Saturday coffee.

Cartoon: Paul Schickler

The coffee just seemed extra good this morning. Maybe because it is so cold out.

Everyone seems to be blaming themselves for the wet sloppy three to four inches of snow that came through the north side of the city on Thursday. They blame themselves because everyone has been talking about how there has been no snow this winter. It amazes me that normal, rational people think that if you talk about something it actually has an impact on nature.

Then there appears to be normal, rational people who think that if you keep closing schools, schools will get better.

That’s what was explicit in the Chicago school board’s vote this week.

“This is cause for celebration,’ said one board member.

Did they notice that nobody was celebrating?

Rahm couldn’t even find somebody that he could pay to celebrate.

“Chicago is Little Rock, 1957,” said the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

That doesn’t exactly sound like a party theme.

Speaking of celebrations, my principal walks into a grade level team meeting this week and says, “Oh. By the way. I’ll be at Monday’s board meeting. They’re honoring our school for doing so well on the ISAT tests.”

Okay. Truth be told, even if she announced this on the intercom there wouldn’t be dancing in the hallways.

ISATs are mainly an instructional interruption. Not a source of information. Or a reason to celebrate.

But she didn’t think that the staff should be informed that the board was recognizing our building’s teachers?

No teachers would be invited by her to attend.

Have you ever found out about a party that you really didn’t want to go to, but were pissed off that you weren’t invited?

Monday night at the board meeting.