Does anybody think it is weird that apparently nobody intervened when they saw an individual chaining doors at a campus building ( Read more... )

Your results:
You are Derrial Book (Shepherd)
Derrial Book (Shepherd)
90%
Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)
85%
Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)
75%
Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)
75%
Inara Serra (Companion)
65%
Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic)
65%
River (Stowaway)
50%
Wash (Ship Pilot)
20%
Jayne Cobb (Mercenary)
20%
Alliance
15%
A Reaver (Cannibal)
5%
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I'm pretty sure I have found a record of my great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother. She was one Mary Peters of Virginia, born around 1688, an "indentured mulata woman servant" of one Edward Couch. She "confessed to bearing an illegitimate mulato child" to the county court and Mr. Couch conveniently paid her fine of 500 pounds of ( Read more... )

I was just thinking about my grandfather. He had terrible arthritis/old injuries in his knees in his old age...but nearly every summer day he would carry heavy buckets of water across the road to a "pasture" where a neighboring "farmer" kept some badly neglected cattle. The cattle had no water for most of the summer (when the creek would dry up) ( Read more... )

One of the things that fascinates me about development is how kids develop the ability to do something unpleasant for the sake of a long term goal and/or other good ( Read more... )

I was just reading the introduction/dedication page in somebody's dissertation. It looks like it took him 15 years of grad work ( Read more... )

EDIT: Bunny is deceased. RIP, little bunny. So sorry you had to die in vain ( Read more... )

In the grand scheme of things, it's not much. But I have finally re-taught SP how to tie her shoes. We originally (around 4 years ago) instituted an "easy" technique involving a loop in each hand. However, in small hands this technique results in woefully floppy bows that unravel in lightning speed. Now, we are using the single loop-and-wrap ( Read more... )

I came up with several in just a few minutes...after reflecting on Danny and Lucy...and the dogs of my youth ( Read more... )

For the past few days, SP has been wearing the front part of her hair in cornrows, gratis one of her very talented afterschool teachers. This shows off SP' very appealing heart-shaped forehead ( Read more... )