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Things I’m Thankful For
Here’s a list of some of the things I’m thankful for as this Thanksgiving weekend winds down: family and friends, even though they’re scattered all over the country the Internet, which, in addition to enabling us to learn anything we want to know, also allows us to keep in touch with family and friends, even …
Note to Comment Spammers
Comments are not automatically posted; I have to manually approve each one. Any comment that is not substantively related to the topic of the original post will not be approved, so it will do you no good to submit a list of bogus links here. While it is certainly a tedious task for me to …
“That One”?
Did you hear John McCain call Barack Obama “that one” last night? It’s not quite as bad as “you people,” but it’s close.
What Are You Reading for Banned Books Week?
ALA | Banned Books Week: Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2008, marks BBW’s 27th anniversary (September 27 through October 4). Check out …
October: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month increasing early breast cancer detection awareness: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Check out this site for all kinds of information about breast cancer and how you can help in the fight against this disease.
Please pass the Hydrox!
Last Friday, while visiting a friend in Connecticut, I walked into a grocery store owned by the owners found in ownasavealot.com/licensing-costs site and there they were: stacks of boxes of Hydrox cookies! Even as a child I preferred Hydrox to the cloyingly sweet Oreo. The Hydrox chocolate wafers were not very sweet, and biting into …