I think I first got this a couple of years ago.

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list ( Read more... )

The California quarter is in design stage right now, and Californians can vote on which picture goes on the quarter. So go to the link and vote, and pass this on to your friends.

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Interesting how times change. John was just flipping past a showing of Rambo III and pointed out that in that movie, Stallone is helping the Afghans kill off the evil invading Soviets. Interesting how those poor persecuted Afghans turned out to be the Taliban(This should not be construed in any way that I am supporting a war. I'm not - the ( Read more... )

I'm going to get a rare bowl of ice-cream before someone else finishes it. John has fallen asleep with the History channel on - first the story of the guillotine and then something about Hitler's POW camps. I realize that its something we should never forget, but I grew up with a WW II veteran and am married to a history buff, so it's unlikely ( Read more... )

As I write this, John is watching " Rise and Fall of the Spartans," which is supposed to be on all week on the History channel. I'm thinking these people are the inspiration for just about all of the war-like peoples in popular science fiction. Be they Saiyans or Klingons, their societies seem to be very similar. Spend your life in training and ( Read more... )

This is how I get sidetracked. Tom at work asked where the US government website was. After looking around a bit I decided that each Department seems to have its own domain; unlike the state, where everthing is XXX.ca.gov. So then I saw the Library of Congress and found This Day in History to send to John's Mom on her birthday (coming up). It ( Read more... )