From over a year ago: This past week I ejected myself from all on-line activities except e-mail and this blog. No more flteach, after 20 (Continue Reading)
Pat’s Polemics
My new Web site
draft of initial post to listsservs flteach first
03/13/2019 Pat Barrett 1 CommentDue to various exigencies I got off the listservs flteach, moretprs and latinbestpractices over a year ago. In that time, my granddaughter wanted me to (Continue Reading)
The shrinking society
03/13/2019 Pat Barrett Add CommentReturning to my listservs I left over a year ago, I found the number of posts to be drastically reduced; on one list only one (Continue Reading)
Thanks to my visitors
03/10/2019 Pat Barrett Add CommentI seldom look at my stats and when I do, I am amazed. Who reads my stuff and why don’t they comment? Just today I (Continue Reading)
Autistic language – a sample
08/02/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentThis morning my grandson was telling me about the new rigor on the part of security officers on campus and how you had to get (Continue Reading)
Computer up-date
02/13/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentI got the new computer back from the shop today. Nothing seriously wrong. The tech guy got rid of the offending site, a recipe, and (Continue Reading)
Finished
01/18/2018 Pat Barrett Add CommentI’ve withdrawn from the listservs I’ve been on: flteach, moretprs, Latin-Bestpractices. I am getting off Facebook which I joined recently just to get on CI (Continue Reading)
Storms: real and metaphorical
09/08/2017 Pat Barrett Add Comment“The billionaire founder of the Virgin Group rode out the storm in a fortified wine cellar” Now there’s a man who knows how to weather (Continue Reading)
Pithy saying
08/25/2016 Pat Barrett Add CommentThe larger your island of knowledge gets, the larger your shoreline of ignorance grows.
Half-way on board
01/24/2016 Pat Barrett Add CommentAs Wes explained, my blog host died and he had to switch me to Word Press. I was already a subscriber, so of course WP (Continue Reading)