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Longest Meme Ever (Day of Blogs ’08 #32)

Yet another meme I’m stealing from Khouria Jen – I didn’t realize just how long this was until I started copying it . . . I actually have a LOT of these on my bookshelf at home that are TBR . . . *bold those you’ve read *italicise started-but-never-finished *add three of your own *post [...]

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time . . .

For me, Christmas starts when Santa goes across the screen at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. The holidays are officially here! TiVo, in a rare moment unreliability, decided to delete the parade before I got a chance to watch it. Grrr . . . So I started Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. Mama and I [...]

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Kids today . . .

Something interesting I stumbled upon. This comes from Charles J. Sykes, author of Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write, Or Add. Rule No. 1: Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teen-ager uses the phrase “It’s not fair” 8.6 times a day. You [...]

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