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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Booger!

Ann, Cousin Amanda and I were in the middle of a scrumptious lunch in Grandma's kitchen. The timing was 1997. I was eleven. Ann was nine. Amanda was three. We were eating Chef Boyardee Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pasta. Mom, Ann and I called it Turtles for short. The canned pasta pieces were in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

A Better Name

"If you ever do get a pig, I have a better name than Oinkers," I told Ann one time. She wants to get a pig and name it Oinkers. "What's that?" Ann said. "Pygthagorus," I said. "Where do you get this stuff?" she groaned. Well, geometry was never her strong suit. Recommended Reading 99.9%... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Those 2014 New Year's Resolutions

Here is how is I have done thus far this year with my 2014 New Year's Resolutions: 1. Average ten minutes of organizing my house per day. I have not done well with my number one Resolution, having had about thirty days where I organized for ten minutes. I kept putting off my organizing, telling... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

She Couldn't Stop

One time, Mom was taking her daily nap in the family room when she let out a large snore that awakened her. "I woke up in the middle of it," she said, "but I couldn't get it to stop." I feel that was all the best. Given the intensity of the snore, her head might have exploded trying. Recommended... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

That Was Confusing

In the last entry of this series, I alluded to the fact that Phil Ribiero was disorganized in his running of the Methods of Teaching Social Studies. Here is one such example. One of our assignments was for each of the eight groups of two to do a presentation on a discipline of social studies. Each... Sign in to see full entry.

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