Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

Our school has created a parent portal, allows us, well, to see our children’s attendance/schedules/reports, etc.  A great effort.  I looked up their state test results, immunization records, .. then I saw on the lower left corner, 
en - In English
es - En Español. 
Wait a second, the demography of our school (according to the School Report Card issued [...]

Somewhere I remembered reading about unclaimed properties in the State’s custody.  It’s actually not a scam.  I got a letter fm Tiffany, informing me that a credit issued back in Feb 2001 was bout to turn over to the State, because the dormancy is to expire next month.  Sheeeesh, I knew I had a credit fm Tiffany but couldn’t [...]

Yaaaaheeee, Giants is going to da Super Bowl.  Do those little boys have Tiki in mind when they played as the underdogs??  I like Tiki a lot, but .. hmmmm ..  and 14 points deficit?  Come on people, give Giants more credit? 
My card gamers arrived promptly at 11am, and between a lunch and dinner, we [...]

Coincidence or timed right, the day after Fischer died, FT ran an interview with the current champ, an Indian, Viswanathan Anand.  He replaced Kasparov but competes with ‘young Russian boys’, :).  Looking at his Poppy’s arms, perhaps the trend is changing, that being physically fit is important element for brain fit?
Years back, there was a Chinese [...]

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