Living History
Excerpt from a series of essays: The Stories I Tell The State of New Jersey requires all children to learn the state history along about 4th grade. Most of the other states in the area - NY and PA particularly- also have similar requirements and therefore all kids study Native Americans, usually sometime between the second and the ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the very lovely and delightful, talented, awesome and super-cute-when-sleepy
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Hey, if one of your friends chat windows opens up with a "How did your pic get here?" question, do not follow the link.
It's a virus vector. Be warned. Just close the window and warn that person via other means that their system may be infected.

~a

Just took a bunch of folks off who don't post ever, or who don't comment, or who I never really have much to talk about with - nothing personal to anyone, no ill feelings, just streamlining a bit, if folks don't use their LJs or have anything to chat with me about, seems silly to inflict my life on them with its tiresome details. :)

~a

Ayii...

Thoughts and prayers for New Orleans, both people and place.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4192218.stm

~a

started my day with an hour and change of phone call stupidity with AAA. Can't find the membership number, can't find me in the system, need a different department. Hang up, transfer, automated menus, no, I don't want it in spanish ( Read more... )

One of my co-workers sent this to me. It had the following header on it ( Read more... )