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THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it
THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS
Dad Gone Wild
Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it
A LACK OF HONEST CONVERSATION
Dad Gone Wild Newsletter / 18h
“Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale.” ― John Kennedy Toole This one today maybe a little shorter than usual. Not because there is a lack of things to cover -just the opposite in fact - but rather because my own economic realities are in play. in other words, adulthood is calling and I have to work at my paying gig
WHAT IS IT ALL REALLY ABOUT?
“As for cognitive empathy, there is, it appears, no shortage of people in the world who can unwittingly offend, misunderstand and steamroller over the delicate signals of others, all while maintaining the self-perception that they are unsurpassedly sensitive to subtle social cues.” ― Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Spring break comes to an end in
THE CURIOUS CASE OF A $100 MILLION INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION COSTING $230 MILLION, AKA MATH IS HARD
“But we are living in a skeptical and, if I may use the phrase, a thought-tormented age; and sometimes I fear that this new generation, educated or hypereducated as it is, will lack those qualities of humanity, of hospitality, of kindly humor which belonged to an older day..” ― James Joyce Back in my drinking life, we'd be out at the bar most every night. Occasionally, as a result of being overse
THANK YOU, TEACHERS
Dad Gone Wild Newsletter / 11d
“I said, ‘The truth is whatever you can get away with.’ ‘No, that’s journalism. The truth is whatever you can’t escape.” ― Greg Egan, I hope those of you enjoying Spring Break this week are using the time to recharge batteries and reconnect with families and friends. As the spouse of a public school educator, I can attest that this has been perhaps the most challenging year ever, and has definite
SHOWING LOVE TO WHERE YOU START FROM
Dad Gone Wild Newsletter / 14d
Life and study have persuaded me of the openness of history. There is no inevitability in history. Thinking about what might have happened, what could have happened, is a necessary element in trying to understand what did happen. And if, as I believe, individual acts of decency and courage make a difference, then they need to be recorded and remembered.” ― Fritz Stern, Five Germanys I Have Known
NASHVILLE'S LAST SCHOOL BOARD RACE
Dad Gone Wild Newsletter / 16d
“One person presents their story each day; no one has to be Sigmund Freud to figure out these were men who grew so tired of being wounded, they went out and wounded something else.” ― Stephen Reid, A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden It may sound hyperbolic, but it's entirely possible that Nashville's first partisan school board race will be Nashville's last school board race. Let me explain. Nashvi
THE ONE WHERE PINKY AND THE BRAIN HIRE A HENCHWOMAN
Dad Gone Wild Newsletter / 21d
All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House Long-time readers are likely familiar with my self-imposed rule of never writing angry. I'd like to think that over the years I've been pretty good at adhering to that rule. Truth be told, as time marches on it's be