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Nov 13, 2009, 6:00 am
Is there? Is there life on mars? Maybe a stray amino acid or some other unknown life building block? It could be there frozen in the polar ice, couldn't it?
It's all a bit wistful.
Still,... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2009, 7:57 am
Hello cyber friends! Hello internet folks! Hello pixel readers! How are you?
I said I wasn't going to post here much because of the homeschooling conference work I'm doing. It is now rampin... Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2009, 6:00 am
Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary fame died yesterday. I think I've known their songs for all of my life: Puff the Magic Dragon, their versions of If I Had a Hammer , Where Have All the Flowe... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 10:04 pm
Me: What's the difference between a meteor and a meteorite? The meteor is glowing in the sky and the meteorite is the rock once it's landed? Is that right?
Husband: Yes. And if it lands o... Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2009, 7:36 pm
My kids don't "go back to school" because we homeschool. We don't have a start to the year and just keep doing what we do all year round. We do however have a homeschooling day at Great Amer... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2009, 11:27 pm
I know not all Republicans believe these contradictory things. I do know this. There are plenty of Republicans who simply want less government interference in the daily life of Americans and want l... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2009, 8:43 am
This has been floating around for a while, but I just saw it for the first time recently.
August 29th, 2004 9:38 pm
Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican
by John Gray
Joe gets up at 6:00am t... Comment - Like
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Aug 21, 2009, 11:33 am
If I was going on an adventure, I might go down Highway 61. As it is, we might just go to Park Day instead which involves no highway travel... this time.
Enjoy your weekend. Comment - Like
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Aug 18, 2009, 11:24 am
I just bought of bunch of stuff! We are still mostly not buying anything new. But, I've completely rationalized it all to myself that that does not apply to things for the kids' education. W... Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2009, 12:13 pm
What?! Mercury exposure is unhealthy? It is a known neurotoxin and it may cause problems in little children and pregnant women? Who knew?
And yet... I think lots of people did know and would que... Comment - Like
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Aug 10, 2009, 2:56 pm
Because we sometimes have strong feelings about what we know to be right, I offer this comic relief:
Ha, ha, ha, hee, ho, ha!! Comment - Like
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Aug 7, 2009, 6:00 am
I didn't like reading The Hobbit. I know that is sacrilege for lots of people. And, how is it even possible?! What's not to like in the twisting, turning plot of tiny Bilbo Baggins and his... Comment - Like
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Aug 6, 2009, 10:19 am
My daughter planted seeds back in the spring. In our living room, we had a table top full of seedlings in egg cartons and black plastic trays. The seedlings were full of hope and energy--so earnest.... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2009, 1:54 pm
Here are some thoughts I've had over the last week or so. No real link between them all except that some might recognize a bit of absurdity--and who doesn't love the absurd?
President Barack ... Comment - Like
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Jul 27, 2009, 9:44 pm
It isn't always this easy. People don't necessarily get these kind of small, but important domestic victories that embolden the spirit, that make you feel triumphant.
Back when our dishwash... Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2009, 6:00 am
There are some groups that bring me right back to the late 70's early 80's and remind me of the Chicago music station The Loop which played: Journey, The Who, Rush, REO Speedwagon and not any... Comment - Like