Schmeducation

A tiny five year old looks at the big yellow school bus coming down her street. Her mother sings “The Wheels on the Bus,” but all the little girl does is cry. It’s not that she is afraid of leaving her mother. It’s not that she gets bullied by the bigger kids. It’s that when [...]

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Growth of a Sasquatch

2/23/09

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The Halfway Point

Darling Little Monkey,
Today, my darling boy, you are six months old. For the last six months, you have grown more in the world outside than you did in the little insular world inside me. You are now 16 pounds 2 ounces and 26.5 inches long. You are the singularly most aware six month old I [...]

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‘Tis a Gift

‘Tis a gift to be simple. It is. For the last ten years, vacations have been less a vacation and more of an adventure. Trips to Ireland, Europe, various states in the US, and Canada were exotic and activity filled. Sights were seen. Alcohol was drunk. The joy came not just from spending time together [...]

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The Identity of The Law

Over the past week, the name Sonia Sotomayor has begun to gain infamy. Watching her acceptance of the nomination, Sotomayor is likeable. Her ability to save baseball in fifteen minutes during the baseball strike of in 1995 wins her major points. Listening to her speech, she comes across as humbled while proud. She should be [...]

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Motherhood for the Masses

As Mother’s Day approaches, motherhood is obviously on the minds of many. A “mother” is defined, by www.dictionary.com, as,
–noun

1.
a female parent.

2.
(often initial capital letter) one’s female parent.

3.
a mother-in-law, stepmother, or adoptive mother.

4.
a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a [...]

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Age Analogies

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 is to people in their 70’s
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Pearl Harbor is to people in their 60’s
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Segregated schools are to people in their 50’s
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JFK’s assassination is to people in their 40’s
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The Fall of Saigon is to people in their 30’s
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The outbreak of AIDS is to people in their 20’s
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The Fall of the Berlin [...]

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Section of Misfit Fans

Nothing entertains more than people watching. Nothing is more entertainng than people watching at a rock concert. Last night, Mr. A and I hit the Bruce Springsteen concert. Our fair little city of Hartford looked as though New Jersey circa 1984 threw up. Fascinating. Everything from the female mullet to the bad 1980’s cropped leather [...]

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Suppressing the Depressing Depression

Some blog posts are vainglorious. They are intended to show off my life or my thoughts. Some blog posts are all about me. Some posts are meant to be used for my own memory book. However, after reading It Sucked and Then I Cried, I realized that not everyone is as lucky as I am [...]

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Sensing Censorship

Censorship. The word strikes fear into the hearts of Americans. In fact, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States indeed indicates that to censor is to be unAmerican.The revered First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom [...]

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