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November 26, 2008 01:37 AM EST --
As the father of three kids in public elementary school - with a fourth a couple years behind - I am deeply concerned that public education funding will suffer during this recession. I posted to . . .
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September 19, 2008 01:35 AM EDT --
There is a national epidemic afflicting American parents: Chaotic Family Syndrome (CFS). It starts around the time that their first child enters elementary school and intensifies steadily as . . .
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September 09, 2008 11:52 PM EDT --
The start of the school year means the return of structure to many families. I know it does for us, and this September I've been thinking about the role that traditions play in kids' lives . . .
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January 02, 2008 11:34 PM EST --
I am a father of 4 young kids (ages 3, 5, 8, and 10) and am trying to figure out which are the best sites for parents with an interest in K-12 education.
Social media has made huge waves -- the proof . . .
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September 17, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
We've had a lot of fun with our "mini monster" -- a small-scale replica of Fenway's green monster scoreboard -- over the past couple weeks as Fox News and Boston Channel 4 have . . .
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September 02, 2007 01:10 AM EDT --
My family attends 10-12 Red Sox games at Fenway each year -- thanks to a guy who has more tickets than he can use. The seats are great and we always enjoy the games, but the dates he assigns are not always . . .
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August 06, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
I awoke to find the village of Northeast Harbor shrouded in fog -- not entirely unexpected, but not exactly what I had hoped for. My family took delivery of a new Gorbon 34 in July -- a 34-foot power boat . . .
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July 26, 2007 05:54 PM EDT --
A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (General Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River . Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. . . .
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May 15, 2007 12:06 AM EDT --
I have been called for state jury duty 4 or 5 times in my life, and each time I weaseled out. The closest I had come was to be brought into a court room with a whole slew of other potential jurors, . . .
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February 02, 2007 11:44 PM EST --
Winter comes
Small boots in a line
Fleece mittens at the ready
Children revved up
But no snow
February arrives
It snows tonight, at last
Snow glistens on the gutters
Tree boughs bend down . . .
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February 02, 2007 05:14 PM EST --
Here are our New Year's resolutions dating back to 1988... the first year that Dad aimed to have a 14 handicap while Nick made a more modest goal: "to take golf . . .
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December 10, 2006 11:53 PM EST --
I’ll never forget the Christmas of 2003: not for the toys and other presents I received; not for the excitement of Santa Claus arriving at the country club in a helicopter; not for the candlelight . . .
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October 31, 2006 11:28 PM EST --
The build-up to Halloween began several weeks ago and culminated in a great night tonight.
The fun started when Johanna bought the kids costumes (at Kmart, no less): Ninjas for Tucker and Scout, Cinderella . . .
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October 23, 2006 11:11 PM EDT --
If I had gotten my act together at yesterday's party for Chester's dedication, I would have toasted all of you to let you know how much it meant to Johanna and me that so many people came . . .
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October 09, 2006 10:47 PM EDT --
Wow, what a lot of commotion and noise and FUN. This is exactly why I love living in the midst of so much family; something that many others do anything possible to avoid. How cool that we had all the . . .
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October 03, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
I am still charged up from Saturday night. That party was so great, in so many ways. We had a great showing from so many people, all of whom seemed genuinely excited to play their part in the surprise, . . .
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September 27, 2006 09:52 PM EDT --
It was another lovely day in Sanibel: blue skies with high thin clouds, temperatures in the 70's, and a cool Gulf breeze to keep things comfortable. I decided it was a good day to play a round of golf. . . .
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September 27, 2006 09:51 PM EDT --
It was Christmas Eve. Kids all over the world were excited, but our colorful friend, the Lonely Cow, was sad and confused.
She had tried to follow Nonni's Silver Bullet across the Sanibel Island . . .
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September 27, 2006 09:50 PM EDT --
We often go into the Island Cow Restaurant on Sanibel Island because the food tastes good and we like to visit our friend, The Lonely Cow.
We love her tropical red, pink, orange, and green colors and . . .
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September 27, 2006 09:50 PM EDT --
Nonni and I stopped for breakfast today at a new restaurant on Sanibel Island called "The Island Cow." It was a nice place, right on Periwinkle Way, which served breakfast, lunch, and dinner . . .
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John B.
Concord, MA
Founder of SchoolPulse.com
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