G Going Viral-did u rd ths frm NYTIMES?

READ THIS AND WEEP FOR THE TEACHERS...and the kids
This bloomberg-person...what can stop him?  Do you care?

N.Y. City and State Said to Reach Deal for Schools Chief's Appointment

The state's education commissioner, David M. Steiner, and the
Bloomberg administration have reached a deal that will allow
Cathleen P. Black, a media executive, to become the next
schools chief.

A top education official in the city's schools system, Shael
Polakow-Suransky, the chief accountability officer, will be
named the chief academic officer to serve as the No. 2 to Ms.
Black, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement
between the state and the city.

In return, Mr. Steiner on Monday will grant Ms. Black a
waiver from the state law requiring the chancellor to have
certain education credentials that Ms. Black, the chairwoman
of Hearst Magazine, lacks.

Mr. Steiner had expressed reservations about granting Ms.
Black an exemption and had made the appointment of a chief
academic officer a condition for considering her nomination.

The move is a major concession from Mayor Michael R.
Bloomberg who typically resists any intrusion into his
management of city agencies.

Happy Holiday!

I love any holiday that gets the family together with friends and the accompanying baking and cooking.
For my part, I made soy milk, tempeh and two kinds of sprouts.  El Exigente is making Baba Au Rhums, Cream Puffs, Eclairs and other pastry inventions.  He's also making the stuffing.  Our Sandgate friends down the street are hosting.

(So to all who read this)

HAVE A GOOD ONE!

A series of unfortunate incidences leading to NO INTERNET!!

One thing led to another and for some unknown reason we have no internet!!  Not a cloud in the sky, but no satellite service.
I'll let you know how it all turns out.

FOUND: OLD UNPOSTED...Kritters in the garden

Scribed...who knows?  must have been when the bears hit the bee hives and critters ate the tender garden shoots

Just like everybody else, I do like furry creatures.  Rabbits are cute.  We used to raise them.
Nowadays, people have all kinds furry of pets...even ferrets and minks, known for nasty tempers. 
I have issues with bears and ground hogs, lately.  The problem is not just that they eat the food we work so hard to raise, as we are willing to share it.  It's because the kritter will take bites of EVERY veggie in the garden row, leaving us with not much that is edible.

Scribed...June 19th...The Tao of Sandgate

Sandgate has been part of my life since the 60s.  I loved coming up on weekends from NYC and visiting my friend Bunny.   She showed me that I, too, could live my life in the Tao of Sandgate.

Big Boys Don't Cry!

Well, the big boy for VT Governor is PETER SHUMLIN.  No cryin' in Vermont.  The state went TOTALLY democratic, along with Colorado, and California.  I hear the whole rest of the country went red.

Bernie and Leahy and Welch and Shumlin are going to try to make Vermont's health care system the best!  So universal single-payer health care may be coming soon to a township like mine.

I hope our green mountain boys can help the President to stop apologizing and kick some republican political butts.  Why won't they stop giving everything ($) to the rich and then blaming the poor for the cost of entitlements?  At the very least, we should not allow those rich people to obtain the entitlements they are trying to cut.  Let's get some MEANS tests out there, soon!

It's all over but the cryin'...

November Elections AND the World Series...DONE!  (thank the goddess!)

As for the world series, two undervalued teams played, the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants.  Luckily, the Giants were able to win quickly so much boredom was avoided.  WE don't care much for either team...what can one say about the state that gave us GWB?, and, we remember when the Giants were from New York City.

Moving right along to the election news:
Jerry Brown won the govenor's job in California (Governor Moon Beam is BACK!), Boxer kept her seat, Pelosi's out, Bonehead is IN as Speaker  (and keeps crying during press conferences, neurological damage? *Alzheimer's Disease?)
Here's the research:
***It is important to note that a person with AD may be weeping but not necessarily feeling unhappy. Tears may be the expression of multiple emotions ranging from sadness to unbridled joy....the best treatment is to understand that the cause of the behavior is the disease and not the true emotion being felt by the AD person. Once you have realized the person expressing the tears is really quite calm and not feeling sadness, the best response is to simply tolerate the behavior while acknowledging its probable cause.

WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS INFORMATION?     We're screwed!  Boehner is contemplating impeaching President Obama, not to mention his plan to repeal everything OBAMA.

In the great state of Vermont, we may not know who won the governorship for quite some time.  If the candidate does not win by 50% of the vote, the legislature may have to decide the race.  Right now, Peter Shumlin is ahead 49.4% to Dubie's 47.9%.
Perhaps all is not lost. 
Leahy won and we still have Bernie!

I'll keep you blogged...omg we're in deep doo-doo