Posting has been nearly non-existent this week because I'm currently sick with the world's worst cold/cough/sore throat/runny nose ailment.

Before "The Sickness" hit me full force I was able to attend a portion of Thursday's Grossmont Union High School District Board meeting where Hoystory The Elder (aka "Mr. Wonderful") was sworn in.

Pastor Ronnie Short swears in new board member Richard Hoy at Thursday night's meeting. Photograph copyright Matthew Hoy.

Note to board member Jim Kelly: This means you're not allowed to use the photo in your political hit pieces without paying me.

On a somewhat amusing note, Kelly (who was re-elected) and his hand-picked colleague, new board member Robert Shield were originally going to be (ceremonially) sworn in by a local GOP politico. Hoy The Elder, despite now being a politician is not particularly fond of politicians, decided to have is son-in-law, Pastor Ronnie Short, swear him in.

Now, I don't know if the GOP politician had to cancel at the last minute or had something else come up, but at Thursday's meeting Kelly and Shield suddenly had the pastor of a local church swearing them in.

The silly political machinations -- even at the school board level -- continue to astound.