tjsthings
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Can’t I just look it up? – In defense of books.
Yesterday Glory was writing about the internet and all of the useful information that it has. I think that sometimes it makes kids lazy, though. Yesterday, my son was assigned to read biographies of Helen Keller and Francis Scott Key from his history book. He was like, “Mom, why do I have to read this?… Read more
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New Oscar Boycott/It’s Not Hard Out Here for a Pimp
During the course of my life, I have boycotted the Academy Awards for several reasons. When The Color Purple was nominated for all of those awards and did not win one. When Denzel didn’t win for Malcolm X. Shoot, I didn’t watch it at all during the 70s because they were always messing up with… Read more
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Yesterday I was going to write about how I felt ab…
Yesterday I was going to write about how I felt about Mardi Gras. I’m glad that I didn’t finish it. I’m glad that it is over. I hope that I can do something to significantly help some of the people who are still suffering. I hope that if they can’t find peace in New Orleans… Read more
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I’m back, I think
Well, what do you know? March is Women’s History Month! Since I didn’t get around to all of my profiles, I’ll probably do one or two per week of the best of the ones I had left over. Tomorrow is the grand finale of Mardi Gras. I have really mixed feelings about that, but I… Read more