I do remember saying at some point that I wasn't going to write in my online journal much because I was tired of sharing my inner, personal thoughts with everyone else.  Lately I've been using ink and tiring my wrists.  However, I thought that it was about time for an update.  I’m sure Rain, if no one else would appreciate her Friend’s page being a ( Read more... )

OK, so I think that my three things were pretty universal when it comes to relationships.  None of them hinge on any one specific person, though arguably number three could.

This is why I don’t believe in soulmates (I would like to take this opportunity to point out that Microsoft Word does not recognize “soulmate” as a word).  The things that are ( Read more... )

After seeing a children's nonfiction book titled, Octopuses, I decided to investigate.  With the whole fish/fishes fiasco, who knows these days.  So. . . .

Word of the Day: octopus (noun); any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.  
plural: octopi OR octopuses

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At the moment, I really can't complain.  So many good things have transpired in the last few days that it seems all I can do is say thank you.

Last week, Todd and I took a day and went and looked at some old cemetaries in the area.  My favorite part was when we visited the Jewish cemetary.  Did you know that instead of leaving flowers on a gravesite ( Read more... )

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ATTENTION:  I have one student ticket valued at five dollars for WKCTC's production of The Mikado.   If anybody would like to buy the ticket and go with me on Saturday at 7:30 PM, please reply to this post.

One ticket, going once . . .

I believe I am the first person to use the phrase "ethnocentric post-war America" in the Paducah Parenting Magazine.

That's right.

Innovation.

Oh god. . .

. . . they're going to have to look it up.

Word of the Day: ethnocentric (adj); believing the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture

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Here's something to get your brain churning;

The Newbery Medal, an award for American children's book authors, is named after a British figure while the award for British children's literature, the Carnegie Medal, is named after an American figure.