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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:

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From the writers. Jersey Jazzman on Anthony Weiner.
  Barbara Morgan. Barbara Morgan is the press person for the beleaguered NY mayoral candidate, Anthony Weiner. Yesterday she got into internet trouble for calling a former Weiner go-fer a “twat.” But Morgan has a resume that involves New Jersey education. That’s is where ed blogger Jersey Jazzman picks up the story. Chris Cerf, New Jersey’s Commissioner of Education, promoted Barbara Morgan to NJ
Doesn’t the Illinois Constitution contain the pension clause?
Back when I was a student at Los Angeles City College we had a lot of characters around campus. It was 1967. It was Hollywood. California. There were a lot of characters. Everywhere. There was a hippy-freak (damn, I can’t remember his name) who went around campus singing his one composition: “Merry-go, merry-go, merry-go round. Beep, beep beep.”  It had a tune, but it kind of works no matter how y
Tony at the Red Line Tap.
  “Tony.” “Klonsky. Have a nice trip?” I sat down at the bar and turned to Marty. “Did you order that organic Seizoen Bretta for me?” “Just came in,” said Marty. “Listen. It’s not easy ordering that stuff from Portland. You’re lucky I have my contacts.” “Organic?” said Tony. “Special brettanomyces yeast gives it an added dryness and crisp complexity. Each bottle is conditioned with pear juice for



Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Back to work?Back to work?Some of you may laugh at the idea of taking a vacation from retirement. But that’s what I did. Anne, her sister and brother-in-law (our frequent travel companions) and I just got back last night from twelve days on the road through the Olympic Peninsula, Seattle, Portland and