Author Archives: royfmc

Originally posted on Fred Klonsky:
I greeted Sean and nodded to Tony. “Bottle of Brugse Straffe Hendrik,” I said. “Room temperature.” “Cool, dude,” said Sean somewhat garbled by his pierced tongue. Tony stared at ESPN Classic Sports which was showing the 2008 NASCAR…

Originally posted on Strange thoughts, random mutterings:
So, you start a blog, learn all that WordPress stuff, write a few posts, get some likes (wow!), attract followers (how is that even possible?), get into your stride, and then suddenly after…

Originally posted on highly irritable :
Every year we all say that “next year” will be the one when we won’t stress as much during the holidays, and that we won’t “do so much.” There’s sometimes even crazy talk after a…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
In the spring of 2012, Brookings scholar Tom Loveless set off a firestorm when he wrote a study of the Common Core State Standards and concluded that they would make little or no…

Originally posted on Strange thoughts, random mutterings:
I was watching a reality TV show recently and one of the eager young contestants proudly boasted, “I have never failed at anything I’ve tried to do!” He smirked for the camera, and…