I’m still here - are you?? :)
Wow, it feels like forever since I’ve posted anything, then I check in and realize it’s only been a week! LOL Hope you all are enjoying the mostly-beautiful weather we’ve been having - I know I have! I’ve got lots of posts to catch up on, some link love to dish out, and all kinds [...]
Report on school board meeting
M.R. Field has a fairly detailed report on the first school board meeting attended by new members Patty Link and Jonathan Narcisse. It’s interesting that Narcisse had his first “argumentative moment” already - and even more interesting that the board used procedural rules to shut him up. I wonder if that’s how they handle all [...]
Central Academy is challenging all of us
We have been struggling a bit to get into a new homework habit so my daughter can get her Central Academy work done in a timely manner, but overall I think she is doing well. (Monday night this week was horrendous, with 3-1/2 hours of volleyball followed by 2-1/2 hours of intense homework and a [...]
I’m an armchair quarterback for girls volleyball!
When I was in the Des Moines public school system, I did not participate in athletics. So on one level it’s amusing that I now find myself the parent of a middle school volleyball player, who likely will become a high school volleyball player. And more power to her - if she enjoys it then [...]
Jonathan Narcisse has a lot to prove on School Board
I understand Marc Hansen’s balancing act over Jonathan Narcisse today. I’m conflicted over Narcisse’s election to the school board - I’m all for something different, but I’m not sure Narcisse is the guy.
I don’t have a lot of specifics, but it seems that whenever I hear about him in the news it’s often something divisive. [...]
Brad Olson arrested, bonded out
This whole situation with West Des Moines city councilman Brad Olson is just too odd for words. The shoplifted prescriptions were a misunderstanding, the stolen truck was a paperwork mistake… there just seems to be a lot of “oh that, that wasn’t my fault” with this case, in addition to all the odd behavior like [...]
Headlines illustrate stupidity of “hate crime” concept
I noticed a headline the other day… I was going to share it, because it was so ridiculous, but then I left the website where I’d seen it and didn’t go back. It went like this:
“Woman’s week-long rape, torture may be hate crime.”
And I thought, upon reading that, If a week of rape and torture [...]
School Board Election Results 2007
Patty Link and Jonathan Narcisse won seats on the Des Moines School Board in Tuesday’s election, ousting incumbent Marc Ward. Link received 29.25 percent of the vote in light turn-out, and Narcisse received 22.03 percent with all precincts reporting, according to unofficial results posted on the Polk County Auditors website around 10 p.m.
Andrew Martin and Trent Murphy [...]
Thoughts on the September 11 Sixth Anniversary
Blue Sky.
That’s what I remember, more than anything else, about September 11, 2001. It was one of those blue sky days (at least, it was in New York - isn’t it funny that I don’t remember whether it was overcast here?). The kind like today: bright, clear blue sky, where trees and buildings just seem [...]
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