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Photo Dump

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Senior Day for Vanderbilt football.  Things like that are guaranteed to make me tear up, even if it's not Vandy. If you're a toddler, dressing to go to an older sibling's Senior Day, make this part of your look: (If these had been available when Hannah was little, we could not have gotten to Target fast enough.  Everything she did and does love: sparkle/shimmer, bows, and lug-soled boots.) I am proud to announce that my major is on just about every list of Easiest Majors I could find.  Coming in at #7 here.  Technically, I majored in Social Psychology, so maybe we should split the difference and call it #4. A group of Japanese samurai once visited the Great Sphinx.  Which is crazy to me somehow.  It also looks like many of them brought along their katanas. I have looked and looked at this and still can't quite  figure out how it works: I feel like I've talked about this before, but it's still kind of amazing. The shackles are a bit much, but the legs!
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Seasonal Colors?

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      I'm so sorry these pictures aren't better;  maybe you can suss some things out.  There are yellow, red, blue, and orange flags (and coordinating stripes on the ground) in my front and side yarns.  It seems AT&T will be installing high-speed cable, and my yards on the corner will be points of origin AND sites of lots of digging.  Technology marches on.
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Say What?

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I do love finding new words. Musth. It's sort of like Pon Farr, but for elephants.  As interesting as that is, what was a little disappointing was finding out that the pronunciation is not as special as the spelling would have you believe. One hundred sixty-two years ago today, the Gettysburg Address was spoken into Eternity. My opinion of President Lincoln is well-known.  I don't think I've said, though, that he's my favorite writer.  He is.
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A Nice Plan...

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You know when the crayons come out, it's gonna be a fun crafting time.  Unfortunately, fun doesn't ensure success.  What I had in my mind did not manifest itself on the paper.  There are lots of pretty colors, though, huh?
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Mary, Guillermo, and Oscar

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 Part of my day was spent watching  "Frankenstein."   Although I haven't seen many of Guillermo del Toro's films, this one did interest me.  I'm a fan of Oscar Isaac, and, let's face it, the story is one of the most fascinating ever written.  If its creation intrigues you, may I recommend  That the book came from a "competition," and who the "competitors" were?  Remarkable.  And, since I like to throw Sociology in whenever possible, Mary Shelley's mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was an early proponent of women's social rights.  My students usually found that cross-reference interesting. Usually.
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It Stinks

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Yesterday, I spent a lot of time going through my scrapbook/collage/decoupage supplies.  A lot.  Today, my left arm has been very twitchy and sore.  I can't quite figure out how that happened, but there it is.  Good thing I bought icing wraps when I hurt my right shoulder --- they've come in handy today. Yesterday, I also tried knitting some more.  It's still not happening.  Honestly, it's begun to seem like dead fingers are to be my lot in life.
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Quick Question

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(Getting this in before Midnight.) Have any of you ever tried, or seen in real life, a pop-up Christmas tree?  I'm suddenly consumed, and need to know if buying one would be worth it.
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