Lighting the torches and sharpening the pitchforks

So, it's been a week since I updated this blog. I haven't had much to say ... not that I could say in a public forum, anyway. I've been stressed out to the point of having trouble sleeping and have virtually no ability to focus on something like, say ... writing.

School started for us last week. I transferred my three youngest kids to the grade school close to the high school where I teach. Our superintendent pushed through a measure last year that changed us from the block schedule to a seven-pe