The other day I was driving and saw an amazing sight. I saw lots of these:


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A few pictures of living (and dead) things, including the mourning doves that are making a nest in our stair covering


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Ellie is working a lesson plan that deals with the Great Migration from the South to the North in the beginning of the 20th century. i was looking for primary sources to help her, and found the story of a black migrant worker. here is a funny excerpt ( Read more... )

A while ago as I walked into the garage to work on the Jeep with luke and chinnie, luke exclaimed this delicious tidbit:

"what happened, did you get into a fight with a caulk gun or something?"

this is why


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oh this is funny

How to Tell when you've pissed off an engineer....


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If authority was mass, stupidity would be gravity.

Research supports a specific theory depending on the amount of funds dedicated to it.

It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

As many of you probably noticed today, it is cold. Since our apartment is an old house (emphasis on OLD) the windows aren't exactly what you would call thermally efficient, or having a high R-value. Plus our bedroom window is on the west side of the house. So, you get this:


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The sunset yesterday was very interesting, and i saw something that I had never seen before: a rainbow projected onto a cloud.

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