Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read!Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a thousand books have been challenged since 1982. The challenges have occurred in ( Read more... )

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Sarah Palin has picked out an All-American set of names for her children. There's Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow, and Piper.

Ever wonder, What would your name would be if Sarah Palin was your mother? Well now you can find out!

Sarah Palin baby name generator

I used my LJ name: blujay_

now, aka

Clop Clutch Palin

Here is a post I made to the Astronomy community on July 1st, 2008 ( Read more... )

"Oh, can't you see the morning after
It's waiting right outside the storm..."
~Maureen Mcgovern

-The GoodSheriff’s deputies responded to 170 fireworks-related calls Friday night, issuing 8 citations and confiscating contraband fireworks at 11 locations ( Read more... )

which was then squelched by fear.

The Plutocracy had played their cards well.

"The following ad in The Atlanta Journal is reported to have received numerous calls ( Read more... )

I use LJ for a news source basically. I am subscribed to many RSS feeds, quite a few communities and a few interesting blogs here.

But last week for some reason, I decided to make a post. I wrote a bit about a birds nest I noticed that day ( Read more... )

I saw an odd bird today. One like no other that I have seen around here before. I heard an odd sound, like sticks rubbing together. I looked up at a sycamore tree and caught a glimpse of this bird. He/she was peering into a hole in the tree. Evidentally the hole was a tree branch that had been cut off years ago and partially scabbed over, leaving a ( Read more... )

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The Battle of New Orleans
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The Battle of Kookamonga
by Homer and Jethro