mets are now up 8-1 in the 8th I can pull myself away. And with that the Mets go up 11-1. I am an essential member of the Mets. I missed last night’s game and they got […]

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To God or Not to God

Sadly, it looks like my blogging my mainly occur on the weekends for the now. Getting up before 6AM every day takes a lot out of me. Perhaps my body will adjust but I will not assume it will. The Mets are playing on the West Coast, so I didn’t get to sleep until after […]

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High School Confidential

I had today all planned. I was going to blog, watch the Met game, then go shopping. Then I got a message from Dan, no not that Dan, the other Dan, asking if I wanted to go to the Met game with him. DeGrom was pitching which made the answer yes. Jake in person is […]

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My Dinner with Barry

When you do something for almost every day for years and miss some days it’s hard to get back in the habit. That’s why I haven’t been writing. Most days I have simply been too busy. I leave for school every day around 6:40 AM. I get home around 4 PM. I then went out […]

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Grant a Wish

I have to get back into a writing routine. Blogging about school is bringing up ancient childhood reflex reactions. Mother: How was school?Child: OK Father: What happened at school today? Child: Nothing What are you idiot stories? On Thursday I got the key to my classroom. On Friday I forgot it. We keep it locked […]

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That’s My Jam

Today’s idiot story. I forgot to blog, and I wanted to. Now I have to rush as I now have to get up at 6 AM to get to school. That’s cutting it close. I have to be efficient getting ready in the morning. I used to be able to do it. I will not […]