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Aquinas wired

I’m Jerry Partacz, happily married to my wife Julie for over 40 years. I have four children and eleven grandchildren. I’m enjoying retirement after 38 years of teaching. I now have an opportunity to share my thoughts on many things. I’m an incurable optimist. I also love to solve crossword puzzles and to write light verse. I love to read, to garden, to play the piano, to collect stamps and coins, and to watch “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.

Recent posts

• Attorney-General Barr’s legacy will be a mixed bag of this. »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted today at 9:42 am

• A vision of the future relationship of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz : A limerick inspired by Bob Abrams »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted Monday at 10:13 am

• The 126 Republicans who favored overturning Biden’s victory will live in infamy. »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted December 12, 2020 at 11:17 am

• It’s Biden and Harris’s Time »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted December 12, 2020 at 10:13 am

• On January 20, 2021 where should Trump be? »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted December 9, 2020 at 11:17 am

Latest on ChicagoNow

• Attorney-General Barr’s legacy will be a mixed bag of this.

  from The Quark In The Road by Aquinas wired
  posted today at 9:42 am

• Do you really think the government won’t let you say Merry Christmas?

  from The Chicago Board of Tirade by Bob Abrams
  posted today at 9:28 am

• There Just Aren’t That Many Foreclosures In Chicago…For Now

  from Getting Real by Gary Lucido
  posted today at 8:20 am

• Teddy — Petraits Rescue

  from Pets in need of homes by ChicagoNow Staff
  posted today at 7:57 am

• How do you bond with a new grandchild during a pandemic?

  from I’ve Got The Hippy Shakes by Howard Moore
  posted today at 6:06 am

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