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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

• Uncle Joe has tea with Good Queen Bess II: a short verse »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted today at 12:40 pm

• Vincent Price’s fondness for this cuisine might surprise you »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted May 31, 2021 at 9:18 am

• January 6 has left an indelible wound on our nation’s psyche and we need a commission to find the truth and give us closure »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted May 28, 2021 at 10:36 am

• Jeff Bezos: Poster Boy for Wealth Inequality »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted May 12, 2021 at 10:44 am

• Tucker Carlson’s Feminine Side »

  Aquinas wired on The Quark In The Road
  Posted April 28, 2021 at 9:16 am

Latest on ChicagoNow

• Uncle Joe has tea with Good Queen Bess II: a short verse

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  posted today at 12:40 pm

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  posted today at 9:39 am

• You’ve been unmasked in Illinois, but not the children. What the hell?

  from The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor by Dennis Byrne
  posted today at 9:29 am

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  from Kraft Brews Chicago by Sam Kraft
  posted today at 8:26 am

• Release Radar 06/11/21 – The Rebels vs Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

  from Cut Out Kid by radstarr
  posted today at 8:00 am

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